Appalachian crime Archives - Page 9 of 14

May 23, 2017 Appalachian crime / Georgia

He jumped on the bed, held his wife down and shot her through the head

In this partial court transcript, Eugene W. Beck is indicted for the murder of his wife Ella. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

train cook peers through bullet hole window in robbed B&O train 1949

The Great B&O Train Robbery

Willie Davis, train cook, peers through hole in diner window made by bullet from bandit’s gun in the Great Train Robbery of 1949.

February 20, 2017 Appalachian crime / Appalachian music / North Carolina

Hang down your head Tom Dula

“Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley.” The most famous murder ballad in American folk music history. You know the Kingston Trio’s version.

Frenchy La Rue obit against Trieste 1949 photo

January 5, 2017 Appalachian crime / Military / North Carolina / WWII

Oh, I was one of Al Capone’s gang

I looked at a letter recommending that Frenchy LaRue be returned stateside. “What were you deported for?” “Oh, I was one of Al Capone’s gang.”

Inez Palmer at Ohio Reformatory for Women

December 1, 2016 Appalachian crime / Ohio

Double murder in Vinton County, part 2

Arthur Stout was found guilty of second degree murder and Inez Palmer with first degree murder in April of 1927. They both were sentenced to life terms.

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