1928 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1928. 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 122 homicides in 1928, a rate of 49.6 per 100,000 population. Of those, 13 victims were white (8.6 per 100,000) and 109 were Black (115.4 per 100,000).

Listing

• March 31: J. T. Connell, a watchman at the Continental Gin Co., was found dead in the cupola of the business after an attack in broad daylight.
• May 16: Daisy Bannister was killed and Monte Priest injured in a house on the 1900 block of 11th Avenue North.

References

• Fisher, Harold (April 15, 1929) "Police Records Show 11 Killed, 10 Seriously Hurt in 15 Ax Attacks Since 1922." The Birmingham News, p. 1
• Barnhart, Kenneth E. (July 1932) "Negro homicides in the United States." Opportunity. Vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 212–214

See also

• List of homicides in 1928
• Birmingham homicides by year