Killing of Flam Belle in Georgia in 1941
Incident
Flam Belle (1919 - 1941), a laborer, was killed by prison guards at Sparta camp in Hancock County, Georgia. Bell was beaten with a hose pipe. A legislative committee which visited the camp reported it found strong evidence that Bell was beaten to death and recommended the suspension of Warden H. A. Compton, Boss Alvin Johnson, a guard, and Dr. E. H. Hutchens, camp physician. A coroner’s jury claimed that Bell’s cause of death was sunstroke. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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