Walker County AlArchives News.....Alleged Muderer Is Shot By Alabama Mob January 13, 1921 ************************************************ 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: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com April 20, 2008, 10:41 am Vancouver Evening Columbian January 13, 1921 Jasper, Ala., Jan 13 - William Beard, miner, held in connection with the killing of James Morris, guardsman December 31 last, was taken from the Walker county jail here early today by a mob and later shot to death three miles from Jasper. The jailer and military authorities believed Beard had been rescued from prison by friends until the body was discovered at the road side by a mail carrier. Additional Comments: Vancouver Evening Columbian was pubished in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/walker/newspapers/allegedm1589gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb