The Resource Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South, Karen L. Cox
Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South, Karen L. Cox
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- 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. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their 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. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 227 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781469635033
- Label
- Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South
- Title
- Goat Castle
- Title remainder
- a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen L. Cox
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- Dana, Dick, 1871-1948
- Dana, Dick, 1871-1948
- Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949
- Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949
- History
- History
- 1900-1999
- Judicial error
- Judicial error
- Judicial error -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932
- Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932
- Mississippi -- Natchez
- Mississippi -- Natchez
- Murder
- Murder
- Murder -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- History
- 1900-1999.
- Language
- eng
- 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. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their 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. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells 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
- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cox, Karen L.
- Dewey number
- 364.152/30976226
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6534.N28
- LC item number
- C69 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Merrill, Jennie
- Dana, Dick
- Dockery, Octavia
- Dana, Dick
- Dockery, Octavia
- Merrill, Jennie
- Murder
- Judicial error
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Judicial error
- Murder
- Mississippi
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Judicial error
- Murder
- Mississippi
- Label
- Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South, Karen L. Cox
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn975491101
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469635033
- Lccn
- 2017013168
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile
- Label
- Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South, Karen L. Cox
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn975491101
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469635033
- Lccn
- 2017013168
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile
Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- Dana, Dick, 1871-1948
- Dana, Dick, 1871-1948
- Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949
- Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949
- History
- History
- 1900-1999
- Judicial error
- Judicial error
- Judicial error -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932
- Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932
- Mississippi -- Natchez
- Mississippi -- Natchez
- Murder
- Murder
- Murder -- Mississippi | Natchez -- History -- 20th century
- History
- 1900-1999.
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