Articles about the murder of Mamie Thurman.
Logan Banner, Wednesday, September 4, 1985 By Dwight Williamson The quest to locate the final resting place of Mamie Thurman has not been an easy one, and it is doubtful many will ever agree on where it is. But, there are those alive in Logan County today who remember her case, her funeral and her […]
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Logan Banner, Monday, September 2, 1985 By Dwight Williamson Part 15 of a Series It was early afternoon, Thursday, Oct. 14, 1932 when the prosecution started calling its last witnesses to the stand during the murder trial of black handyman Clarence Stephenson. He was accused of what could be the crime of the century in
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Logan Banner Tuesday, September 3, 1985 By Dwight Williamson If you don’t have it on paper, you don’t have it. Just about any government bureaucrat will tell you that. You may be standing and breathing before one of ’em and if you don’t have a birth certificate, you aren’t officially alive and couldn’t prove it
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Logan Banner, Wednesday, August 28, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson Part XI of a Series Testimony in the Mamie Thurman Murder Trial reads more like a soap opera than evidence. It fueled tongue waggers and gossipers in 1932 Logan. And, the trail raised
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The Logan Banner, Tuesday, August 27, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson Part X of a Series. Logan was spellbound. The Mamie Thurman Murder Trial of 1932 held the country in its grip. And, the Friday, Oct. 14 edition of The Logan Banner reported
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Logan Banner, Monday, August 26, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson Murder and murder trials were by no means unusual for Logan County in 1932. But there was one which stirred more than the usual interest and reached into the very heat of Logan
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Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. The Logan Banner, Friday, August 23, 1985 By Dwight Williamson Eighth in A Series Harry Robertson had an impressive list of credentials. He was President of the City Commission, banker-sportsman and treasurer of the Logan Woman’s Club’s public library…add to that the
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Logan Banner, Thursday, August 22, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson Now, 53 years and seven updated stories later, George Morrison, Mamie Thurman’s brother, telephoned The Banner from Arizona to say he had received a letter from “someone” who will not disclose their name,
Mamie’s Brother Gets Call; Others Now Coming Forward Read More »
Logan Banner, Thursday, August 22, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson Seventh In A Series The old Logan courthouse must have been a real site Monday, Sept.10, 1932, the day Clarence Stephenson’s trial started. The stately old southern courthouse, later torn down and replaced
Like Vultures, They Packed Court Room In ’32 Read More »
Logan Banner, Wednesday, August 21, 1985 Special thanks to Mark Edward Jones for providing a clipping of this article. By Dwight Williamson (Part VI of a Series) It had been nearly three months since Mamie Thurman’s body was discovered atop Trace Mountain (now known as Holden 33 Mountain). Her neck was broken, two .38 caliber
Thurman Jury Reached Prominent Families 53-Years Ago Read More »