Herman Frank Cash
| Herman Frank Cash | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1918 |
| Died |
February 7, 1994 (aged 75) Pinson, Alabama |
Resting place |
Northview Cemetery Cedartown, Georgia[1] |
| Known for | Suspected co-conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing |
Criminal charge | None |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
Herman Frank Cash (July 25, 1918 – February 7, 1994) was suspected to have been a fourth conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963.
Life
Cash was married to Myrtle Cash and had two children, Clem and Dale. He was a truck driver for Dixie-Ohio Express Company. Cash was a member of United Klans of America, a Ku Klux Klan organization.[2]
Bombing role
Although officially named by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a suspect as early as 1965,[3] Cash was never formally charged with any crime. He maintained his innocence and passed a polygraph test given by the FBI. Acquaintances claimed that Cash was too nervous to be capable of committing a crime of the magnitude of the bombing.[2]
Cash died in 1994 in Pinson, Alabama.
References
- ↑ Eric Brantley (10 May 2014). "Herman Frank Cash". Find a Grave. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Death spares scrutiny of Cash in bomb probe: The Birmingham News
- ↑ Birmingham's painful past reopened: Los Angeles Times
Further reading
- Sikora, Frank (2005). Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817352684.
See also
- Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr.
- Bobby Frank Cherry
- Robert Edward Chambliss
- African-American history
- African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)
- Birmingham campaign
- Mass racial violence in the United States