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January 15, 2013
On this day in 1943, a South Carolina woman named Sue Logue was executed along with her brother-in-law, George Logue, and a down-on-his-luck plasterer named Clarence Bagwell. The Logues had hired Bagwell to kill their neighbor, who had previously killed Sue Logues husband over a feud concerning a dead calf.
What makes this story interesting is that before Sue Logues arrest, she had been having an affair with an Edgefield County school superintendent named Strom Thurmond. Yes, that Strom Thurmond. Logue was a teacher in Thurmonds district, and rumor has it that the two had once been caught in the act in the future senators own office. When police surrounded Logues house to arrest her, Thurmond by now a local judge even intervened in the standoff to ensure that she came quietly (no pun intended).
What makes the story even more interesting is that before Logue was to be executed, Thurmond rode with her from the Columbia womens penitentiary to the prison which housed Death Row, and even managed to get it in one last time before his mistress was executed.
From Ol Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond:..
http://palmettopublicrecord.org/2013/01/15/70-years-ago-today-strom-thurmonds-mistress-was-put-to-death/
70 years ago today, Strom Thurmond’s mistress was put to death
On this day in 1943, a South Carolina woman named Sue Logue was executed along with her brother-in-law, George Logue, and a down-on-his-luck plasterer named Clarence Bagwell. The Logues had hired Bagwell to kill their neighbor, who had previously killed Sue Logues husband over a feud concerning a dead calf.
What makes this story interesting is that before Sue Logues arrest, she had been having an affair with an Edgefield County school superintendent named Strom Thurmond. Yes, that Strom Thurmond. Logue was a teacher in Thurmonds district, and rumor has it that the two had once been caught in the act in the future senators own office. When police surrounded Logues house to arrest her, Thurmond by now a local judge even intervened in the standoff to ensure that she came quietly (no pun intended).
What makes the story even more interesting is that before Logue was to be executed, Thurmond rode with her from the Columbia womens penitentiary to the prison which housed Death Row, and even managed to get it in one last time before his mistress was executed.
From Ol Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond:..
http://palmettopublicrecord.org/2013/01/15/70-years-ago-today-strom-thurmonds-mistress-was-put-to-death/
January 15, 2013
Stephen King's source-materials were dubious...
at best.
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As a work of fiction it's probably harmless enough ...
Historically? Not so much. Given King's reliance on the likes of admitted plagiarist Gerald Posner. Along with James Jesus Angleton protégé Edward Jay Epstein.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1547970
Hat tip to IanEye @ RI for the review.
Read more @ The Education Forum
January 14, 2013
NBC NEWS Video Link : http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50456332
Hat tip to Rodney Rivers @ The Education Forum
Robert F Kennedy Jr Does Not Agree Lee Harvey Oswald Acted Alone
NBC NEWS Video Link : http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50456332
Hat tip to Rodney Rivers @ The Education Forum
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