Photograph of Sherrif Sandlin after shooting Scottsboro boy Ozie Powell

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of the Sheriff J. Street Sandlin, who shot Ozie Powell, and Sheriff J.E. Pierce. Sandlin is standing on the left and is holding the knife that Powell used to stab Deputy Edgar Blalock. His light-colored pea coat is stained with blood. Sheriff J.E. Pierce is standing on the right in a long, dark-colored pea coat. They are standing in front of a car in which the right fender is covered in blood. The words [Scotsboro case] are handwritten in cursive on the top left side of the back of the photograph.

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