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Vengeance is mine : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud
- Title
- Vengeance is mine : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud / Bill Neal.
- Author
- Neal, Bill, 1936-
- Publication
- Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 306 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- A.C. Greene series ; no. 11
- Uniform Title
- A.C. Greene series ; 11.
- Subjects
- Sneed, John Beal > Trials, litigation, etc
- Boyce family
- Boyce-Sneed Feud
- Texas > History > 1846-1950
- Texas Panhandle (Tex.) > History > 20th century
- Violence > Texas > Texas Panhandle > History > 20th century
- Texas Panhandle (Tex.) > Biography
- Snead family
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Texas > Texas Panhandle
- Vendetta > Texas > Texas Panhandle > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.
- Contents
- The three families: Settling in antebellum Texas -- Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle -- Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena -- and Al -- A secret too big to keep -- "Let the old men settle it" -- A man with a plan -- Escape, flight, and pursuit -- The gathering storm -- Then the killings begin -- To the courts -- From guns to gavels -- Lena's sanity hearing -- "The greatest legal battle ever" -- The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- Protecting a home, or protecting a killer? -- The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial -- The waiting game -- Ambush at the death cottage -- "Because this is Texas" -- The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The murder trial begins -- The verdict -- "Making'em believe in ghosts" -- The Beech Epting murder trial -- "No trial for the dead" -- The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The John Beal Sneed wars continue -- Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets -- Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat -- Spin-doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes -- B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries -- And what happened to Lena's baby? -- Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer -- Miss Lillie was a rover -- Appendix two: Timeline.
- Call Number
- IBM 11-9002
- ISBN
- 9781574413175 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1574413171 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011018204
- OCLC
- 720899816
- Author
- Neal, Bill, 1936-
- Title
- Vengeance is mine : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud / Bill Neal.
- Imprint
- Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, c2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- A.C. Greene series ; no. 11A.C. Greene series ; 11.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IBM 11-9002