The Murder of Tobe Irvine and the Subsequent Trial and Sentencing of John Mayfield and Alex Jones and Mayfield's Execution by Hanging
A series of newspaper articles and other documents chronicling the November, 1878 murder of of black Florence resident Tobe Irvine in Key's billiard saloon by fellow-black residents John Mayfield and Alex Jones, the subsequent trial and sentencing of both men, and Mayfield's March, 1880 ex...
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A series of newspaper articles and other documents chronicling the November, 1878 murder of of black Florence resident Tobe Irvine in Key's billiard saloon by fellow-black residents John Mayfield and Alex Jones, the subsequent trial and sentencing of both men, and Mayfield's March, 1880 execution by hanging. |
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The Murder of Tobe Irvine and the Subsequent Trial and Sentencing of John Mayfield and Alex Jones and Mayfield's Execution by HangingThe Law, Crime and PunishmentA series of newspaper articles and other documents chronicling the November, 1878 murder of of black Florence resident Tobe Irvine in Key's billiard saloon by fellow-black residents John Mayfield and Alex Jones, the subsequent trial and sentencing of both men, and Mayfield's March, 1880 execution by hanging.Newspapers.comLee Freeman1. 1878-11-13
2. 1878-11-20.
3. 1878-11-27
4. 1878-12-20
5. 1879-03-12
6-7. 1879-05-28.
8. 1879-06-04
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16. 1880-01-10
17. 1880-03-05
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