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John Wesley Turner

Case from Jackson, KY dated Nov 10, 1910

Victim Details

Jailer John Wesley Turner

Male

White / Caucasian

Jackson

KY

1910-11-10

35

John

Wesley Turner

07/19/2026

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In the town of Jackson, Kentucky, on a Thursday in the autumn of 1910, the life of John Wesley Turner, a 35-year-old male, was abruptly ended. On November 10th, while walking with acquaintances, Turner, the Breathitt County Jailer, had a fatal encounter with a man who harbored a deep-seated grudge against him. That man was "Bad Jake" Noble, a former inmate of the very jail Turner oversaw. The animosity Noble felt towards the jailer culminated in a moment of shocking violence.

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