In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid Story of a local Murder was splashed across headlines nationwide.
The crime drew national co.
During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed.
Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery--known in the press as the ``Wild Man`` and the ``Goat Woman``--enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate.
In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid Story of a local Murder was splashed across headlines nationwide