Oscar Spatch

Death by Force

In the spring of 1911, a man by the name of Oscar Spatch, a white male, met his untimely end in Boyle County, Kentucky. His death on May 21st of that year was not of natural causes, but a violent act that unfolded on the Q&C railroad track. At the time of his passing, the circumstances surrounding the incident were shrouded in enough uncertainty to warrant the attention of the local coroner, J.R. Dodds of Danville.

Further details that have surfaced over the passage of time paint a cleare ...Read More

Railroad Detective Oscar R. Spatch