1912 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1912. It includes homicide cases occurring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

According to Kenneth Barnhart's survey of Jefferson County Board of Health statistics, Birmingham had 82 homicides in 1912, a rate of 41.7 per 100,000 population. Of those, 14 victims were white (16.1 per 100,000) and 68 were Black (120.3 per 100,000).

Listing

• October 20: Sam Pulline, died at St Vincent's Hospital from a gunshot wound. The shot came from Officer Hawkins of the Birmingham Police Department who was chasing Pulline from the scene of what he and Officer Ivey took to be a fight on 26th Street and 4th Avenue North. Hawkins said he intended to fire a warning shot into the ground, without realizing that Pulline, about 50 feet ahead, had tucked himself up behind a fence rather than running forward. Pulline said they were only playing at the intersection and he didn't know why he was being chased by the officer. The death was investigated by the Jefferson County Coroner. (report)
• October 20: Francis Richardson died at Hillman Hospital from injuries attributed to her husband, Tobe Temples, also called Tobe Pepper. Temples was arrested and charged with murder, but denied the crime. (report)

References

• Barnhart, Kenneth E. (July 1932) "Negro homicides in the United States." Opportunity. Vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 212–214

See also

• Birmingham homicides by year