Killing of Walter Palmer in Mississippi in 1947
Incident
Walter Palmer (1918 – 1947), a public worker, farmer, and WWII veteran, was killed by an off-duty town marshal, Earl Adcock, in Hinds County, Mississippi. Palmer was at a café when Jerry Rainey, a Black man whom Palmer had a disagreement, reportedly called Adcock to arrest Palmer, alleging Palmer was carrying a gun and disturbing the peace. When Adcock arrived, he ordered Palmer outside of the café and shot him to deaath.
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- News article from the Clarion Ledger about the shooting of Charlie Wells in attempted escape from prison : July 8, 1953
- News article from the Daily Herald about Charlie Wells' attempted prison escape : July 8, 1953
- News article from the Clarion Ledger about investigation of prison farm : September 4, 1952
- News article from the Commercial Appeal about conditions at the Hinds county farm : July, 1924
- News article from the Clarion Ledger about the appointment of county employees : December 11, 1955
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