Outlaw legend, Shelburn, Indiana
| Description: |
Sara Russells transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about an outlaw legend from Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, there was once a preacher in town who would preach in Indiana one Sunday and in Illinois the next week. It turns out that he was stealing horses from one state and sell them in the other. He did it for a long time before anyone ever found out. |
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| Origin: | 1992-04-20 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/2771 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Legends People Criminals Crimes Folklore |
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