Anyone able to help Chris in his search.....??? >Delivered-To: dlsnow1@mail-phnx.uswest.net >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:25:31 -0600 >From: "chrisevans@apex" <chrisevans@apex.net> >To: "David L Snow" <dlsnow1@qwest.net> >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 >Subject: Re: Who killed Tom Evans? > >David.... > >A man named Cloys Martin, who was 21 years old at the time, was arrested, he >confessed to shooting Tom Evans (but in self defense), and was tried and >convicted in Henry County, Tennessee in July 1926. Martin was married to Tom >Evans' second cousin. They knew each other well. Tom Evans' father, Mose, >lived just down the road from the Martins. If you know where the big power >line crosses the gravel road in the old 23rd district, that is about where >the Martins lived. Martin's father-in-law, Alsye Evans, had also served time >for a murder in the old 23rd. There are some who think the murder of Tom >Evans was a planned attack; however, Martin had his young wife, and her >15-year-old sister, along with him. Does not sound like a planned strike, >but who knows. Do you know anything further about the surrounding Moonshine >wars? >Tom Evans was my great, grandfather. I am researching this incident and >trying to determine if it warrants a book unto itself. > >Thank you, >Chris Evans >