My son in law has a shirt that says “Don’t Try That in a Small Town”. See below. The town men surrounded him and when they walked away he was dead and no one saw a thing.
Ken Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as “the town bully” and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Over the course of his life, McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, animal cruelty, hog and cattle rustling, and burglary.
I remember that! The FBI tried for years to find who did it, even having agents dressed as farmers drive tractors to town to fool the people. Perhaps I should say “The FBI agents TRIED to fool the people.
Some times you just have to do what Dean Martin said in ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO(1967).
“Lock him up. We’ll hang him right after the trial.”