On May 4, 1931, William and Mamie Wagner were murdered at their home in northwest Mississippi. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger called the murders of one of the most prominent couples in the area, “the most brutal tragedy that has ever happened in this section of Mississippi”.
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Episode Sources
The Commercial Appeal) Mass Meeting on Charges Relative to Death of Rev H.P. Gibbs, May 6, 1899
State Historical Society Archives) Anti-Lynching Bill, 1921
The Greenwood Commonwealth) Water Valley Merchant and Wife Slain, May 5, 1931
Biloxi Sun Herald) Sheriff Gets Confession in Wagner Crime, May 6, 1931
The Clarion-Ledger) Atrocities in Northern Part of State Bringing Intense Police Efforts, May 7, 1931
The Clarion-Ledger) Murder Victims Are Laid to Rest, May 8, 1931
The Clarion-Ledger) Verdict Carries Dealth Penalty For Whitaker in Wagner Slayings, June 12, 1931
North Mississippi Herald) The Infamous History of Water Valley, May 14, 2008
North Mississippi Herald) Century Old Jail Is Piece Of History, April 6, 2011
Hill Country History) Water Valley (1858)
Ancestry.com) William Buford Wagner, Jr.
Water Valley Chamber of Commerce) Attractions - Carnival Info
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Impromptu and Unanswered Questions by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
