Bibb County AlArchives News.....Homicide in Bibb County [Cox] June 5, 1859
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The Daily Confederation [AL], June 5, 1859 
Our neighboring county, Bibb, we regret to learn, was on Wednesday last, the 
scene of a bloody homicide. The circumstances as related to the editor of the 
Reporter, are as follows: "Cox was Justice of the Peace, and Palmer was the 
Constable. Cox had issued an execution and placed it in the hands of Palmer, 
and instructed him to levy on some property, which Palmer refused to do; a 
dispute arose and resulted in the death of Cox. The weapon used by Palmer was 
a knife, with which he stabbed Cox in several places, who lived but a short 
time after the wounds were inflicted. Palmer fled, and had not been arrested 
when our informant left Maplesville. Cox was a quiet, clever gentleman, and 
has left a family and a large number of friends to mourn his sudden death."—
Tuscaloosa Observer, June 1.

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