1927 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1927. 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 137 homicides in 1927, a rate of 57.5 per 100,000 population. Of those, 33 victims were white (22.5 per 100,000) and 104 were Black (113.3 per 100,000).

Listing

• January 16: Ruby Thornton and her companion were shot to death near Roebuck. Following an investigation by Birmingham detective Paul Cole, Horace DeVaughan confessed to the murders. He was convicted and sentenced to death and on April 8 became the first person electrocuted by the State of Alabama. (report)
• January 16: A. B. Moore, a supervisor for the Southern Railway, was killed in the same incident.

See also

• Birmingham homicides by year

References

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