Source Collection
University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, William Lindsey McDonald Collection, Box 2: Biographical, Folder 1.3: Correspondence 2000s, Collier Library.
Description
Correspondence from Bernie Delinski and Mike Goens of the Times Daily requesting a list of the "10 worst outlaws" from the Shoals, Alabama for a series of articles they planned to write. William L. McDonald's reply with a list of eight groups of outlaws, dated April 30, 2000, is also enclosed, and provides a small synopsis of their crimes.
The list includes:
- John Melton
- John A. Murrell
- Clerk from John Edie's Store
- Mountain Tom Clark
- Elias "The Man" Thrasher
- Frank and Jesse James
- Arline "Speck Wylie, his younger brother Eugene Wylie, and Elmer Bentley "Slick Pickens
- F. W. Seay
Date Created
10-14-2026
Date
April 27, 2000
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Recommended Citation
Delinski, Bernie; Goens, Mike; and McDonald, William L., "Outlaws in the Shoals, AL from Bernie Delinski and Mike Goens of the Times Daily, April 27, 2000" (2026). Correspondence. 23.
https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_letters/23
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First Page
1
Last Page
2
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