- 144 pages
- English
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Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder
About this book
On a bitter November night in 1945, a widow shot her young boarder, a WWII veteran, and left him to die on the floor of his room. Helen Clark tossed the gun under the neighbor's porch and then took a taxi to join her teen daughters at a movie in Bristol. When the body was found, after several conflicting statements, she settled on the claim that he shot himself-four times, twice in the back. The Commonwealth of Virginia called it murder in a jealous rage. The trial enthralled the nation. Local author Greg Lilly uses newspaper coverage of the murder, the investigation and the trial to reveal the facts of the Abingdon boardinghouse murder.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Murder
- 2. Vista Ellen “Helen” Talbert Clark
- 3. James “Jimmy” Emmett Newton Jr.
- 4. The Instigator: Genoa Kathleen “Kitty” Smyth
- 5. The Model Family/Son Next Door: Andrew Summers
- 6. The Snowstorm: Abingdon, Virginia, December 1944
- 7. The Good Times: New Smyrna, Florida, Winter/Spring 1945
- 8. Settling in as Brother/Son/Lover: Abingdon, Virginia, Summer 1945
- 9. The Coach and the Widow: Abingdon and Damascus, Virginia, Fall 1945
- 10. Jimmy’s Last Day: Abingdon, Virginia, Sunday, November 18, 1945
- 11. The Investigation and Arrest: Abingdon, Virginia, November 19–November 20, 1945
- 12. The Community Whispers: Abingdon, Virginia, November 21, 1945–May 5, 1946
- 13. The Trial: Abingdon, Virginia, May 6–May 13, 1946
- 14. The Murderess and the Aftermath
- 15. The Rumors and Scenarios
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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