Patterson died in prison in 1952. NY Times, Aug. 26, 1952
'Scottsboro Boy' Dead Patterson Succumbs to Cancer in Michigan Prison [excerpts] Patterson, who was 39 years old, was serving a six-to-fifteen-year term for manslaughter. On June 14, 1937, Patterson was re-sentenced to seventy-five years in prison. He escaped on June 20, 1948, and fled to Michigan, which refused to return him to Alabama. But in 1950, Patterson was accused and convicted of stabbing Willie Mitchell, a 27 year-old Negro, in a barroom brawl. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6815): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6815 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80957867/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
