Murder in the Courthouse:: Reconstruction and Redemption in the North Carolina Piedmont

by Jim Wise

Book Overview

No suspect was ever indicted or tried for the murder of scalawag politician John W. Chicken" Stephens in a North Carolina courthouse; and the Ku Klux Klan not only rid itself of a troublesome adversary, but also set up a showdown between the state's old guard and the radical regime of Governor William Woods Holden. Follow this little-known tale from the murder, through the "Kirk-Holden War," through the courts and to the finale, when Holden became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297557
• ISBN13: 9781596297555
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 6.1"