Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Sam Patterson Arrested in Anniston December 1, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 March 28, 2023, 10:34 pm Ledger-Enquirer December 1, 1891 A fourteen-year-old boy named Sam Patterson has just been arrested at Anniston and placed in jail in default of $400 bond The boy is charged with stealing a mule in Oxford and does not deny the charge His mother died near Chulafinnee in Cleburne County some time ago and his father drove him away. The boy has ever since been dependent on the kindness of others for food and clothing. He is a bright boy but the unnatural treatment by his father has made him a beggar and a thief. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/sampatte2268gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb