Coincidence

<p class=ql-align-justify>Coincidence - 50th Anniversary Edition</p><p>Murder at the Wild Idol Inn</p><p>50th Anniversary Edition</p><p>Revised and Expanded with a New Forward and Aftermath</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>A triple murder in a small town hits the headlines: Shooting at the Wild Idol! Two men face the gas chamber when they're convicted for first-degree murder in 197l.The question on everyone's lips is not Why this horrid crime? Instead it's about the morality of the death penalty. Twelve months later the sentences are commuted to life with possibility of parole after a California State Supreme Court ruling. The gruesome murder helped change societal values and criminal justice procedures. <strong style=color: rgba(255 0 0 1)><em>Coincidence: 50th Anniversary Edition</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(255 0 0 1)> </em>returns us to a time when morals values and the law were all on the line. Taken together there are too many coincidences leading to the men's capture and justice served </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>I didn't know anything about it when I was coming home from Carson City explained Pearl.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I stopped in Stockton to pick up some laundry. When 1 got inside the lady said 'You're from Byron aren't you? I heard about those murders at the bar in your town.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I said 'No no that can't be!' and burst into tears. 'There's only one bar in town and it's mine. It's just a quiet friendly little bar!'</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I didn't go into the bar for a week afterward she said.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>     -Mrs. Pearl Kelso owner     The Wild Idol Inn Byron California</p><p><br></p>