The Birger Gang Murders Trail in Illinois 1926
In 1926 Pritchard confronted Birger over bootlegging across eight Illinois counties. Birger ordered violence against rivals and had teenage boys killed a mayor in West City. The Birger gang was linked to thirteen murders including a state trooper and his pregnant wife before Birger fled the county.
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Illinois
Pritchard
Big Jim
Birger
West City
Benton
Birpes
Birger Pang
Bu Jim
Pye Pot
Negro Scout Leader to Visit Wiregrass Region
Harry Haysbert, Negro national assistant to health and service safety of the Boy Scouts of America, will visit the Southeast Alabama Scout Council during the week of May 12. E. C. Jones said the visit includes meetings for Negro adult leaders with the division committee in Dothan on Tuesday at 7 30 p m and with the Barbour County division on Wednesday at Van Buren Street School. He then travels to Ozark Thursday and ends with a weekend training course there.
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Harry Haysbert
Boy Scouts of America
Southeast Alabama Scout Council
E. C. Jones
Dothan Negro Community Center
Barbour County Division Committee
van Buren Street
Ozark
Dothan Students Among 40 Candidates For MD Degree
James M. Jones of Dothan and Bascom D. Petrey of Buffalo are among 40 candidates for the Doctor of Medicine degree at June commencement exercises of the University of Alabama and its Medical College of Alabama. They are part of the second class to graduate from the new four year medical program.
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James M. Jones
Dothan
Bascom D. Petrey
Bufaulo
University of Alabama
Medical College of Alabama
Medical College
Big Jim's county sheriff era ends amid gang turmoil
In Benton County the sheriff Big Jim battles rivals as Pritchard and the Shelton brothers vow violence, the hanging crowd pays $15 a ticket, and the gang’s grip appears to crumble after a decisive showdown. Big Jim later leaves politics to serve in WWII and returns to win office again.
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Pritchard
Fou Shelton Brothers
My County
Toney
Thi
Big Jim
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Louisiana
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Rainer
Roebuck
Sumay
W. Main
Benton County
Charlie
Binger
Thie County
Mecopetania
U.S Postel
Depar Trent Tanke
Ce FF
Dave
Brocks
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Gateley
Bouyant
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