Bootlegger Hunt McVey Shot while Resisting Arrest with his Partner, Manuel Pruitt.
A couple of April 15 and April 16, 1920 Florence Herald and Florence Times articles reporting the shooting and wounding in the leg "on Saturday night last," of suspected African-American bootlegger Hunt McVey when he and his partner, Manuel Pruitt, attempted to evade arrest by Lauderdale...
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| Summary: | A couple of April 15 and April 16, 1920 Florence Herald and Florence Times articles reporting the shooting and wounding in the leg "on Saturday night last," of suspected African-American bootlegger Hunt McVey when he and his partner, Manuel Pruitt, attempted to evade arrest by Lauderdale County deputy sheriffs Dewey Mitchell and Bob Freeman on Waterloo Road near Three Forks. |
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