Going Home to Die No More: A True Kentucky Story about a Train Robbery and a Hanging after the Civil War...

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Russ Witcher

Going Home to Die No More

A True Kentucky Story about a Train Robbery and a Hanging after the Civil War

Russ Witcher

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Sager Group LLC
28 November 2022

True crime; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War; Military veterans

Going Home to Die No More is the true story of a post-Civil War-era train robbery for which two men would eventually hang.

It all began in November 1866, when Captain William P. King, a Union army veteran, along with 12 accomplices, derailed a Louisville & Nashville Railroad train, sending the iron steam engine plummeting down a 40-foot embankment just north of their homes in Franklin, Kentucky. No one was killed, but much was lost in the resulting fire, some $25,000 in cash, part of a considerable booty which included a carpetbag containing ten thousand dollars worth of vouchers and other valuable papers.

When the L&N Railroad offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of the guilty parties, one of the robbers, Captain King's brother, Harvey-perhaps interested in keeping the reward for himself-ratted out the others. That weekend, Harvey King would turn up dead.

The remaining 12 men were apprehended, arrested, and charged with murder, armed robbery, and derailment of a train. The murder trial was held first. King and another of the robbers, Abraham Owens, were convicted of the murder of Harvey King. After two unsuccessful attempts to escape prison, the pair was hanged in June 1867.

Until the end, the two doomed men maintained their innocence. A transcript of the trial reveals questions about the timeline of the shooting of Harvey King. Some evidence suggests Captain King and Abraham Owens were nowhere near the scene of the murder. History asks the question: did the wrong two men hang?

By: Russ Witcher
Imprint: Sager Group LLC
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 118g
ISBN: 9781958861066
ISBN 10: 1958861065
Pages: 72
Publication Date: 28 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Russ Witcher is a full professor of communication at Tennessee Tech. He lives in with his wife, Tera, and his teenaged son, Jackson. This is his fifth book.