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Identifier
20121679
Description
A murmuring, foot-shuffling crowd formed outside the city hall here Wednesday evening after the shooting of Police Chief Lee Cockrell. Highway Patrolman Gordon Payne said that at its peak, the mob numbered about 200. That would be almost half of this North Central Texas town (a state highway sign on the outskirts reads, "Boyd, Population 550"). The people didn't gather there in the main highway through town yelling for revenge for the shooting of the chief. Instead, they shouted their approval that he'd been wounded. "I hope he's dead," cried a voice in the crowd. "We sure won't miss him," echoed another voice. The mob was comprised of the menfolk of Boyd and the surrounding area. Teenagers were in the majority. But quite a few fathers and grandfathers stood in the road shouting their disapproval of the community's police force. Scarcely a woman was seen. When reporters arrived shortly after sunset, it was almost a gala circus atmosphere that prevailed there.
Archival Date
1958-08-13
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-88
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Police Officers; Shooting
Names
Cockrell, Lee; Payne, Gordon
Subjects
Police Officers; Shooting