Murder most Texan

by Haile, Bartee

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Title Statements

Full title :Murder most Texan / Bartee Haile.

Summary

Texas has long boasted its iron fist of the law and strict treatment of its hardest criminals. Nevertheless, scoundrels, fiends and homicidal criminals inevitably slipped through the Lone Star justice system despite the best efforts of even the legendary Texas Rangers. From roadside murder to political assassinations, discover the seedy underbelly of Texas' murderous past. In 1877, Texas saw its first high-profile murder case with the slaying of a woman in Jefferson and the subsequent "Diamond Bessie" trial. Over a century later, state legislator Price Daniel Jr. was shot in cold blood by his wife at their home in Liberty. Texas true crime writer and historian Bartee Haile unburies this collection of sixteen coldblooded killings from Lone Star history and the dirty details that have shocked and bewildered Texans for decades.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The History Press
Place of Publication:Charleston, SC
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:126 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1626197172, 9781626197176
oclc:ocn889643821
LC Classification:HV6533.T4
Dewey Decimal:364.152/3/09764

Texas town never forget "Diamond Bessie" -- Drunk detective s hoots Barrymore patriarch -- Ex-employee goes postal in the Capitol -- Blood feud or killing spree? -- No honor in Houston "Honor Killing" -- "First Couple" of Wichita Falls murder son-in-law -- The pistol-packing preacher -- Seventh time the charm for wife killer -- West Texas murder mystery baffles lawmen -- "Phantom Slayer" terrorizes Texarkana -- Scandalous death for firefighting king -- Piney Woods murder trial Texas's longest -- Billie Sol Estes and the five-shot suicide -- Miami murder mystery made in Texas -- Civil war in River Oaks -- Did politician meet his killer at Dairy Queen?

Subjects

Biographies Biography History Meurtre -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. -- T… Meurtriers -- Biographies. -- Texas Murder Murder -- History -- 20th century. -- T… Murderers Murderers -- Biography. -- Texas Texas Texas -- History -- 19th century Texas -- History -- 20th century