In the rural quiet of Johnson County, Kentucky, a dispute over a local school trustee election and moonshine escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 31-year-old Wallace Hannah on April 29, 1929. The day began with Hannah, a candidate in the election, gathered with Lee and Cassie Gibson and their 15-year-old son, Bernie, on the Gibson family farm near Paintsville.
As the group awaited the arrival of a plow for agricultural work, they consumed moonshine. A heated argument erupted
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