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Weekend Roundup: Jesse Lawson, 41, of 304 South Fourth St., is free on $2,000 bond on a murder count in the Saturday night death of Hugh Cordell (Jack) Mundy, 49, of 205 South Fourth.... (Nashville Banner, Nashville, Tennessee, 06 Sep 1954, Mon, page 12)
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Plumber Slain, Hit With Brick; East Nashvillian Reportedly Provoked Fight With Friend
By Huston Horn
An East Nashville plumber was smashed on the head with a brick last night after he reportedly provoked a fight with a friend, and was dead before he reached General hospital.
Hugh Cordell (Jack) Mundy, 50, of 205 South Fourth st., was carried to the hospital after he was hit.
Jesse Lawson, 41, of 304 South Fourth st., who fled the scene but later turned himself in to the county and city authorities, told Jim Richardson, special investigator for the district attorney, that he hit Mundy after being threatened with a knife....
A native of Smith county, Mundy had lived in Nashville about 25 years. He was employed by the Radnor plumbing company. (The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 05 Sep 1954, Sun, page 1,2)
Contributor: Sherry (48579912)
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Weekend Roundup: Jesse Lawson, 41, of 304 South Fourth St., is free on $2,000 bond on a murder count in the Saturday night death of Hugh Cordell (Jack) Mundy, 49, of 205 South Fourth.... (Nashville Banner, Nashville, Tennessee, 06 Sep 1954, Mon, page 12)
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Plumber Slain, Hit With Brick; East Nashvillian Reportedly Provoked Fight With Friend
By Huston Horn
An East Nashville plumber was smashed on the head with a brick last night after he reportedly provoked a fight with a friend, and was dead before he reached General hospital.
Hugh Cordell (Jack) Mundy, 50, of 205 South Fourth st., was carried to the hospital after he was hit.
Jesse Lawson, 41, of 304 South Fourth st., who fled the scene but later turned himself in to the county and city authorities, told Jim Richardson, special investigator for the district attorney, that he hit Mundy after being threatened with a knife....
A native of Smith county, Mundy had lived in Nashville about 25 years. He was employed by the Radnor plumbing company. (The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 05 Sep 1954, Sun, page 1,2)
Contributor: Sherry (48579912)
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