Also - look at the exchange about 2/3 of the way down page 1627.

https://books.google.com/books?id=LXQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1627&lpg=PA1627&dq=Murder+of+Newell+Thomas+Alabama+editor&source=bl&ots=IsgvMJHk2r&sig=ldlnkWc_moISVeIDrUwb7ze-94c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKt_aIkNrKAhVO2WMKHboZB74Q6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=Murder%20of%20Newell%20Thomas%20Alabama%20editor&f=false