THE INSIDE STORY OF THE WORLD FAMOUS COURTROOM TRAGEDY. As Told by a Native Countryman Familiar with the Facts and conditions surrounding the Event that Shocked the civilized World

Paperback. Featuring the courtroom massacre in Hillsville, Carroll County, on March 14, 1912 when Floyd Allen, a prominent and well-to-do citizen of the small town, plus members of his family, were involved in a gun battle with county officials in Hillsville's courthouse which left the judge, the sheriff, the prosecuting attorney and 2 others dead. This account of the tragedy is by a local school teacher, who taught quite a few of the children of the families involved and who felt he was in a better position to provide a more accurate version of events, than some of the newspaper reports at the time. Illus. 84pp. paperback. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightyly marked covers. Vg. V. scarce.