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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Cox, Karen L., 1962-     Subjects     Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932.     Dana, Dick, 1871-1948.     Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949.     Murder -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Judicial error -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.     Natchez (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cox, Karen L., 1962-       by title:      Goat Castle : a true...       by call number:      364.1523 C877g     Search the Web     Cox, Karen L., 1962-     Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932.     Dana, Dick, 1871-1948.     Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949.     Murder -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Judicial error -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.     Natchez (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South / Karen L. Cox by Cox, Karen L., 1962- The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Call #: 364.1523 C877g Subjects Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932.   Dana, Dick, 1871-1948.   Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949.   Murder -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.   Judicial error -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 20th century.   Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.   Natchez (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781469635033 (hc.) Description:  227 pages ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index Contents:  Reclusive aristocrats -- The residents of Glenwood -- Pink and Sister -- Murder at Glenburnie -- The investigation -- Jim Crow's investigation -- National scandal -- Sideshows -- Cold justice -- Hollow victory -- Longing for home Summary:  "In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery - known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman" - enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed. It came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with goats and other livestock, which prompted journalists to call the estate "Goat Castle." Pearls was killed by an Arkansas policeman in an unrelated incident before he could face trial. However, as was all too typical in the Jim Crow South, the white community demanded "justice," and an innocent black woman named Emily Burns was ultimately sent to prison for the murder of Merrill. Dana and Dockery not only avoided punishment but also lived to profit from the notoriety of the murder by opening their derelict home to tourists. The story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice. Karen L. Cox is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1523 C877g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1523 C877g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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