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Note: (Research):Louis was enumerated as Louis Hodges on the 1900 U.S. Census. He was living in William W. and Eugenia (nee Hodges) Leavine's home and is listed as a nephew. Eugenia died in 1901. Louis is again found in William W. Leavine's home in 1910. William is now married to Eugenia's sister, Ola, and Louis was enumerated as William Leavine's son. If the census records are accurate, it suggests that Louis is not the son of William and Eugenia nor William and Ola. However, he may be the son of Ola and unknown or he may be the son of one of Ola or Eugenia's brothers.
Louis Leavine is enumerated as being in the County Convict Camp on the 1920 U.S. Census for Hillsborough County, Florida. His name appears 5 lines away from Thomas L. Thompson, who is a guard and his future father-in-law.
Louis was executed in the electric chair (Old Sparky) at Raiford State Prison, Raiford, Union County, Florida on July 10, 1933. He was 33 years old. He committed a murder in Hillsborough County, Florida. Victor Palmer and Norman Heidt were executed the same day and were involved in the same crime. Source: Florida Department of Corrections, Execution List, 1924-1964 [on-line], http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow/execlist2.html (accessed 22 September 2007).
Deaths and Funerals Louis D. Leavine Funeral services for Louis D. Leavine, 33, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the funeral home of F. T. Blount by the Rev. J. L. Webb and Mrs. Webb of the Highland Park gospel temple. Burial was in Jackson Heights cemetery. Pallbearers were H. E. Gee, Irvin Thompson, J. J. Goff, M. Lauget, A. M. Thompson and Glen Henderson. Source: Tampa Tribune (microfilm), date: 1933 7 12, page: F.N.-p.2.
Annie (Sumner) Mason recalls that Louis was "a bit of a gangster".
Charles E. Thompson recalls that Louis was an "axe murderer".
"I went to the corner of Crescent Place and North A street with Louis Leavine and Victor Palmer the night of January 18th, 1931; Victor and Louis got out of the car and were gone for a few minutes; I heard a gun fire and Louis came back and Victor ran away. Louis and I drove away. Victor did not leave with us. I knew nothing of any criminal intention. I did not have a gun, -- and did not know that Victor Palmer or Louis Leavine had a gun." (Signed) Norman Heidt." Source: VICTOR PALMER v. STATE FLORIDA (07/19/32) �tab� "The evidence shows that Joe B. Johnson, a well to do citizen of Tampa, was shot and killed on the night of Sunday, January 18th, 1931, near midnight, while he was putting his automobile in a garage in the rear of Crescent Apartments in Tampa. The motive was robbery. The shot that killed Johnson was fired by the plaintiff in error, Victor Palmer, who, according to his own confession and testimony at the trial, was furnished the pistol for that purpose by one Louis Leavine, with the instruction: "Here is the gun, tell him to stick them up and if he don't stick them up pull the trigger." The pistol was a 32 caliber automatic pistol, and when Johnson failed to "stick them up" quick enough, Palmer followed instructions to "pull the trigger" with the result that Johnson was wounded one time in the right breast just under the nipple from which wound he died late the following day. Prior to this time, Louis Leavine, "Bubber" Heidt and Victor Palmer had been riding around together in a Ford sedan car which Leavine had borrowed for the purpose, and at the time of the shooting by Palmer, he and Leavine were together after having left the car in charge of Heidt, who remained with it." Source: VICTOR PALMER v. STATE FLORIDA (07/19/32)
From: Madlyn Leavine [madsplace@ij.net] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:42 PM To: geoffrey.thompson@sbcglobal.net Subject: Emailing: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project In Hoc Loco Convenimus
LOUIS D. EAVINE WAS MY GREAT UNCLE. WILLIAM W. LEAVINE WAS HIS NATURAL FATHER. IN THOSE DAYS WILLIAM W. LEAVINE FATHERED CHILDREN BY EUGENIA AND OLA HODGES. THE HODGES WERE SISTERS. I HAVE THE FAMILY BIBLE AND IT STATES THAT LOUIS D LEAVINE WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM LEAVINE AND OLA HODGES.
MADLYN
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