30 min
The Anniston Tragedy: An Alabama newspaper editor, an offended reader and 3 men shot in the newsroom Annie’s Town
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In 1888, William Edmonds, editor of The Hot Blast newspaper in Anniston, Alabama, began a scorched-earth editorial crusade against vice and bootlegging in the city. He didn't make friends with the police (who were corrupt) and the bootleggers (who didn't want their revenue curtailed by a journalist). That October, two men confronted Edmonds in his office and shot him and two other men, which led to arrests and a lengthy list of occurrences that didn't end until the 1890s out in Los Angeles. It remains one of the craziest stories about the city's many years of vigorous newspapering.
Annie's Town can be found on ITunes, Google Play, Anchor.fm, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode. And be sure to leave a 5-star review if you like what you hear.
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In 1888, William Edmonds, editor of The Hot Blast newspaper in Anniston, Alabama, began a scorched-earth editorial crusade against vice and bootlegging in the city. He didn't make friends with the police (who were corrupt) and the bootleggers (who didn't want their revenue curtailed by a journalist). That October, two men confronted Edmonds in his office and shot him and two other men, which led to arrests and a lengthy list of occurrences that didn't end until the 1890s out in Los Angeles. It remains one of the craziest stories about the city's many years of vigorous newspapering.
Annie's Town can be found on ITunes, Google Play, Anchor.fm, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode. And be sure to leave a 5-star review if you like what you hear.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillip-tutor/support
30 min