Tennessee Marriages
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1922
Marriage Place: Obion, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Dema Wallace
Kentucky Death Certificate #24704
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Race: White, Married
Death Age: 31 years, 6 mnths, 10 days
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1897
Death Date: 29 Oct 1928
Death Place: Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Death by blow to head while asleep - cold blooded murder
Father: Jake Plant, Born in Tenn.
Mother: Darthaelia Matheney, Born in Ky.
Published in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Weds., 31 Oct 1928 - DEE PLANT KILLED BY BLOW FROM AX NEAR HICKMAN; 4 SAY ROBBERY MOTIVE - Hickman, Ky., Oct 30 - Four hours after the body of Dee Plant, 29 years old, was found with his skull crushed by a blow from an ax in bed in a commissary tent four miles south of here early this morning, four Negroes had been arrested by Sheriff John Thompson and full confessions were obtained from them at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Negroes, Cleveland Allen and Charlie Perkins, Sheffield, Ala.; Thomas Jackson, Floence, Ala., and Charlie Hampton, address unknown, were taken in automobiles by Sheriff Thompson to the McCracken County Jail at Paducah for safekeeping. The Sheriff reported tonight the transfer had been made without trouble. Jackson and Hampton were arrested at Union City, Tenn., and Allen and Perkins were caught on the road seven miles north of here.
The Negroes had been employed on the Government revetment fleet, engaged in work on the levee of he Mississippi River, where Plant's commissary had been establshed. They declared in their confessions that they were paid yesterday, lost their money in a dice game last night and then killed and robbed Plant to get more money, part of which they also lost gambling.
Allen was blamed for striking the fatal blow with the axe by his three companions. Plant's position in the bed indicated he did not move after being struck. Officers were unable to ascertain how much money had been taken from his tent.
Plant is survived by his wife and a 4-year-old daughter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Plant, Marianna, Ark.
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1922
Marriage Place: Obion, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Dema Wallace
Kentucky Death Certificate #24704
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Race: White, Married
Death Age: 31 years, 6 mnths, 10 days
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1897
Death Date: 29 Oct 1928
Death Place: Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Death by blow to head while asleep - cold blooded murder
Father: Jake Plant, Born in Tenn.
Mother: Darthaelia Matheney, Born in Ky.
Published in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Weds., 31 Oct 1928 - DEE PLANT KILLED BY BLOW FROM AX NEAR HICKMAN; 4 SAY ROBBERY MOTIVE - Hickman, Ky., Oct 30 - Four hours after the body of Dee Plant, 29 years old, was found with his skull crushed by a blow from an ax in bed in a commissary tent four miles south of here early this morning, four Negroes had been arrested by Sheriff John Thompson and full confessions were obtained from them at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Negroes, Cleveland Allen and Charlie Perkins, Sheffield, Ala.; Thomas Jackson, Floence, Ala., and Charlie Hampton, address unknown, were taken in automobiles by Sheriff Thompson to the McCracken County Jail at Paducah for safekeeping. The Sheriff reported tonight the transfer had been made without trouble. Jackson and Hampton were arrested at Union City, Tenn., and Allen and Perkins were caught on the road seven miles north of here.
The Negroes had been employed on the Government revetment fleet, engaged in work on the levee of he Mississippi River, where Plant's commissary had been establshed. They declared in their confessions that they were paid yesterday, lost their money in a dice game last night and then killed and robbed Plant to get more money, part of which they also lost gambling.
Allen was blamed for striking the fatal blow with the axe by his three companions. Plant's position in the bed indicated he did not move after being struck. Officers were unable to ascertain how much money had been taken from his tent.
Plant is survived by his wife and a 4-year-old daughter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Plant, Marianna, Ark.
Tennessee Marriages
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1922
Marriage Place: Obion, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Dema Wallace
Kentucky Death Certificate #24704
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Race: White, Married
Death Age: 31 years, 6 mnths, 10 days
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1897
Death Date: 29 Oct 1928
Death Place: Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Death by blow to head while asleep - cold blooded murder
Father: Jake Plant, Born in Tenn.
Mother: Darthaelia Matheney, Born in Ky.
Published in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Weds., 31 Oct 1928 - DEE PLANT KILLED BY BLOW FROM AX NEAR HICKMAN; 4 SAY ROBBERY MOTIVE - Hickman, Ky., Oct 30 - Four hours after the body of Dee Plant, 29 years old, was found with his skull crushed by a blow from an ax in bed in a commissary tent four miles south of here early this morning, four Negroes had been arrested by Sheriff John Thompson and full confessions were obtained from them at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Negroes, Cleveland Allen and Charlie Perkins, Sheffield, Ala.; Thomas Jackson, Floence, Ala., and Charlie Hampton, address unknown, were taken in automobiles by Sheriff Thompson to the McCracken County Jail at Paducah for safekeeping. The Sheriff reported tonight the transfer had been made without trouble. Jackson and Hampton were arrested at Union City, Tenn., and Allen and Perkins were caught on the road seven miles north of here.
The Negroes had been employed on the Government revetment fleet, engaged in work on the levee of he Mississippi River, where Plant's commissary had been establshed. They declared in their confessions that they were paid yesterday, lost their money in a dice game last night and then killed and robbed Plant to get more money, part of which they also lost gambling.
Allen was blamed for striking the fatal blow with the axe by his three companions. Plant's position in the bed indicated he did not move after being struck. Officers were unable to ascertain how much money had been taken from his tent.
Plant is survived by his wife and a 4-year-old daughter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Plant, Marianna, Ark.
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1922
Marriage Place: Obion, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Dema Wallace
Kentucky Death Certificate #24704
Name: Dee Plant
Gender: Male
Race: White, Married
Death Age: 31 years, 6 mnths, 10 days
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1897
Death Date: 29 Oct 1928
Death Place: Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Death by blow to head while asleep - cold blooded murder
Father: Jake Plant, Born in Tenn.
Mother: Darthaelia Matheney, Born in Ky.
Published in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Weds., 31 Oct 1928 - DEE PLANT KILLED BY BLOW FROM AX NEAR HICKMAN; 4 SAY ROBBERY MOTIVE - Hickman, Ky., Oct 30 - Four hours after the body of Dee Plant, 29 years old, was found with his skull crushed by a blow from an ax in bed in a commissary tent four miles south of here early this morning, four Negroes had been arrested by Sheriff John Thompson and full confessions were obtained from them at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Negroes, Cleveland Allen and Charlie Perkins, Sheffield, Ala.; Thomas Jackson, Floence, Ala., and Charlie Hampton, address unknown, were taken in automobiles by Sheriff Thompson to the McCracken County Jail at Paducah for safekeeping. The Sheriff reported tonight the transfer had been made without trouble. Jackson and Hampton were arrested at Union City, Tenn., and Allen and Perkins were caught on the road seven miles north of here.
The Negroes had been employed on the Government revetment fleet, engaged in work on the levee of he Mississippi River, where Plant's commissary had been establshed. They declared in their confessions that they were paid yesterday, lost their money in a dice game last night and then killed and robbed Plant to get more money, part of which they also lost gambling.
Allen was blamed for striking the fatal blow with the axe by his three companions. Plant's position in the bed indicated he did not move after being struck. Officers were unable to ascertain how much money had been taken from his tent.
Plant is survived by his wife and a 4-year-old daughter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Plant, Marianna, Ark.
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