Vengeance is mine--
Subtitle: the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud
By: by Bill Neal
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A.C. Greene series -- no. 11; A.C. Greene series -- 11.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Denton, TX
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574413175
Subjects: Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Trials, litigation; Boyce-Sneed Feud; Vendetta; Violence; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The three families: Settling in antebellum Texas; title: Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle; title: Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena; title: and Al; title: A secret too big to keep; title: "Let the old men settle it"; title: A man with a plan; title: Escape, flight, and pursuit; title: The gathering storm; title: Then the killings begin; title: To the courts; title: From guns to gavels; title: Lena's sanity hearing; title: "The greatest legal battle ever"; title: The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed; title: Protecting a home, or protecting a killer?; title: The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial; title: The waiting game; title: Ambush at the death cottage; title: "Because this is Texas"; title: The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed; title: The murder trial begins; title: The verdict; title: "Making'em believe in ghosts"; title: The Beech Epting murder trial; title: "No trial for the dead"; title: The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed; title: The John Beal Sneed wars continue; title: Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets; title: Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat; title: Spin-doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes; title: B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries; title: And what happened to Lena's baby?; title: Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer; title: Miss Lillie was a rover; title: Appendix two: Timeline.