DeNeal, Gary. The Bloody Vendetta. They were also right in the thick of a period known as Bloody Williamson during the 1870's, during which a lot of Civil War scores seemed to be settled. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises.The term was applied when the largest trafficking organizations reached an agreement to coordinate the production and distribution of cocaine. (pub. Membership was open to anyone who opposed the KKK and was "not a Protestant". Bloody Williamson - A Chapter in American Lawlessness. Carterville is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States, geographically situated between Carbondale and Marion.The city is located next to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.The Refuge's 44,000 acres (180 km 2) of land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna. A drug cartel is any criminal organization with the intention of supplying drug trafficking operations. This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.. For single-perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see Lists of rampage killers, Mass shootings in the United States, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year; For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres. The history of "Bloody Williamson" includes family feuds, trouble in the coal fields, bootleggers, and deadly tornadoes. 1876) by … The jail housed prisoners involved with three violent conflicts in the 1920s: the Herrin massacre, the Klan War, and a gang rivalry between the Shelton Brothers Gang and Charles Birger's gang. 1993. Williamson County was originally the south half of Franklin County. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press. The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition-era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois.They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger and his gang. The Bloody Vendetta was the first time Williamson County found itself in the papers for bloodshed, but its … Ancestors of the Shelton Brothers Gang trace their roots back to Ireland, under the surname "Hunter". The page covers the rise and fall of the early 20th century coal mining industry including the events of Bloody Williamson. They had significant support amongst various ethnic groups in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 304 pages. Williamson County lies at the heart of the stretch of rural southern Illinois called ‘Little Egypt’. The Williamson County Jail, located at 105 S. Van Buren St. in Marion, is the former county jail serving Williamson County, Illinois.The Prairie School building served as the county jail from 1913 to 1971. 1981, 2nd Ed. ISBN 0-252-06233-7. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. A Knight of Another Sort.

They were part of an opposition that included politicians, labor leaders and immigrant groups. From the earliest times, down to the present, 1876, with an accurate account of the secession movement, ordinances, raids, etc., also, a complete history of its "bloody vendetta," including all its recondite causes, results, etc., etc." Williamson County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Illinois in the area known as Little Egypt.In the 19th century it was the site of a ten-year long feud known as the Bloody Vendetta that claimed many lives. Source: "History of Williamson county, Illinois.

It’s best known for producing coal, corn, and corpses. As of 2000, the population was 61,296. During the Bloody Vendetta era of Williamson County in the early 1870’s, Erwin goes on to say, “If there were ever any regular Ku-Klux in this county, outside of the band who hung Vancil, it was in 1875, in the west and southwest sides of the county, and a small band which probably included some members of …

In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang". ISBN 0-8093-2216-1 (hardcover), ISBN 0-8093-2217-X (paperback). On 28 Feb 1839, Williamson County was established. The Knights of the Flaming Circle was a militant organization founded in 1923 to fight the anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan. Williamson Co. was an area of divided loyalties during the war, with a number of staunch unionists and strong secessionists. The county seat is Marion, IL.