Previously on Acton Books:- Doc Davison of Hawesville, Kentucky took involvement in local government too far when he broke into jail to kill an opponent. Still free and harbouring a grudge against another prominent citizen of his little town in Kentucky, he became America’s first suicide bomber. Nature or nurture? The Davison children were no… Continue reading Bad deeds from bad seed
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America’s first suicide bomber
It’s going to be an intriguing story when the 1860 news report from the Ohio River port town of Hawesville, Kentucky begins “Dr H.A. Davison, it will be remembered, was one of the persons who entered the jail and shot Thomas S. Lowe about a year ago…” First up, murdering Lowe in his cell did not… Continue reading America’s first suicide bomber