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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 27
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as stating he had a permit to carry a gun for seven years but
had recently been refused a permit. He was fined $50.00 and
costs and sentenced to ninety days in jail. The article also
Another article appearing in the same newspaper
related the story of a house at 1149 - 12th Place, North,
which had caught fire and burned the night before. Fire Marshal
A. ROSENFELD was quoted as Saying it was definitely an act of
arson,
December 7, 1957:
““The Birmingham Post-Herald" on December 7, 1956,
carried a feature article which related the facts concerning
a bombing of a Fountain Heights home at 1216 - 13th Street,
North, which occurred shortly after midnight on this date,
This house was vacant at the time. One explosion occurred in
the front and one in the rear. This house, which was originally
owned by whites, had been sold to the Tucker Real Estate Company,
which in turn had recently sold it to a Negro, ROBERT GREER, who
had been denied in his attempt to move in on the previous
Thursday by the Building Inspector. ,
May 12, 1958:
"The Birmingham News" on this date relates the facts
of a dynamite blast which shattered the windows in the home of
DORA MAULDIN, 2420 Clarendon Avenue, Bessemer, Alabama. MAULDIN
and her seven children were sleeping in the house at the time
but were uninjured.
Juiyvy 18. 1958:
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"The Birmingham Post-Heralid" on this date carried an
articie relating the facts of a bombing which occurred at the
home of Mr. WILLIAM BLACKWELL, 1104 —- 12th Avenue North. It
should be noted that this is the bombing for which convictions
were obtained against HERBERT EUGENE WILCUTT. Investigatian
concerning this bombing has previously been conducted by the
Birmingham Office.
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