Macon?, Ga. (1896)
2/29/1896: Two men “removed the spikes from [a] rail”
causing derailment of a train. One man
claimed he did this “under the direction of Tom Shaw, who held him covered with
a shotgun.” Their actions murdered three
people, and injured “15 seriously and some permanently injured in the wreck.” The wives of both men were on the train, and
injured. Authorities alleged “that the
men entered into the plot to get rid of their wives and at the same time to
collect damages from the railroad company.”
One of the murderers had just collected $500 from the railroad for
injuries to his wife.
Category: public
Suicide: no
Cause: greed
Weapon: train accident[1]
Of all the cold-blooded reasons to kill someone.
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