Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Brazeal, James Knox Polk August 28, 1876
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Ledger-Enquirer
LaGrange Reporter 
On Monday the 28th inst Henry Rogers killed Polk Brassell about eight miles above 
Rock Mills Randolph County Ala, under the following circumstances as reported at 
the mills. The bailiff with a posse who took shotguns went to the house of Rogers 
to arrest him for killing sheep Rogers and his family made stubborn resistance 
and, in the melee, Mr. Brassell a worthy good citizen of about thirty years of 
age was shot and died in about three hours. Two other men were wounded Rogers was 
arrested in the afternoon and he with a portion of his family held to answer the 
crime of murder and resisting lawful arrest.

Additional Comments:
Henry Rogers was sent to prison for 10 years. 

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