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Birdsall-Stricklin Feud

Contents: Documents featuring the murder-

suicide of Yazoo Sentinel editor F. R. Birdsall

and Mayor J. O. Stricklin on Tuesday April 1,

1930.

Location: Vertical Files at B.S. Ricks Memorial

Library of the Yazoo Library Association | 310

N. Main Street, Yazoo City, Mississippi 39194

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IlililiiiijffllsiBHEi HIHSKtlllq m i i L! 1 ^ K .'MsiaiMiVfli'ifil'flT'In UntimdyJEnd

Liiilikinatruck-ih the ..head by ;flyin|f tim-

umaumn ricyim Waa jTTftl • entcriinr

I 01 lazQQ CUV, Dtiingr oipetz.cd lo thai-poftition-in the celection sheld 'parjy in Febi'u-ary, and. to take dlti^. early.

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--J. 0. Stricklin has -been iderittHo<l *with the "husiheaa ..l.iLteregtso(/;^^azoo- Gity

.'-Bird.sall,:editoi--ofssiort—

Sgency. for KnrdyQ^-^ity "Ivhen the - RUUn^^h9ltlS£

ffiayol^tncklii^ t^eiHpotTrig,. nceorcTm^tb-eyrj^nr7T?""l^"lTSkinS7 Waui"ne.sses. DivR. K

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-4feetio|>7^lvfng-i^ep-boVove;j^Jfr?w

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pi*. Hawkins states that'tiig»vrat"leada"Tn% StriiRIin.^i'ove'-uji inJini-Xiar^ana-wiUtKt-Uj

•^titn't^drgtancF^waWand^Keard^lV.;: tleTKis' matter .with .you ;twp'.>:^".

were fi red according to reports of eye witnesse^ feome ofwhom are of -the opinion th it .Mr. Siricklin eniiHied hi?

• Dr. .Hawkins snid ihif fbn shnf- iviis fireri at-Mi'i

univorsally Tiked and. admired. \"Hn hna I oVtm 'n*i 'm»T5vrt in.'

pSiU.".WiLdMtShe city pbllcwJ '"force.'fqf

her of years, and has bWD'a^Trea*. ient of. V^:qo Cit.v Jor! at Icaat

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^f^on-a^nd^^U^ Hims^lf^With Shot from Same Gun

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lir±£;2R;*_BirdsaU,::ed it<)r-of "t^e^Y troo-^.en B n elf^an^^

■Mayi)r- StfiMin did ail-the sft.DoijriK^,: jiccorflin^tp-reye-wit- -nesses. i)i\^ RT^ET^TJawJcinSfTiiy^aldeiwir .

leads to hu\Yheii-iKr>/StrXcJUuniri^e-up..in^iii_xau-:.aud^dUid-iU4):^K^^^

He this l^atter -with .you^twq;,-!^-^;4V4 Lh-thi^einaTlF^M tv^tYi^^^n-(H^^^^

were fi red accoTding -to reports of eye Avitnesses;- $omc"-'(>f-.whom -are of -the opinion th it .Mr.. Slrk'klin.,emptied

__. Dr. . -Hawkins_sMd_that the. .first shot-was . fi red at" Mr;'.-Blrdsan^who^,w3k^apprQacJ3anj^tke-bj:n^ien^^:^hft^firflt-shot was-fired -Dr..Ha^kins-s.iys jr^turried aiici started intothe' elvtrance^o his ofFfce~an I fc^,Str^cklih turnedHie_gu^m^hlnTras-Mi^rtj.ifd.gMlHay^.gniin' is", then^said to h'avr^gdn"'^ back' Id^ ITirdsall ViirF

1 fihot---jdm'atTiea3tri)nce~p;n~thXlideM]-kl^hgi^c4^^^aTHS iTemenuen nwfl iina f1 meufl ■?««■ iiTSSffliSiiin

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if 1 r flTOtjnd jo the undertakIng.• pador^j^gplRv^bn^T^

^K.^gpitiraim:^self'througjh the head;.-^^- -!-^ ' . . . _■" 'I'his shooting afiray. ^ ih :vLresult ofT-a"feud between these two men gping: back to th;^trial of Mr.Stricklin = oh charge^' of- cattlkstealing here sohfe timeligoin whrch-he^vvaa exonerated byJihe courtz-rLater n'ewspap-^Vartirles^ in the .Yazoo SenUiYel derogatory toMr. Strick^Tin ^re said to have fanned tlielflameVof enmity; betweentlTe'two men.' .., w . -^IinTn^iately^^ftft^'^tte^^P^lh^a Jargje cfoW

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Himself

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In Untimely End

iia.iTcfani vvaiT^riair^xefuiif

I or of Yazoo City .being eject-Gd3.o^hat-TpQsition-in-tbe g|42elwfion^held.parly in February, and. to 4ake' dlti^.^early

iie<i ♦withof/ , V azop-Oity rior a-great-ihany

TT-thxrmKmiammmmm

iiwpr,:.cnd,. pf..,Mam .street,.-lattc.

gltTq.faSTOtl»nBiCmilf?liTg\^liLBgITPBl-Keet-iojij^ivfng-i^ip-befpre-it^rew'r

; Mr. Strlcklin was a mar. \vho.hada TTjany - fnen

n»>v under way in Yazoo City, on.d

he city ppllcc 'Yorcajforber of years,, and" has bRn~a" res-'-.(ent-Of;:iYaiooji.Gity;Jior...at JeaaLthirty years: ' He was _h'6m and

ir ■hr' ciMtiTh sfcMnn nfYa.

•Wr.-. Mi'ii Klui,. wJio 'AiTc iun^ti.dents^pf^thtt't :<«cptfo^.^is father i.X.... . .j

He was h memhe?i7-pr'thc;Va7.ooj

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eoNSTimGM

VOLUME LVn

ednesdav EveT^Gau

Offico of.Mayor oi>ViU lie 1

teirred In Glenwo^

I•■■■»:aaM K• >: I• 111•J " ■

I^t PaU:By Ymoodence .^on i^North" -Main . . strwt

nzobtCi

'Rev. ".Wehh" Bramc. pastor,, oi-*'tho_First Baptist church,, officiating,,and assisted by RevV W. -J. Cald-

am j — T?.»w>«-.c? -p.»vr-r nee, -and . Others in coine; n- Three^More Shipmertte^:Be fri^fc

^A'^large^crovvd'^of.'^sbrrbwing

■i>^2BUii3iUK!£BMen and women frontof.lifeVand a goodly portion of the

*i Ku rs tiiiiQArsx^yiiAii

he—funeral—was^-conduct^d-i^y-g-^, as

IB KHSTUiSlB'iffTflSEH

"famous. Detroit. JcwiX C0'rdial"~rnvitat i

V7«nRfiBffi7tS78cT7tRiifT

mto visit' their' storCTTor-fcattt re:s-r»

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City on AprUselS,—Valley on April23, and Bentohia'on April "29.! • '•

_ . . . range*. -• '.Bain, of Belzoni^. R H. Latham. *ly- •L. Sw'ayze and 0._ G. Kelly._ -^HoTy_[ AXTENI)..CON ^Perry, br. W. C. Smith, rt ,X8heivi_ Mr..and Mrs;.K.

-R~M7T-Middletonr-JT--F7--Steinriodcf leave Saturday fo i•W. W.-Prestridge,' J. S. Allgood, to attend a tinJ. P!- MiiTPhv. A.-.M. Holmes. Dr.

nmkes young-i^ogs, grow,..but--wnradd weight-to them.at-a.-very.smallcoaL_p^ pound to producer. _—4-Qnite-a -large-number-of—f arm-

jl^are begmnmg/to use tankage,",a'nd this makes ^ri .excellent supplementary feed'to com and pas-

-graphers'-Associati:^Childre3s,.-J:-.S.-tIooks,^R..-J.Coker,,.jv-.'DARoberfc8i'J.->J-.--Northr^5;vr^r' 1A. :Moses, T. H|Griffis, Sr., F.-.D. oj-the Garner StinlHnJU^l/T£^_.Fverett; Jnbn P. absence,

s :al 'Vo.■?

I view t\yonde^r

TIQN.

iarr^'•mmghnnyl'convi'■nr4^'^cE-in:;chai

irmg-'.th'

-^{or-e,-4lt=wa5^found-by=actual-ex-perimehtrthlit"corn brought $l.W7to"

per" bushel JimTketed^rough"hogs." The finished hogs have beenbringing more money and- people

ra of Progress-rIpheredUn^ByU. S. Rail

®SSBWTVJ?nft'4 fflf.'jlB, S !T?tW t «• I; I# »w5!W5iB

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LOTjtfVat!

NUMPEK .80:U:r

Given 'i hnrsriaye3 Tuesday

Mhe^oti^r.^pam-

ven By CensusExi>eri-

iitit>n^-^£-'^the--^voi*6

-fl

the pa-

iJiVeTattri^lKi^pbpula^^United. jSlHtcs .duringj^s.. If tlnT^enfLuf ai-:f.N^ '<nn>!. dautrh"tu4!ai.i.:\\v. i'iMiil,i\;es. ser-odmns" urc'incmbersliMI^-l'huh^ l»V<^ AD

ihe coi\?^\i.<" rcrords os^) >•-—i-I c-wS

CrgititrEbli^6rformance iiiv^

■At the-High'SchoolAudUofium

"A bacK^or^ Bbnoymoon/'—precyonien byV_the~scni6r" cIas3~"of the'A'a^oo City H igb. Schdiirin the HtgH"?s4Ytte}=audiXot^iJiu ^TKiFfad^'-; eyei^Inh'.vwas a wohderfd]-^iuc^'ss.^ The.skit; was -ably i)^eacnled-and each.oha'nictor pbrttaycd h)s or her.part

dnntnthhr

Th e^Fi^t-MethodteV—Cbiirclu

)EATH OF EDITOR __WIDELY MOURNED

large hnu interested audience•^1\ s""p rp^f'h f" a ti fl ~on jnyfvUnmtty-mn.

roqi^inqr

Vlanv Prominent Mpn- nf tho •ti

-Fuhwhl Here .

T tnV f<> i I n \v I n \i Ihc

AiTr-rn^-pi^rsimntyni^^^ t%nra Griltin. Myrtle Uatiu' -Ulix^H- .^IJolmpseiUmdiiLKa

-. Josoph AT-I HUC-A^t:- "Kathleen fi ranthanr.^ Christine 1

ITar

.1 r_ihc_Cuimi Ijjrren u,!oiU^ ThV.per>*oTTa.jnr ihjnh.tvn di^ u fy^- hv\\] ti.lhiM-' i Innilia^rd~br>nrrter.s or a pn^

pcr,'uiidiiLKacri^w

Kathleen Cr^nthanv Christine Bun-ueV. iAultu- DerdoJi, Harriet Dobbs,MesHrn: .David WtlHon/BUly Patty;

iWidT nnd_Dnvid Allgood..' ■'— ' "■" • *~

Frank R. -Birdaall^editorjl!the Yazoo-tSentinel and mem-. ■- -m' j-l

Daugliliiii)usand conViots con-annly.-.the holler com.

i-i,-ur l>uLi.ijr njoinljei's^household. "i)'r Hill

-7 arniti e^- -nnf*» i wi ."<!\velline- nhd

•oping is entiW'lv nop.ill bo returhdn by theL'lalors us • separaio■vt i VI r. < losolv.'.. [boy

ai.vthWtviT^'UVV'iv'sTrcbti family of one;-, Vua i n_t a i n i n g" l»r i v a t o

TP' ilSLUU U.H .ifr'Tnra'"storo:\vho rog'iu

ahd Ihe .store ua hi.iorr^

iiilrLhuardeiv.u^.-CCUTsltl^

r^-hn-hQtP-lzavihfM-. persoTt who.boards in

bo returned aa a mem-fa m;1

A tranfeiont whcti nl « hotel tem

■ itrd ns n luen.-h

bc^^q^^thGHstatt^Tax'^(^^ v .sittiv^ Top the past six years/ :T(ipd"AV'Gdnesda\^' morniny At. ' ^8-!85-J.Q^clQpk— KiTTpf':^- s .

"fVYHj

Is Candidate Forsuit of abdominal w.biinda.in- 'fUcte(i;-Jby".Ala^^^liii _itbu|dLzl:..aQ_.o:

afTruy \vhich took placfr onrih-frnnt-pfc

lun-fDi: Mayor "f Ya7iOn Ctty.-t-/Mx^Middleton» ..::»t->present .Aldermanfor-'^\Vard'^vor"was--nppointed_nolli'l IH M"Vni' I'l ii To,111.by 1.1 IP i ,,iy

February, 28, 1859,. -a^naiivjZ:.QrvS arren. II].. and wna. ti yvara of■gKU.auJKUl uuIbhI'I . , , • " UVMIIOU* . X Ul*

IjoTLddby the .death o"f J. 0; Stricklin. and nrintinV field ~ he

M r • Mhldleton has het^ a j:esi-'\y ^

i iii 11 aiMiv. —***—vric^newspaper and prihtinV field,-hecam« to Yazoo City t6'make his.homeLabaut:87-vcaca-airo;-andrmIF

~lP00r~^Hc'.was born in Holmes-CttujUy- -yoara—agoi-'and 4iaH^juiii ■ mo5f uf his li> fc -to Yhauu"

chased thy^ Yazoo Sentinel, a week-;Jy newspaper andplant from the

job printingw.

' . ••.

r-^>unt-u.i—Hi>^an4l.y-moA;ed. to-.tho- - _---AWtUvay-aec-tiunAvhcn-li^ wi-^\.u:..y.eurA-d,f-agc,-iand:-itnwas:itKere-^frin.bjLJWJLSUL'P^gdT-

•L his .'U hi-has: no-home -and

the familyP,j)ffns to . ho slaying•)uiiifrntf'd.".w.h"c4.Ho^

y] estaldijjhjtuir^

U consulencd" a/r-bne[•■'eveiv where \.wo oi

afCcflmhvmg tb~Yazoo CityMr. Muldloton vva» aasociatod-withlie yazbVrKurnitufe Company, un-il he entered "ihe field under "his

.■UV.M'ddleiVfti was olected Alder>0 m jdr AVard'^Twtv.iw6"^^ycggg'jM^

and .us it member of inb City Coun:hiM.ha8ibcun-?^Cor-'evory- forwarU-

owned—varloufl—newflpaper^proper-rf?^.ties In Misalsfiippi 'at .Ifattie.s.hurg/^ . rGrecnwuud and ^pelzbnl, -but thyYazoo Sentinel was the only one;-that-hahafr kepi through the .years,-

. Mr. Bfrdsall bas been prominent.T?S»li.fcl*:«Uy -iu-AtijTjji»aip]»i. fvi tu»HfVOnri. Af Kt. ■ t.._ - i

" til e "01 ty; 110-h as irmd e; ft.n ex>.a-llont' .officer, and is • an,'- upright

.and honest, busjn.esa. man.. .If eleet-

bc.Ht efforts to the citylaL^ffair^ "

j . was-Kccre^ry of ->he^UZoI^Misaissippi DeiU LeveeBoard during thyjrst Ildbo admih-istratibn, an appointee of Covorru^rBilbo. Later ho was appointed a.member of the .State Tax Cflmmia-.-i.

itid*tion,"'and iX'a.i*" reappm'nto<r to theunme office " by the late' Governor^^t'pry L. Whitflold. His ureaenticiihU^i^pirod-March lib and. it wa^'h nownr:thal:. hG^jaf6'ald^Q(^ht_ .be ,rc.""appointed-—byr^GnvtrrnTVf— BilboV 'though" hi.H successor has not asv»'i been nntriedl. • ' '

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, in a slurtv. who roKi'-

-iina lh(3 Hioro a» lOH

consul-1

ei—or Ihe IujIoI W-lu'r-'

p('v-«in who hounls in

\ j f'lurned as a mem-1 ' Iv al t-hc pl^c-1 -H Vanftiont wK^

. ] \i u hotel teni

CioITfVcTl, \H\tjl , fiperi.a). -bo hehi -fvli"'thiJ7plac(rTiia<lo''"va'' "J^^gpaper and prihtinV ftel(^,• heeuiU by the (loath of J. 0. Strivklin. to YazoO City td' rtiake hja:

Mr. M^ddloton has -hoink-about 37.vcara-agQr&n^pur^

Xmih-ty—r>5—^yoawi— and *huH |-y^n'iit-mo&t. ur hiH I'fg -"O Ya;.uu

—HiR-fttn.:ilv--»»o-^''^d to ;LhoAlldway SecliuhAyhen. lio-waa-iihotlL

-ffitT ^ :--;^..-7-ownod"Varioua-neW4papor -properi^Sonn after coming to Yaz 'J ^ .ties in MiBsiBsippi at llattiesburg/'

Mr Muldleton was ssaooiatod with i J TipU;.n( Wfc tWYazoo .Sentinek^as the only^one/,

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railroads' entereiiointoi^competitlortwas; „a .fairiy . active ..artery .' p.f.

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