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The Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas

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The Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas - Lancaster, Guy, and Thrasher, Christopher
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The Line between Lawmen and Lawless On December 26, 1910, Oscar Chitwood lay lifeless on the courthouse lawn in Hot Springs, his wrists shackled together, and his body torn by bullets. The deputies on the scene claimed that masked men had lynched their prisoner and that the lawmen were innocent bystanders to the carnage. Newspapers everywhere proclaimed this killing another example of vigilantism run rampant. Within days, however, the official story fell apart, and these deputies were charged with cold-blooded murder. ...

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The Murder of Oscar Chitwood in Hot Springs, Arkansas 2022, History Press

ISBN-13: 9781467153270

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