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Dime Novels Blamed in Death of Teenager



Dec. 5, 1909, Dime Novels 

Dec. 5, 1909: Claude Williams, 16, of Cannelton, Ind., kills 13-year-old James Hall and escapes to Kentucky. Williams is a reader of dime novels.

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"It wasn't the airplanes that brought him down, it was those damn dime novels that killed the beast."

Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | December 05, 2009 at 11:24 AM



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