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Æ 21 Years, 10 Months, 17 Days - Murdered at Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama
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William Roosevelt was the second born child of three known children and the only son born to Hiram Jeremiah "Jerry" Baird and Mary Naomi "Oma" King.
He Married Mamie B. Northcutt in 1918 in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama and together they had two children: Norman Paul Baird (1919-1990 and William Horace Baird (1921-1940), who was born after his father's death in 1921.
He was a Coal Miner.
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He was murdered by state militia in 1921 because he tried to start a United Mine Workers local at the Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, about 10 miles down Highway 5 toward Jasper, from Natural Bridge.
His father-in-law, Rev. Adrian Dean Northcutt, was in the pasture, feeding the cows and unarmed. A group of state militia had been sent to the mine area by the governor to stop the formation of the union. The mine was mostly mined by black men, and they were dying every day from the poisonous gases in the shafts. Mr. Northcutt (father-in-law) and Will Baird were trying to help these men. Mr. Northcutt was a minister.
The militiamen surrounded Rev. Northcutt in the pasture and shot him, even when he had his hands in the air, clearly unarmed. Will Baird saw them in the pasture from the house, ran down to where they were and shot and killed two of the militia, after Rev. Northcutt was dead. He was arrested and tried, found innocent (self-defense) but because of the uproar of the towns and state about the situation , was kept in the Jasper Jail that night for his own safety. The militiamen were billeted in Carbon Hill, and they pistol whipped the sheriff, took Will out of the jail, dragged him behind the car, beat him beyond recognition, and left him dead in front of the Slick Lizard Mine, tied to a tree. There are stories written in the Alabama Heritage magazine about all of this, and there is an historical plaque at the site of the original shooting in Nauvoo.
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Æ 21 Years, 10 Months, 17 Days - Murdered at Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama
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William Roosevelt was the second born child of three known children and the only son born to Hiram Jeremiah "Jerry" Baird and Mary Naomi "Oma" King.
He Married Mamie B. Northcutt in 1918 in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama and together they had two children: Norman Paul Baird (1919-1990 and William Horace Baird (1921-1940), who was born after his father's death in 1921.
He was a Coal Miner.
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He was murdered by state militia in 1921 because he tried to start a United Mine Workers local at the Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, about 10 miles down Highway 5 toward Jasper, from Natural Bridge.
His father-in-law, Rev. Adrian Dean Northcutt, was in the pasture, feeding the cows and unarmed. A group of state militia had been sent to the mine area by the governor to stop the formation of the union. The mine was mostly mined by black men, and they were dying every day from the poisonous gases in the shafts. Mr. Northcutt (father-in-law) and Will Baird were trying to help these men. Mr. Northcutt was a minister.
The militiamen surrounded Rev. Northcutt in the pasture and shot him, even when he had his hands in the air, clearly unarmed. Will Baird saw them in the pasture from the house, ran down to where they were and shot and killed two of the militia, after Rev. Northcutt was dead. He was arrested and tried, found innocent (self-defense) but because of the uproar of the towns and state about the situation , was kept in the Jasper Jail that night for his own safety. The militiamen were billeted in Carbon Hill, and they pistol whipped the sheriff, took Will out of the jail, dragged him behind the car, beat him beyond recognition, and left him dead in front of the Slick Lizard Mine, tied to a tree. There are stories written in the Alabama Heritage magazine about all of this, and there is an historical plaque at the site of the original shooting in Nauvoo.
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Æ 21 Years, 10 Months, 17 Days - Murdered at Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama
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William Roosevelt was the second born child of three known children and the only son born to Hiram Jeremiah "Jerry" Baird and Mary Naomi "Oma" King.
He Married Mamie B. Northcutt in 1918 in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama and together they had two children: Norman Paul Baird (1919-1990 and William Horace Baird (1921-1940), who was born after his father's death in 1921.
He was a Coal Miner.
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He was murdered by state militia in 1921 because he tried to start a United Mine Workers local at the Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, about 10 miles down Highway 5 toward Jasper, from Natural Bridge.
His father-in-law, Rev. Adrian Dean Northcutt, was in the pasture, feeding the cows and unarmed. A group of state militia had been sent to the mine area by the governor to stop the formation of the union. The mine was mostly mined by black men, and they were dying every day from the poisonous gases in the shafts. Mr. Northcutt (father-in-law) and Will Baird were trying to help these men. Mr. Northcutt was a minister.
The militiamen surrounded Rev. Northcutt in the pasture and shot him, even when he had his hands in the air, clearly unarmed. Will Baird saw them in the pasture from the house, ran down to where they were and shot and killed two of the militia, after Rev. Northcutt was dead. He was arrested and tried, found innocent (self-defense) but because of the uproar of the towns and state about the situation , was kept in the Jasper Jail that night for his own safety. The militiamen were billeted in Carbon Hill, and they pistol whipped the sheriff, took Will out of the jail, dragged him behind the car, beat him beyond recognition, and left him dead in front of the Slick Lizard Mine, tied to a tree. There are stories written in the Alabama Heritage magazine about all of this, and there is an historical plaque at the site of the original shooting in Nauvoo.
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Æ 21 Years, 10 Months, 17 Days - Murdered at Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama
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William Roosevelt was the second born child of three known children and the only son born to Hiram Jeremiah "Jerry" Baird and Mary Naomi "Oma" King.
He Married Mamie B. Northcutt in 1918 in Nauvoo, Walker, Alabama and together they had two children: Norman Paul Baird (1919-1990 and William Horace Baird (1921-1940), who was born after his father's death in 1921.
He was a Coal Miner.
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He was murdered by state militia in 1921 because he tried to start a United Mine Workers local at the Slick Lizard Mine in Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama, about 10 miles down Highway 5 toward Jasper, from Natural Bridge.
His father-in-law, Rev. Adrian Dean Northcutt, was in the pasture, feeding the cows and unarmed. A group of state militia had been sent to the mine area by the governor to stop the formation of the union. The mine was mostly mined by black men, and they were dying every day from the poisonous gases in the shafts. Mr. Northcutt (father-in-law) and Will Baird were trying to help these men. Mr. Northcutt was a minister.
The militiamen surrounded Rev. Northcutt in the pasture and shot him, even when he had his hands in the air, clearly unarmed. Will Baird saw them in the pasture from the house, ran down to where they were and shot and killed two of the militia, after Rev. Northcutt was dead. He was arrested and tried, found innocent (self-defense) but because of the uproar of the towns and state about the situation , was kept in the Jasper Jail that night for his own safety. The militiamen were billeted in Carbon Hill, and they pistol whipped the sheriff, took Will out of the jail, dragged him behind the car, beat him beyond recognition, and left him dead in front of the Slick Lizard Mine, tied to a tree. There are stories written in the Alabama Heritage magazine about all of this, and there is an historical plaque at the site of the original shooting in Nauvoo.
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