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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neal, Bill, 1936-

Series:

A.C. Greene series ; 11.

A.C. Greene series ; no. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyce-Sneed Feud.

Vendetta--Texas--Texas Panhandle--History--20th century.

Vendetta.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Texas--Texas Panhandle.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations).

Violence--Texas--Panhandle--History--20th century.

Violence.

Texas Panhandle (Tex.)--History--20th century.

Texas Panhandle (Tex.).

Texas Panhandle (Tex.)--Biography.

Texas--History--1846-1950.

Texas.

Boyce family.

Snead family.

Sneed, John Beal--Trials, litigation, etc.

Sneed, John Beal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 responded to Lena's plea for a divorce by having her locked up in an insane asylum on grounds of "moral insanity." Frustrated by Al's escape to Canada, Sneed assassinated Al's aged and unarmed father, Colonel Albert Boyce, who had been defending his son. Sneed's well-paid legal team first earned him a mistrial

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-39501-0

9786613395016

1-57441-440-2

OCLC:

754717995