Young Brothers Massacre

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Description

On January 2, 1932, near Springfield, Missouri, ten poorly armed law enforcement officers got down to arrest two local farm boys for auto theft.  A couple of minutes later, six of the officers lay dead and three were wounded, setting a record that stands to at the present time for the greatest selection of police officers killed in one incident in the history of the USA.  This is the story of how it happened and of the unlikely people whose lives were endlessly changed.

The two killers, Jennings and Harry Young, were from a peaceful, tiny community named Brookline in central Greene County, Missouri.  The “massacre” itself took place on the quiet orderly farm home of the J. D. Young circle of relatives.  Paul and Mary Barrett trace the personalities of those involved in the incident, describe the events of the fateful day, and examine the aftermath of the killings, detailing what was once referred to as “the greatest man hunt in the history of Texas,” which culminated in the brothers’ deaths in Houston.



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