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...Hogjaw's way. His opportunity began with a simple bit of Negro baiting at a sharecropper's cabin near the town of Kosciusko (pop. 4,291) in central Mississippi. Three drunken bully boys-an ex-convict and moonshiner named Leon Turner and two brothers, Malcolm and Wendell Whitt-broke into the cabin of a Negro named Thomas Harris. They attempted to rape his wife, stole household effects and terrorized his family. A few days later, after the Negro's neighbors complained, the trio was arrested and held for trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: Shooter's Chance | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

...trio, Malcolm Whitt, gave himself up when the liquor ran out. The other two hid out. A sheriff's posse was organized to track them down-and the peerless Hogjaw and his hounds were requisitioned from the prison farm. Hogjaw turned up, burly and cocky, in a bright red shirt and striped pants. He belted on a pistol and holster, and at rainy daybreak put three dogs, High Rollin' Red, Nigger and Alabama, on the trail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: Shooter's Chance | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

...squad: C. P. Atherton '29, E. A. Colpak '29, J. S. Cunningham '30, Robert Gilmor '31, R. R. Ketchum '29, W. H. MacHale '31, E. L. Molloy '29, J. W. Nee '30, Y. H. Pinsker '30, W. R. Scott '30, Solomon Smith '31, P. B. Weymouth '30, E. H. Whitt '30, Howard Whitmore '29, and M. S. Worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL SEASON INAUGURATED BY BATTERY WORKOUT | 2/26/1929 | See Source »

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