Vengeance is mine : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud

Vengeance is mine : the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud / Bill Neal.

The 1912 Boyce-Sneed feud in West Texas began with a torrid sex scandal at the core of a love triangle, featuring Lena Snyder Sneed, the high-spirited, headstrong wife; Al Boyce, Jr., Lena's reckless, romantic lover; and John Beal Sneed, Lena's arrogant, grim, and vindictive husband, who r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neal, Bill, 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:A.C. Greene series ; 11.
Subjects:
Boyce family.
Snead family.
Sneed, John Beal > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sneed, John Beal
Boyce family
Snead family
1846-1999
Boyce-Sneed Feud.
Vendetta > Texas > Texas Panhandle > History > 20th century.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Texas > Texas Panhandle.
Violence > Texas > Panhandle > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Boyce-Sneed Feud
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Vendetta
Violence
Texas Panhandle (Tex.) > History > 20th century.
Texas Panhandle (Tex.) > Biography.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Texas
Texas > Panhandle
Texas > Texas Panhandle
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • The three families: Settling in antebellum Texas
  • Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle
  • Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena
  • and Al
  • A secret too big to keep
  • "Let the old men settle it"
  • A man with a plan
  • Escape, flight, and pursuit
  • The gathering storm
  • Then the killings begin
  • To the courts
  • From guns to gavels
  • Lena's sanity hearing
  • "The greatest legal battle ever"
  • The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed
  • Protecting a home, or protecting a killer?
  • The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial
  • The waiting game
  • Ambush at the death cottage
  • "Because this is Texas"
  • The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed
  • The murder trial begins
  • The verdict
  • "Making'em believe in ghosts"
  • The Beech Epting murder trial
  • "No trial for the dead"
  • The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed
  • The John Beal Sneed wars continue
  • Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets
  • Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
  • Spin-doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes
  • B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries
  • And what happened to Lena's baby?
  • Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer
  • Miss Lillie was a rover
  • Appendix two: Timeline.

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