Hulsey v. State

On the afternoon of June 18, 1930, Lige Harper, Ernest McCullough, and Clifford Jones were killed by pistol shots in Polk County near the residence of William Hulsey. During the ensuing night their bodies were carried in a wagon to a secluded, place several miles away, and cast head foremost into an abandoned well. On the following day the bodies were discovered, and a coroner’s inquest was held. William Hulsey, his two married sons Fred and Bay, his son-in-law Tom Hicks, and L. E. McCullough were arrested and confined in jail, the two first named in an adjoining county. The next regular term…