Associated Press Photo of James H. Coyner (accompanied by printed text)
[New York]: Associated Press, 1/19/1935. front and side view head shots of Coyner in a single photo. 20" x 16"cm. Typed text mounted on back. Heading of text: Negro Held in "Butcher" Slayings. Coyner was arrested for the murder of a husband and wife in Cleveland, Mississippi, with police claiming that they had found pieces of "human flesh salted and cured, and with teeth marks thereon" in Coyner's home. The text accompanying this AP photo varies dlightly from the language which accompanied the same or similar photo the day before from the AP with the words "ghoul" and "in a suitcase" omitted from the text.Coyner, an African American whose given name was Alonzo Robinson, was convicted and executed by hanging on March 5, 1935. Very Good. Item #94882
Price: $60.00