Wicked Kernersville

Rogues, Robbers, Ruffians & Rumrunners

Michael L. Marshall, Jerry L. Taylor

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614235958
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: History

The central Piedmont North Carolina town of Kernersville is known today for its quiet neighborhoods and lovely historic district homes. Few of its citizens would suspect that in earlier times the town had its fair share of unsavory characters. Wicked Kernersville lifts the veil from this little-known facet of the towns past and introduces the reader to incidents that prompted one early resident to lament that it was unsafe to walk the streets. Using material gleaned from old newspapers and other sources, longtime residents Michael Marshall and Jerry Taylor bring these stories to life, giving the reader a glimpse of the towns history unavailable from other sources.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• A Buried Alive Sensation
• The Lynching of Eugene Hairston
• The Affront that Turned Deadly
• A Deadly Shootout with Revenue Officers
• The Carmichael Murder and Suicide
• Ade Walker: “A Bad Man and Dangerous Character”
• Stray Curs with Fancy Pedigrees
• A Mysterious Explosion at the Town Hall
• The Great Bank Robbery
• Yeggmen and the Town Post Office
• The Rider Who Shot Conductor Holden
• A Little Child Shall Lead Them
• The Queen of Virginia Bootleggers
• Bibliography