Dirt Poor Blood Rich

In 1932, Joe Mauldin was shot and killed by a trustee at Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas.His attorney told the newspapers that Joe death was "cold-blooded murder," and that Joe was shot down like a rabbit in a thicket- unjustly and needlessly.Tucker Farm was run by trustees--many of whom were murderers. The state of Arkansas put in place a correctional system that would take the place of slavery. Tucker Prison Farm was self sufficient and made the state and wardens a lot of money off of the blood, sweat and tears of desperate men. Joe's son Johnnie vows to find the man who murdered Joe- and kill him, but that hunt is easier said than done. Joe's killer may have been notorious outlaw bank robber Lee Sitton, who had people protecting him- in and out of prison. Sitton hid out in the Buffalo and Cookson Hills with fellow outlaws Ed Lockhart, Frank Nash, Troy Love and possibly- Pretty Boy Floyd. That is- while he wasn't serving a term for murder. Sitton- it seems - had the freedom to come and go.Was he an FBI informant? Did he inform on Frank Nash and then take part in the Kansas City Massacre?Follow the clues and help me solve Joe's murder and possibly cleare Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Richetti in the crime that gave the FBI the power it has today. Read more