This story has everything: a maybe-love triangle, a defense built on questionable sanity, lawyers facing disbarment and criminal charges, and a child witness whose reaction to the violence left the entire courtroom stunned.

We're pulling this case out of the dust, a story nearly lost to time, and one that ends just as tragically as it begins.

Check out- Grit: Based on a True Bloody Breathitt Story

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Sources:

Courier Journal 10/8/1922, 10/9/1922, 10/12/1922, 10/13/1922, 1017/1922, 10/18/1922, 10/20/1922, 10/21/1922, 10/22/1922, 10/31/1922, 11/1/1922, 11/4/1922, 11/10/1922, 11/15/1922, 11/24/1922,11/26/1922,12/13/1922, 12/14/1922, 12/15/1922, 12/15/1922, 12/16/1922, 1/16/1923, 1/17/1923, 1/18/1923, 1/19/1923, 1/24/1923, 1/25/1923, 1/28/1923, 2/6/1923, 4/8/1923, 7/4/1923, 5/3/1924, 5/5/1924, 5/6/1924, 5/9/1924, 5/10/1924,

The Louisville Herald 1/17/1923, 1/25/1923

The Winchester Sun 10/9/1922, 10/10/1922, 10/17/1922, 10/18/1922, 11/10/1922, ,

The Kentucky Post 10/9/1922

The State Journal 10/12/1922, 1/9/1924

Park City Daily News 1/9/1923

The Paducah Evening Sun 5/8/1924, 5/9/1924

Owensboro Messenger 5/8/1924

Messenger Inquirer 10/17/1922,

Lexington herald Leader 10/17/1922, 10/18/1922, 10/27/1922, 1/17/1923, 2/6/1923, 4/12/1923, 5/9/1924

Weick V Commonwealth 1923

Find a Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125863205/george-washington-weick