Killing of L. C. Culver in Georgia in 1949
Incident
L.C. Culver (1924-1949), a farmer, was killed in jail by police chief Moodie Pardue (also spelled Moody Perdue and Moody Purdue) in Hancock County, Georgia. Culver was in jail for allegedly brandishing a gun at others. Pardue claimed that he shot Culver because Culver was beating Sheriff Bernard Butts.
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- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about two men that recently died in jail cells in Georgia, John (Bigboy) Glasper and L.C. Culver : August 9, 1949
- News article from the Augusta Chronicle about the exoneration of the police officer who killed L.C. Culver : August 10, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the jail-slayings of L.C. Culver and John (Bigboy) Glasper : August 9, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the jail-slayings of L.C. Culver and John (Bigboy) Glasper, and the murder of Lemon Ricks : August 20, 1949
- News article from the Augusta Chronicle about the jail-slaying of L.C. Culver : August 7, 1949
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