TY - BOOK AU - Neal,Bill ED - Project Muse. TI - Vengeance is mine: the scandalous love triangle that triggered the Boyce-Sneed feud T2 - A.C. Greene series SN - 9781574414400 AV - F392.P168 N43 2011 U1 - 976.4/05 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Denton, TX PB - University of North Texas Press KW - Sneed, John Beal KW - Snead family. KW - Boyce family. KW - Violence KW - Texas KW - Panhandle KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Texas Panhandle KW - Vendetta KW - Boyce-Sneed Feud KW - 1846-1950 KW - Texas Panhandle (Tex.) KW - Biography KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index; The three families: Settling in antebellum Texas -- Migrating to a new frontier: the Texas Panhandle -- Amarillo, 1910: John Beal, Lena--and Al -- A secret too big to keep -- "Let the old men settle it" -- A man with a plan -- Escape, flight, and pursuit -- The gathering storm -- Then the killings begin -- To the courts -- From guns to gavels -- Lena's sanity hearing -- "The greatest legal battle ever" -- The 1912 Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- Protecting a home, or protecting a killer? -- The conclusion of the 1912 John Beal Sneed murder trial -- The waiting game -- Ambush at the death cottage -- "Because this is Texas" -- The second Fort Worth murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The murder trial begins -- The verdict -- "Making'em believe in ghosts" -- The Beech Epting murder trial -- "No trial for the dead" -- The Vernon murder trial of John Beal Sneed -- The John Beal Sneed wars continue -- Combat in the courts, firefights in the streets -- Epilogue: A. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat -- Spin-doctoring, dirty tricks, and whatever else it takes -- B. Reflections, speculations, unsolved mysteries -- And what happened to Lena's baby? -- Appendix one: The rest of the tragic story of Hugh D. Spencer -- Miss Lillie was a rover -- Appendix two: Timeline UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414400/ ER -