In January 1928, 18-year-old Wash Smith walked into a small country store in Banks County, Georgia. By the time he walked out, the store’s owner was dead, and Wash was being hunted down by a posse. It is a story of an interrupted love affair and the vicious retribution by both sides that followed, while bootlegging, hidden witnesses, and recanted testimony point to something almost sinister.
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The Atlanta Constitution – January 4, 1928 – Posse Is Seeking Farmer’s Slayer
The Atlanta Constitution – March 22, 1928 – State Demands Death for Smith
The Macon Telegraph – March 23, 1928 – Smith To Die
The Atlanta Constitution – December 16, 1928 – Supreme Court Grants Retrial to Wash Smith
The Atlanta Journal – February 26, 1930 - State High Court Denies New Trial for Wash Smith
The Atlanta Journal – March 28, 1930 – Prof. Wells Urges Death Penalty for Slayer of Brother
The Macon Telegraph – March 29, 1930 – Youthful Slayer Seeks Clemency
The Atlanta Constitution – March 29, 1930 – Youth Under Death Sentence Says Girl Witness Kidnaped
The Valdosta Daily Times – April 1, 1930 – Wash Smith Gets His Life Saved
The Macon Telegraph – April 1, 1930 – Fate of Youthful Slayer Undecided
The Atlanta Constitution – November 8, 1930 – Doomed Prisoner Makes Escape Try
The Atlanta Journal – November 9, 1930 – Wash Smith Pleads for Commutation
The Atlanta Journal – November 12, 1930 – Conscience-Stricken Man’s Confession Despite Threat of Return to Pen Revealed
The Atlanta Constitution – November 14, 1930 – Prison Board Refuses Plea for Mercy for Wash Smith
The Atlanta Journal – November 14, 1930 – Governor Plans Mind Test for Wash Smith
The Atlanta Journal – November 22, 1930 – Wash Smith Dies in Electric Chair for Wells Slaying
The Macon News – November 22, 1930 – Youth Directs Own Death in Chair
The Atlanta Constitution – October 12, 1939 – Two Die, One Hurt in Baldwin Crash
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