Dime Novels Blamed in Death of Teenager

Posted on December 5, 2009 by lmharnisch
Dec. 5, 1909, Dime Novels 
Dec. 5, 1909: Claude Williams, 16, of Cannelton, Ind., kills 13-year-old James Hall and escapes to Kentucky. Williams is a reader of dime novels.

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1 Response to Dime Novels Blamed in Death of Teenager

  1. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    December 5, 2009 at 11:24 am

    “It wasn’t the airplanes that brought him down, it was those damn dime novels that killed the beast.”

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