Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-31 | Page 3 | Negro is Sought as Murderer of Alabama Jurist

NEGRO IS SOUGHT AS MURDERER OF f fAlA AlA ALABAMA AMA JURIST WETUMKA IKA Ala Aug 31 AP AI Judge Lamar Smith probate Judge of or Elmore county was shot aho to death and his wife seriously hurt hur last night when an art unidentified perSOn person person per per- son fired two charges of buckshot through a window of at his home from ambush Judge Smith was lying on on a bed reading a 1 newspaper the shots shot were fired H His Hs s skull was shat shat- 1 by one of or the charges s. s Mrs Smith was was wa discovered stretched on the floor by neighbors who heard the shots A negro with whom Judge Smith w was as said to ha have hae e had a dispute about a week ago is being sought by nv under direction of SherIff Sher Sher- Sheriff iff r r. r Golden