The Hopkins family continued to maintain Shorty’s complete innocence, insisting he had been wrongly implicated. But the story didn’t end there. In November 1933, exactly…
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He had never written her back, not once in all those years. Every reply had stayed buried inside him, held tight and fearful. He had…
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William was tired from a long week at the store, and the children were still half asleep. After breakfast, they dressed in their Sunday clothes.…
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This boy knows what happened to Bertha,” William said, his voice shaking with barely controlled rage. “And he’s going to tell you everything,” Roy stood…
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” Marcus Webb approached for cross-examination, his expression sympathetic. “Mr. Hood, I am deeply sorry for your loss,” Webb began. I can’t imagine the pain…
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The small headstone they’d finally been able to afford bore a simple inscription, Bertha Anne Hood. 1915 1930, beloved daughter with the angels. Now Roy…

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The Mail Order Husband Came Poor and Broken—But the Rancher’s Daughter Saw His True Value. … “You can stay here,” she said. Spare CS clean.…
Thomas Hopkins came to the sheriff’s office with $3,000 in cash, an astronomical sum during the depression, and demanded his son’s release. “The bail for…
“Order! I will have order. ” When the room quieted, Hail continued. “What did you do when you heard the gunshot? I was scared. I…
Then the prosecutor came to me asking if I’d seen anything. I thought if I gave them a story, made Roy look guilty, everyone would…


