[Sheriff Salisbury]

United States, Nebraska

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1. LRMO and address of informant Sheriff Salisbury, North Matto
2. L to end time of interview Nov. 29
341 Place of interview Office
4. 14ame and address of persons if anys who put you 'in touah with
informant
5. battle and eddrose of persons if any aolompanyin& you
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NAYS AND ADDASS 01, INFONNANT.VMMINRITTY, North Platt?
Nar. Sulisbury MA the Sheriff of Liman Go, in 1929. 114 recalls
that a police offiesw went into a two story house onW. 7th Street to
arrest a negro known as SIMI. Ihe negro shot offiOer Green with a
sewed off shot guns killing the officer. The law surrounded the house
whque the negro was. In some Ivey the negro got under the 11 -use and
killed hi -self with tha sawed off shot gun with which he had killed
the officer.
eoeuse no rrest vic made, the colored man having killed himself
rtright there is no record of this in the Sheriff office.
The negro
people of the town were afraid of an uprising and for thut ream. thsy
all left town but oame back later.
The negro killer had been around town some tt-o•
The Sheriffs office served the subponeas on the men who were tired
for unlawufl assembly oencerning the negro people on the day in which
officer Creen lite killed awl the negro killed himself.
Note. It is rumored thct offioers killed the negro rather than arrest
hin as the body "so they sty. was ridtlled irith bullets0
believe this could have been true.
Personally I