Shocking Kentucky Murder Case Reported in Greensburg
A Greensburg letter to Greensburg residents details a July 1838 triple murder plot in Green county. Carrington Simpson is linked to killing a mother and two children and an elder son, all buried in a single hole. The report notes an inquest, confession, and a public search for the bones, with Raleigh and Gaston Railroad completion also announced.
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