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Hollis Horton

Case from Tuscaloosa, AL dated Oct 23, 1911

Victim Details

Hollis Horton

Male

White / Caucasian

Tuscaloosa

AL

1911-10-23

29

Hollis

Horton

Yes

07/14/2026

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In the predawn hours of October 23, 1911, a posse assembled in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with a singular purpose: to bring a fugitive to justice. Among them was Hollis Brown Horton, a 29-year-old White male who had been specially deputized for this dangerous task. The man they sought, Frank Richardson, was the primary suspect in the killing of a former deputy sheriff in Northport just a day earlier. The chase led the posse into the dense woods, a tense and uncertain environment for a manhunt.

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