Grady Shepherd Testimony from the F. Leebern Trial Collection
Collection
Identifier: SMC 79
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a transcript of Grady Shepherd’s testimony.
Dates
- Creation: 1946 October
Biographical / Historical
Fate Leebern was one of the crime kingpins of Phenix City, Alabama in the 1940s. He was murdered on September 16, 1946 at the Southern Manor Night Club there. John Hoyt Shepherd (1899-1980), a rival of Leebern’s for the illegal whiskey trade in Phenix City, was charged with the crime. At Hoyt’s trial in October of 1946, his brother Grady “Snooks” Shepherd confessed to the murder and Hoyt was acquitted.
Full Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States