Goss v. State

The defendant, a negro, was indicted for the offense of murder, in that he did feloneously and maliciously kill and murder one Lena Hicks Almon. The record shows that three ■other negroes also died as the result of poison alleged to have been placed in a well by the defendant. When the case was called for trial, the defendant’s attorneys filed an application for a change of venue, insisting that the defendant was in danger of mob violence should the case continue to trial, and should the trial result in an acquittal; that feeling was running high and that should he be exposed to the public,…