Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — May Have Killed the Wrong Man. [ARTICLE]

May Have Killed the Wrong Man.

An unknown negro, supposed to be James Brown, charged with assaulting Miss Della Garrett of Springville, Ala., was shot and killed by a number of white men near Leeds, twelve miles from Birmingham. The coroner is of the opinion that the wrong man has been killed.