=========================== ClarkKidd wrote: Does anyone know anything about him?  ============================ Below are excerpts from the true story link that include mention of Jerry Riffe................very interesting! jd <A HREF="http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/pudmarcm.htm">Click here: The Hanging of Pud Marcum</A> http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/pudmarcm.htm ==================== At twenty minutes past twelve he was placed in a two-horse spring wagon attended by Sheriff Shannon, Deputy Davis Wellman, Rev. L. H. Suddith, and Dr. Wroten, who had been summoned by the Sheriff to attend in his professional capacity. Surrounded by well-armed guards and an immense crowd of people, the wagon was driven to the gallows, which had been erected in the hollow this side of Pine Hill. Along the route, Pud conversed cheerfully with his attendants, betraying not the slightest emotion when the horrible machinery of death met his gaze. He ascended the steps firmly, seated himself in a chair, and composedly waited while the solemn ceremonies began. On the scaffold were Sheriff Shannon, Revs. Cook, Lauck, Suddith, Rice, and Stratton. Drs. Cease and Wroten and Jerry Riffe........ =================== The following are additional facts excerpted from, "Last Man To Be Hanged In Eastern Kentucky Was For Morgan Creek Murder 1886," by J. Gay Bradley, THE BIG SANDY NEWS, April 9, 1986, pg. 7: "The murder occurred in February 1886, on a ridge between Morgan Creek, and an area of 'Big Catt' Creek known as the 'Green Valley' area, in Lawrence County, or not far from what is known as Jerry Riffe Hill above Yatesville, KY. ================ ......So, Marcum secured the services of a country lawyer to defend him in the murder, by the name of Jerry Riffe. Riffe was a very aggressive, self-read lawyer, who handled many legal cases in that area. ================ You may write to me [author] at email <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">Beverly L. Pack</A>