W. Obe Spencer, a 27-year-old grocery store executive, was tragically murdered on May 29, 1923. Spencer, who was of African American descent, was shot with a .25 caliber pistol while he was in a car with his date, schoolteacher Laura Wheaton Johnson. The incident occurred on an isolated road near Memphis, Tennessee, known as a local lovers' lane. The assailant, Charles Barr, approached the couple stealthily, but was seen by Johnson, who began screaming. Barr immediately shot and killed Spencer b
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