Killing of Dennie Thrower in North Carolina in 1936
Incident
Dennie Thrower (1902 - 1936), a public worker, was killed by police officers in Bertie County, North Carolina. Assistant chief of police W. L. Smallwood came to Thrower’s house in response to a call that Thrower was causing a disturbance. He found Thrower had barricaded himself inside. Thrower and Smallwood exchanged fire. Smallwood was wounded and called for help. Officers and armed citizens surrounded Thrower’s house; they used dynamite and tear gas, and eventually attempted to burn down Thrower’s house. Thrower, burned, ran out of the house shooting at the people outside. He was fatally shot by police officers after a six-hour siege. He is said to have wounded fifteen people during the incident.
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- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the arrest and killing of Dennis Thrower and his shooting of fourteen members of a mob : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Henderson Daily Dispatch about fatal shooting of Dennie Thrower : October 5, 1936
- News article from the New York Times about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob, the burning of his house by J. C. Johnston, and his shooting of fifteen members of the mob, including Windsor Chief of Police J. M. Waters, Assistant Chief of Police W. L. Smallwood and patrolman A. W. Welch : October 5, 1936
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the N. A. A. C. P.'s commemoration of the death of Dennie Thrower at the hands of a lynch mob : October 17, 1936
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Dennie Thrower and the aftermath of his death : October 10, 1936
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob and the reaction of his mother, Alice Sutton, and half brother, James M. Sutton to his death and the burning of their house : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Boston Globe about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob, the burning of his house by J. C. Johnston, and his shooting of fifteen members of the mob, including Windsor Chief of Police J. M. Waters, Assistant Chief of Police W. L. Smallwood and patrolman A. W. Welch : October 5, 1936
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News about the murder of Dennie Thrower by a mob including Chief of police J. M. Waters and patrolman A. W. Welch, and Thrower's shooting of fifteen people in the mob : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the murder of Dennie Thrower by a lynch mob led by Mayor J. A. Pritchett and Assistant Chief of Police W. L. Smallwood, and Thrower's shooting of fifteen people in the mob : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Lincoln Times about the fatal shooting of Dennie Thrower : October 5, 1936
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob and the reaction of his mother and half brother : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Los Angeles Times about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob, and his shooting of fifteen members of the mob, including Windsor Chief of Police J. M. Waters, Assistant Chief of Police W. L. Smallwood and patrolman A. W. Welch : October 5, 1936
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the killing of Dennie Thrower by a mob, the burning of his house by Jim Johnson, and his shooting of sixteen members of the mob, including patrolman A. W. Welch : October 10, 1936
- News article from the Enterprise (Williamston, North Carolina) about the fatal shooting of Dennie Thrower : October 6, 1936
- News article from the Roanoke News about the killing of Dennis Thrower : October 8, 1936
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