Killing of Jesse James Payne in Florida in 1945
Incident
Jesse James Payne, a sharecropper and veteran, was killed in 1945 in police custody in Madison County, Florida. Payne was arrested by a sheriff's posse and charged with assault with intent to commit rape on a five-year-old white girl. When Payne was placed in unguarded Madison County Jail, he was kidnapped by unknown subjects and shot. His body was found on the highway seven miles from Madison, Florida.
Miami 44-53
144-67-9
144-18-39
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00964-COLEMAN Luther (1059374103)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02206-JOHNSON James (1317272941)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02555-GREENE Moses (1362383821)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00965-FULLER James (1059374647)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03379-MCCLURE Woodrow (1404124817)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03417-WILLIAMS Elbert (1404466142)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00963-BRADWELL Leroy (1059372097)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02555-GREENE Moses (1362383821)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03131-CAMPBELL Walter (1399346386)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02555-GREENE Moses (1362383821)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the launch of an investigation into the killing of Jesse James Payne : October 20, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the killing of Jesse James Payne : November 24, 1945
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the killing of Jesse James Payne : October 20, 1945
- News article from the Chicago Defender arguing that the recent killing of Jesse James Payne fell under federal jurisdiction : November 3, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about coroner jury verdict in shooting death of James Payne : October 14, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the killing of Jesse James Payne : October 17, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Norfolk Journal and Guide about request for a Department of Justice investigation into the killing of Jesse James Payne : October 27, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- News article from the Boston Globe about shooting death of Jesse James Payne : October 12, 1945
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
- Journalism: 2022-04126-PAYNE Jesse (1418939071)
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