Killing of Esau Copeland in Georgia in 1952
Incident
Esau Copeland (1914 - 1952), a farmer and bootlegger, was killed in a car crash with H. B. Moore, a state revenue agent in Meriwether, Georgia. Copeland’s family reported that he was robbed and killed by the Meriwether county sheriff S. H. Gill and his deputies. An FBI investigation reported that the allegation was unfounded and that Gill and his deputies were not present in the incident. The investigation stated that Copeland, allegedly a bootlegger, died from injuries sustained from the crash following the chase by Moore.
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