KANSAS COLLECTION ARTICLES
This selection donated by PAUL TURNER.


THE DEATH OF JESSE TURNER


On a cold January morning in 1888, two men
exchange heated words. At the end of it, one man lies dead,
a bullet in his brain. Was it murder -- or self-defense?


On a spring night in 1889, the survivor tries to escape
custody while being tried again for the death. He is captured,
and immediately hanged. Was that murder -- or justice?




"In time we will know all about this thing."

Osborne Journal


"There is a sense of security resting with a large community in this county today that was a stranger to them Monday."

The Lincoln Republican


"An impartial jury is one of the chief glories of the law."

Kansas State Supreme Court




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