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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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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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
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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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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
'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.
per" bushel JimTketed^rough"hogs." The finished hogs have beenbringing more money and- people
ra of Progress-rIpheredUn^ByU. S. Rail
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NUMPEK .80:U:r
Given 'i hnrsriaye3 Tuesday
Mhe^oti^r.^pam-
ven By CensusExi>eri-
iitit>n^-^£-'^the--^voi*6
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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.
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 .
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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
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. • ' '
, 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/,
".niT for Ward Twtv lwo years ago«KCTlWWWv*w*^g!?!?!s5ggBmSSiTiu*iimiiTtia»itVABt!ltllHI
x4!4£rti«lti'rH^h^rtllnnl. office.,-Van.l i. . an • U|,riKht i r if.and ho,,e,t,bu.,In,asa,nah.:Vlf'nlcct.
iRm;
ion, and wa^'ryai)p0iptc<r to "the-snTnc^^officd^y •:the"' late"Governor?gnr^ \Vhitnohl tTt« ureaent:t.er(h, expiPod-March-1 (h-and it was
;i)«n<l and ■wifc^ or\nliiutrh.terj occupy jTer-^tc's in a. hotel, thry
I rTieil:~nlrzir~'5gpa ra \ oinjr the "hotel, fanii^
Are Not AdaptedJmit'iriTinnriBCB^
~~l'TnrTLdariVie^3tiUty~i)l'" rMul inlund'.wutcirwnys it compared.
SlOlVit
Ilo. lo^k much interest'in the•political affairs of the state.duringhis life a.s a newspaperman" here,nnd-personally-editod-and'-managedthe A azoo Sentinel- and also con*
Mnutumimijv^un
iiring-no-othor-fffjv.ij-r
iSSsiSpSaiSsW^)iimion cu/y, 0 rc-Hthu-
I I n m a It" rtfi
vsnToFsni
as-tho Hirdsull.Printing Company j.'ilL'i,;in:_'''onnection;therew.it!h.'''!^'' T" T-
M-L/-^J^i3d?8l)urw-fla a irUHnhoie '^ttHhod(^Vryhut*cb,:?anU*rdTrMl
■:"T.Ke .oiiiginar Erie CanaV> longcoaled, to functioni Befote tho,.
railroads' entereiiointoi^competitlortwas; „a .fairiy . active ..artery .' p.f.
Lra^l and freight." Tbe|-ra.Ur6ad,'giving -a "better and 'fasterrse^ide _trand^eittg^morffEa'daptab^'^^^iH^^needs^of^lusiheBd^s'^^;,w.anj .a.jWbrthleafi^itehjsr^-or^.ears-.^iR-Vrslugglsh"";xhumniutiqn"'^ the towns;and^t"^,?though whose centqra they loft an-
members. Of. the; force.'of. the .Yazoo"Scntme.h.y^'hjch includes:-N^ Mar-gruder, -C l. Dixoh73Vilbur...Plckj:^et t';^ un^carr^^jders on' 'a nd ""Ken ryiBr"-King.-^Hbnora"ry^ ^ir".".ljeaTeriP
^ Kl>,r'atli"sfrTC3r
Led I.amTnbns/ DrrRr'E. Hawkins,•Er^tr-Tirrrr~or-Jack8oh " a*"-«
III I I
XildCIIUMCLM
i Mrs.''C7- p.^ .G'uion - ofhappy, Over tho ar^ala -little 'lady~who~i3''to"
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ak_Doris:-OmGgiVGuicmrl-• -».WUD...the--^y.eai:8, -.<>o«an--gomg--;craftrbecome bigger and bigger,, locomo.