Son of James Henry Hunter and Florence C. Butler/Hunter - son and parents all born in Georgia. Married to Mary Unknown Hunter. Aged 34. Foster J. Hunter gave information for death certificate #15747. Died from Gunshot wound or wounds of the chest - homicide. Last address 777 Cooper Street, Atlanta, Fulton Co, Georgia.
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Jewell, that shares a marker with Boyce is his sister.
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This was sent to me:
This man was a neighbor of my relative, Annie Mae Cates Aiken, memorial # 189313653. They were both shot & killed by her husband, Sam. There are numerous articles in the Atlanta Constitution about these murders. Sam claimed they were having an affair. Boyce's wife said she didn't think that was true. She thought it was over a liquor feud. Not sure that issue was ever settled. Since I know you are interested in all things Atlanta, thought you might enjoy reading the summary article below. It blows my mind how things turned out for the murderer! He died a free man in 1942.
Best regards,
Debbie
Atlanta Constitution - 28 Mar 1935
Notice of an application for parole for Sam Aiken, who escaped from Fulton tower after he had been sentenced to death for the slaying of his wife in 1929, was posted at the courthouse Wednesday. Aiken is serving a life sentence at the state farm. He also was charged with the slaying of Boyce Hunter, his neighbor, but was never tried for that offense.
Aiken escaped from the tower in August, 1930 in company with another man then under death sentence, but was captured in Houston, Texas in 1932, where he was operating a restaurant under an assumed name. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in March, 1933.
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Jewell, that shares a marker with Boyce is his sister.
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This was sent to me:
This man was a neighbor of my relative, Annie Mae Cates Aiken, memorial # 189313653. They were both shot & killed by her husband, Sam. There are numerous articles in the Atlanta Constitution about these murders. Sam claimed they were having an affair. Boyce's wife said she didn't think that was true. She thought it was over a liquor feud. Not sure that issue was ever settled. Since I know you are interested in all things Atlanta, thought you might enjoy reading the summary article below. It blows my mind how things turned out for the murderer! He died a free man in 1942.
Best regards,
Debbie
Atlanta Constitution - 28 Mar 1935
Notice of an application for parole for Sam Aiken, who escaped from Fulton tower after he had been sentenced to death for the slaying of his wife in 1929, was posted at the courthouse Wednesday. Aiken is serving a life sentence at the state farm. He also was charged with the slaying of Boyce Hunter, his neighbor, but was never tried for that offense.
Aiken escaped from the tower in August, 1930 in company with another man then under death sentence, but was captured in Houston, Texas in 1932, where he was operating a restaurant under an assumed name. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in March, 1933.
Son of James Henry Hunter and Florence C. Butler/Hunter - son and parents all born in Georgia. Married to Mary Unknown Hunter. Aged 34. Foster J. Hunter gave information for death certificate #15747. Died from Gunshot wound or wounds of the chest - homicide. Last address 777 Cooper Street, Atlanta, Fulton Co, Georgia.
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Jewell, that shares a marker with Boyce is his sister.
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This was sent to me:
This man was a neighbor of my relative, Annie Mae Cates Aiken, memorial # 189313653. They were both shot & killed by her husband, Sam. There are numerous articles in the Atlanta Constitution about these murders. Sam claimed they were having an affair. Boyce's wife said she didn't think that was true. She thought it was over a liquor feud. Not sure that issue was ever settled. Since I know you are interested in all things Atlanta, thought you might enjoy reading the summary article below. It blows my mind how things turned out for the murderer! He died a free man in 1942.
Best regards,
Debbie
Atlanta Constitution - 28 Mar 1935
Notice of an application for parole for Sam Aiken, who escaped from Fulton tower after he had been sentenced to death for the slaying of his wife in 1929, was posted at the courthouse Wednesday. Aiken is serving a life sentence at the state farm. He also was charged with the slaying of Boyce Hunter, his neighbor, but was never tried for that offense.
Aiken escaped from the tower in August, 1930 in company with another man then under death sentence, but was captured in Houston, Texas in 1932, where he was operating a restaurant under an assumed name. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in March, 1933.
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Jewell, that shares a marker with Boyce is his sister.
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This was sent to me:
This man was a neighbor of my relative, Annie Mae Cates Aiken, memorial # 189313653. They were both shot & killed by her husband, Sam. There are numerous articles in the Atlanta Constitution about these murders. Sam claimed they were having an affair. Boyce's wife said she didn't think that was true. She thought it was over a liquor feud. Not sure that issue was ever settled. Since I know you are interested in all things Atlanta, thought you might enjoy reading the summary article below. It blows my mind how things turned out for the murderer! He died a free man in 1942.
Best regards,
Debbie
Atlanta Constitution - 28 Mar 1935
Notice of an application for parole for Sam Aiken, who escaped from Fulton tower after he had been sentenced to death for the slaying of his wife in 1929, was posted at the courthouse Wednesday. Aiken is serving a life sentence at the state farm. He also was charged with the slaying of Boyce Hunter, his neighbor, but was never tried for that offense.
Aiken escaped from the tower in August, 1930 in company with another man then under death sentence, but was captured in Houston, Texas in 1932, where he was operating a restaurant under an assumed name. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in March, 1933.
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