Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William P. King, et al. (SC 1744)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-8-2008

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written about the case by University of Missouri-Kansas City student Lena White in 2017.

Disciplines

Criminology | Law | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William P. King, et al. (SC 1744)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 642.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/642