North Carolina

Alleghany County

Stories from the old papers — told in the words of those who printed them.

Stories
Story One

All Over a Barrel of Whiskey

The Killing of Scott McCraw & the Trial of the Duncan Brothers, 1896–1899

A murder near the courthouse in Sparta, a $50,000 bond refused, a witness who vanished, and a jury that deliberated only minutes.

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