Clay County Archives and Historical Library ~ Liberty, Missouri

Preserving the Past for the Present

Two Shots By A Stranger book cover

Kathleen Bird's book, Two Shots By A Stranger, is about a crime officially unsolved to this day.  Historic documentation that has survived since the end of the Civil War leaves gaps in reporting the full story.  This true crime account re-tells the story of the 1866 double homicide from the viewpoint of those involved in an unsuccessful prosecution. 

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