A Merry Chase

A Merry Chase

A Thursday, September 14, 1899 Florence Herald report of African-American prisoner Jim Hoague's escape from the city jail and Florence Police Chief (1897-1901) Samuel Weakley "SW" Lipscomb's pursuit of Hoague on Lipscomb's bicycle.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Florence Herald
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
Subjects:	Photographs, documents, and clippings
Online Access:	https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1153

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