Wicked Kernersville
Subtitle: rogues, robbers, ruffians, and rumrunners
By: Michael L. Marshall and Jerry L. Taylor.
Contributors: Taylor, Jerry L. 1937-
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781596296763
Subjects: Crime -- North Carolina -- Kernersville -- History -- Anecdotes; Violence -- North Carolina -- Kernersville -- History -- Anecdotes; Criminals -- North Carolina -- Kernersville -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Brigands and robbers -- North Carolina -- Kernersville -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Rogues and vagabonds -- North Carolina -- Kernersville -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Kernersville (N.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Kernersville (N.C.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Kernersville (N.C.) -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A buried alive sensation; title: The lynching of Eugene Hairston; title: The affront that turned deadly; title: A deadly shootout with revenue officers; title: The Carmichael murder and suicide; title: Ade Walker : a bad man and dangerous character; title: Stray curs with fancy pedigrees; title: A mysterious explosion at the Town Hall; title: The great bank robbery; title: Yeggmen and the town post office; title: The rider who shot Conductor Holden; title: A little child shall lead them; title: The queen of Virginia bootleggers.