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15 Οκτ 2020 · Contrary to popular belief, Phenix City was not placed under martial law on June 18, 1954 – the night Alabama Attorney General-elect Albert Patterson was assassinated in the alleyway between the Coulter Building and the Elite Café.
On July 22, 1954, a limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, by Governor Gordon Persons. The county, particularly Phenix City, had become lawless, and Persons lost faith in the local law enforcement, which had been implicated in illegal gambling syndicates, political corruption, and the murder of Albert Patterson ...
22 Μαΐ 2023 · Hanna used counterintelligence to gain information about local crime dens, leaders and affiliates and petitioned Alabama Governor Gordon Persons to enact martial law.
7 Αυγ 2019 · This bold, brazen murder by the Phenix City crowd was the straw that broke the camel’s back. The governor and president declared martial law and clamped down on the whole town.
8 Μαΐ 2024 · On the front steps of the courthouse Hanna paused dramatically and read the proclamation signed by Gov. Gordon Persons declaring martial rule in Phenix City and Russell County. All civilian law-enforcement officers were to be stripped of weapons and power.
18 Ιουν 2024 · Later that summer, Alabama Gov. Gordon Persons declared martial law in Phenix City, ordering Gen. Walter “Crack” Hanna, backed by soldiers of the Alabama National Guard, to take over the Russell County courthouse and city hall of Phenix City.
17 Αυγ 2022 · Louis Phillips, Alabama special investigator working under Solicitor Johnson received the largest single group of subpoenas served Friday when Captain Lewey Stephens, Elba, Ala., legal aide to the military sheriff, handed him a thick batch totaling more than 300.
