Killing of Moses Jones in Alabama in 1953
Incident
Moses Jones (1918 - 1953), a construction worker, was killed by Sheriff Jenkins Hill in a jail in Clarke County, Alabama. Jones, who was arrested by Hill for failing to pay fines, had testified against the sheriff in a liquor conspiracy trial, which ended in a mistrial. Before Jones could testify at the second trial, Hill shot and killed him. A Clarke County jury declined to indict Hill. A federal grand jury returned an indictment, but that case was dismissed in 1956. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request
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- News article from Clarke County Democrat with sheriff's statement about murder of Moses Jones : January 7, 1954
- News article from Clarke County Democrat about sheriff involved in murder of Moses Jones loosing re-election : May 20, 1954
- News article from the Memphis World regarding the slaying of Moses Jones : January 5, 1954
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : January 9, 1954
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : November 27, 1948
- FBI Probe Slaying By Alabama Sheriff
- News article from the Anniston Star regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : September 29, 1953
- News article from the Robesonian regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : December 24, 1953
- News article from the Alabama Journal about the investigation into the police killing of Moses Jones : December 30, 1953
- News article from the Anniston Star shooting of Moses Jones : February 12, 1954
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : January 16, 1954
- FBI Joins Probe in Negro's Death
- News article from the Clarke County Democrat regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : May 16, 1946
- News article from the Anniston Star shooting of Moses Jones : May 17, 1954
- News article from Anniston Star about indictment of two police officers for civil rights abuses : November 19, 1948
- News article from the Anniston Star regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : February 19, 1955
- News article from Clarke County Democrat about acquittal of sheriff for liquor conspiracy charges after mistrial of murder of Moses Jones : February 18, 1954
- News article from the Anniston Star regarding the shooting of Moses Jones
- News article from Clarke County Democrat about killing of Moses Jones while in police custody : December 31, 1952
- News article from Dothan Eagle about trial for two police officers in beating of nine people : February 16, 1949
- News article from the Panama City News regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : August 10, 1952
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the shooting of Moses Jones
- News article from the Birmingham Post Herald regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : December 27, 1953
- Ex- Sheriff Who Killed Prisoner in Cell is Freed
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : February 15, 1955
- News article from Atchison Daily Globe about investigation of killing of Moses Jones : December 29, 1953
- News article from the Indiana Evening Gazette regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : December 29, 1953
- News article from Anniston Star about two acquitted sheriffs in civil rights case : February 21, 1949
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the shooting of Moses Jones
- News article from the Clark County Democrat regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : October 1, 1953
- News article from the Panama City News regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : December 29, 1953
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : January 30, 1954
- News article from the Clarke County Democrat regarding the shooting of Moses Jones : September 24, 1953
- News article from unidentified newspaper regarding death of Moses Jones
- News article from Chicago Defender about trial for police murder of Moses Jones : February 26, 1955
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