Powell, Adolph; Alleged Drug Dealer “Doc Holiday”; Murder Charge.

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Description:

Mug shot of Adolph (Doc Holliday) Powell, arrested in Detroit in 1979 for the murders of William Jackson, Joanne Clark and Willie McCoy in what police described as a drug turf war. Powell was acquitted in a second trial after the first ended in a mistrial. In 1983 he was murdered outside La Players Lounge on Joy Road in Detroit.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Drug dealers, Murder victims, and Identification photographs

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc22074