Fitzhue Thornton was accidentally killed at Tuscumbia last Saturday by Fred Alexander while fooling with a pistol.
 

Gabe Coats

Louis Jordan, 16 years old stabbed Gabe Coats in the heart with a barlow knife near Eutaw and killed him instantly-both negroes.
 

Jas. Drake

Some two weeks ago Jas. Drake had his head craked by a falling scantling at Decatur, from the effects of which he died a few days ago.
 

Tim Anderson

Reed Townsend, a prisoner in the Huntsville jail murdered Tim Anderson with an iron bar while the latter was discharging his duty as an employe of the prison.
 

Jacksonville Republican, Jacksonville, Alabama, 23 July 1887, page 1, column 5.

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