On March 2, 1945, an Army Air Corps Lt. Colonel was acquitted by a military court of the charge of "voluntary manslaughter" in China's...

Of course, death was not the only way out of the life style the soiled doves chose for themselves or perhaps was thrust upon them. One...

While some saloons in the downtown area sought and earned a highly respectable reputation, others could more accurately be described as...

One of infamous houses of “lesser quality” was the “Black Mariah” where prices ranged from $1.00 to $2.00 per encounter. These girls of...

Several of the more distinguished Pensacola brothels belonged to such famous proprietors as Percy Nelson, Violet Arnold, and Miss Hazel,...

The price for a turn of the century "soiled dove" can be gleaned from the death records of these ladies, all of which had their...

Pensacola's economic boom at the turn of the century caused another problem to surface downtown and along the waterfront. With the...

For years, people thought he was buried in an unmarked grave in the Brewton Cemetery. However, researchers found that he actually had...

Long after his burial in an unmarked grave in the Brewton Cemetery, the Negroes refused to believe old Railroad Bill was actually dead....

Railroad Bill's body was embalmed and placed in a metallic casket and set out on the depot platform until the mail train pulled into the...

Slowly the story of what happened in Atmore began to spread among the law enforcement community. Apparently. Bill had been seen in the...

With the death of Sheriff McMillan, the wily outlaw’s reward rose to $1,200.00 for his capture and the manhunts increased. A couple of...

Eventually, Bill returned to Bluff Springs where he hid out among the black populace in a small shantytown located down near the railroad...

Time after time Railroad Bill emerged victorious after each robbery or shoot out with the law but time was running out for the outlaw as...

One reason for his lengthy success was that the notorious robber usually did his work alone and in a bold way. Most outlaws of his time...

The black gunman was shrewd, cunning, and as crafty a fugitive as the lawmen in these parts had ever tangled with. Time after time the...

Another story of his changeling ability was when the same sheriff got word that Bill was probably heading for his girlfriend’s house over...

The legends surrounding him grew and were of such heroic proportions because of stories such as stealing groceries from the rich and...

It was about that time, as the story goes, that the law in Florida required everyone to have a license to carry a rifle and of course...

And later, as the manhunt to capture him mounted in earnest, the Negroes began asking themselves late at night as to why the white...