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Diamond Bessie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TexasEscapes.com: The Lonesome Death of Diamond BessieThe Diamond Bessie Murder Trial
Handbook of Texas Online - DIAMOND BESSIE MURDER TRIAL
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the State of Texas - Page 519
The Southern Law Review - Page 283
The Brooks House
Address: 208 Vale St.
City: Jefferson County: Marion
Year Marker Erected: 1971
Marker Text: Built 1872 in Victorian style, with long galleries, bay window, 4
gables. Then a hotel, it became famous when guest "Diamond Bessie"
Moore was killed west of town at a picnic in 1877. Fellow guest Abe Rothchild,
cited for murder, was freed after sensational trial-- later subject of a drama.