Julie Williams Coley

How Did They Die?: Murders in Northern Texas 1892-1927 Julie Williams Coley

... "Someone had to kill him. Since I only have a few more years to live, I thought it better for me to do it, than anyone else," said Mary Whitaker of the murder of her husband on January 28, 1922. ... She had put up with all that she could put up with. Just 22 years old, she had dealt with years of being mistreated and it all came to an end on December 24, 1917. She got the gun that she had taken from her husband and hidden earlier in the day and shot Byron Walsh in the head. ... She had a premonition that something bad was going to happen that night, but she never thought that this would be her last day on earth. Alba Randal Hursh was shot down in the street by her ex husband. Then he turned the gun on himself. Take a step inside "Murders in Northern Texas 1892-1927" and read about 114 different murders that happened during this period of time. You will find yourself loathing some and feeling sorry for others who committed these murders.