http://www.flickr.com/photos/chazzman34/3104631813/ the story of Kilby http://www.doc.state.al.us/facility.asp?id=13 this is about Kilby Prison http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/usa/alabama_kilby.shtml 1930 list of prisoners in Kilby http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-671.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Khare To: diamond6468@mindspring.com ; alcherok@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [ALCHEROK] Looking for a Murderer An article in the Cherokee Advertiser, dated 9 May 1878, states: "In Jail-An Escaped Convict-On last Tuesday about 12 o'clock Mr. J.W. Coker, Jr. and Thomas Daniel brought to jail here a negro, an escaped convict, by the name of Warner Findley. The negro stated that he had formerly lived in Jacksonville, Calhoun county, Alabama; that he had been sentenced to the penitentiary from that place for stealing a watch. He and a number of other convicts were put to work on the South & North Railroad at Helena in February or March. About the 1st of May, he in company with eleven others, one black and ten whites, escaped from Helena. The negro states that the ten white men made a rush at the guards, three in number and overpowering them, captured their arms. One of the convicts by the name of James Smith shot one of the guards. The shot man is in a dangerous condition. The negro above mentioned was captured in the mountains in vicinity of Little River. John Long, who some time since, killed a man by the name of Taylor in DeKalb county, was and is the principal leader of the crowd. When the squad were going up the mountain, Long and Smith said they would die before they were captured, so the negro prisoner says. He also says that the squad are desperate men. The squad also said they would take up quarters on the Lookout Mountain, 20 miles from Chattanooga, where they were confident they could not be found. The negro further says that on Thursday night, instant, some of the crowd broke into a house about one mile from Attalla, in Etowah county and stole some bed quilts. The negro was captured about dark on last Monday evening. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for two and one-half years...." (Taken from Cruising Through the Coosa River News, Vol. I, pp. 72-73) Cheryl A. Brown -----Original Message----- From: Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: alcherok@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 10:35 am Subject: Re: [ALCHEROK] Looking for a Murderer Can you send that article link also ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ALCHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [ALCHEROK] Looking for a Murderer > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: fostadoptmommy > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.cherokee/2711.4.1.2.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I was wrong.. I found another article regarding John Long's pardon and > also found out that John's middle initial is A. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message