Word: corbitt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Just after one midnight last week Sheriff Louis Corbitt of Henry County, Ala. and Jailer J. N. Corbitt. his father, asleep in their first-floor bedrooms below the rooms at Abbeville that serve as county jail, were awakened by a great racket outside. Before they could get up to investigate, a mob of 50 armed farmers burst in, ordered them to stay where they were. As sheriff and jailer sat abed looking sleepy-eyed into grim Henry County faces, part of the mob marched upstairs, broke into the jail. Going straight to the bullpen occupied by six cowering blackamoors, they...
...limb of a tree so that Editor Brown could make a more vivid camera record of 1937's No. 1 lynching.* At last week's end Henry County was buzzing with excitement. A special grand jury, on orders of Governor Bibb Graves, began taking testimony. Sheriff Corbitt, threatened with impeachment by Governor Graves, was quoted as saying he could and would name the owners of no less than 15 of the faces his sleepy eyes recognized in his bedroom. Nevertheless, the grand jury did not indict after hearing Sheriff Corbitt's testimony...
...units, the truck industry consists of some 50 companies, most of which are known only to the people who buy trucks. Many have a distinctly regional flavor. Brockway Motor is strong in the Northeast. Kleiber of San Francisco, Moreland of Burbank, Kenworth of Seattle, distribute on the Pacific Coast. Corbitt Co. is a North Carolina concern...