John Perry

Murdered
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On December 24, 1928, Deputy Sheriff John Perry Hood, aged 23, was fatally shot while attempting to search a vehicle for illegal liquor on the Clinton-Pleasant Ridge Road, approximately 15 miles north of Eutaw, Alabama. The assailant, a 23-year-old man, fired multiple shots at Deputy Hood before fleeing the scene. The suspect was apprehended on April 17, 1929, in Ellis County, Texas, but managed to escape from the Dallas County, Alabama, Jail on June 22, 1929, and was never recaptured.

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    John Perry

    Male

    Pleasant-ridge

    AL

    1928-12-24

    23

    John

    Perry

    11/22/2024

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