On a tragic night in May of 1894, in Linn County, Missouri, the lives of the Meeks family were brutally cut short. Among the victims was a young female child named Hattie Meeks, who was around four years old. The horrific events unfolded when her father, Gus Meeks, became entangled in a cattle rustling operation with his employers, the affluent and prominent Taylor brothers, George and William. It is believed that Gus Meeks had agreed to testify against the Taylors in exchange for a pardon, a de
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