Sammie Lee Williams – The Birmingham News Article, “Gunshot Wound—Negro Dies of Trolley Conductor’s Bullet”

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November 29, 1949 article from The Birmingham News reporting the death of Sammie Lee Williams from injuries sustained in the November 20 streetcar shooting. The article states that M. A. Weeks had admitted shooting Williams, notes that Weeks was free on $300 bond after being charged with assault with intent to murder, and reports that police would file no additional charges because the matter was to be investigated by a grand jury. It also notes that two other passengers sustained minor injuries from stray bullets.