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The interior of the ground floor cell of the women's jail.

On July 16, 1949, Norma Padgett, a 17-year old Groveland, Florida woman, accused four black men of rape, testifying that she and her husband were attacked when their car stalled on a rural road near Groveland, Florida. The next day, Charles Greenlee,…

Unidentified boy holds onto bait - Suwannee County, Florida

One of two cells used for white inmates in Jefferson County.

White inmates usually occupied separate cells like this one and did not serve their time in the main cell block. This cell could hold two inmates while the cells in the main cell block could hold four inmates each.

Standing L-R: Joe Powell (A&TT), Don Perry (A&TT), Bernard Jones (State Bev.), Homer Hathrock (State), Carl Wilson (State), William George McMullen (A&TT).

Siezed: Five 1,350 gallon stills, 5,400 gallons mash, 420 gallons moonshine.

The still…

Stairs leading to the cells on the top floor.

Snow outside Simmon’s Drugstore in downtown Monticello (The building later became an annex for Farmers and Merchants Bank.)

Several inches of snow cover the courthouse and surrounding lawn.