Download or read book Main Street Mayhem written by Erik J. Wright and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main Street Mayhem: Crime, Murder & Justice in Downtown Paragould, 1888 - 1932 explores some of the forgotten episodes of explosive violence in an Arkansas railroad town. Through extensive investigations by award-winning historian Erik Wright, numerous stories are uncovered from the escape of Arkansas murder suspect James Trammell to Australia to the fumbled highway robbery and murder of young Lewis Reynolds. 2018 revised second edition includes a 20-page chapter on outlaw Frank "Jelly" Nash. Illustrated with sources and a foreword by Dan Stidham, Main Street Mayhem is sure to please the scholar and the casual reader.