Moncrief Photograph Collection item#: 580 Previous Image | Next Image Title: Moncrief Collection photograph Author: Winfred Moncrief Publisher: MDAH Source: forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection Date original created: 1968-01-03 Image Format Information Rights Management Caption: Dahmer, case suspects, Jan 1968 Print Number: 581 Description: January 25, 1968, arrest photo of Lester Thornton, who was arraigned in Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) on charges of murder of Vernon Dahmer and arson of his house and store January 10, 1966. Index Terms: Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 Forrest County (Miss.)--History Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Mississippi Thornton, Lester