Murder Trials as a Thing of Interest

ID: 1297 ~ Source: Logue, Bill C., interviewed by M. Rebecca Sharpless, February 23, 1994, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview.
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Bill C. Logue explains how people would go to the courthouse to listen to the trials in the 1930s.

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Built in 1901, the McLennan County Courthouse holds pride of place within Waco as not only a functioning center of justice but also the city’s most impressive civic building. Designed by James Riley Gordon, the renowned architect responsible for the…