Date Original
1903 September 19
Description
This collection contains one broadside, a letter "To All Whom It May Concern" from Arkie McCullough Evans, describing the attack on her in 1897 near Plummerville by Pomp Brown, a black man, and stating her opposition to Gov. Jeff Davis' pardon of Brown. Along with cartoon drawings depicting the incident is the question, "How if this were your daughter, Mr. Voter?"
Biographical/Historical Note
Pomp Brown was a black man charged with assaulting a white girl, Arkie McCullogh Evans, in 1897. He was tried at Morrilton by Judge J.G. Wallace and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary, of which he served five. According to Governor Jeff Davis, the Judge J.G. Wallace, the prosecuting attorney Hon. C.C. Reid, and many members of the public wrote that Brown was not guilty and insisted on his pardon, which Davis granted.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Plummerville, Conway County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.BS.163
Resource Type
Text
Collection
"The Pomp Brown Case!" broadside, SMC.BS.163
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
"The Pomp Brown Case!" broadside, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
