Blount Co., TN unknown-murdered black man
DIST.#5 TOWNSAND
UNKNOWN BLACK MALE
BORN: ALABAMA
AGE: ABT. 35
DIED: 14 APR 1918
INFORMANT: D. W. RAWLS OF TOWNSAND
CAUSE: HOMICIDE
BURIED: REMOTE PLACE NEAR TOWNSAND
MAY 10 1918
THIS DEATH OCCURRED IN CAMPS AT NIGHT. FROM WHAT INFORMATION WAS BEATEN TO
DEATH WITH CLUBS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I MADE REPORT AS BEST I COULD FROM
INFORMATION HE ONLY BEING A TRANSIANT LABORER AND WAS BURIED THE NEXT A. M.
NOT KNOWN BY ANYONE.
D. W. RAWLS LOCAL REG.