262:$ 500 under the condition that Joe Frank would find someone to kill Timmerman. When Joe Frank resisted, Sue allegedly told him that Fred Dorn had been unable to kill Timmerman and started threatening Joe Frank that "something will happen to your mother and your wife" if he did not cooperate. Days later, Joe Frank met with Clarence Bagwell, a 34-year-old painter and known criminal from Spartanburg, and proposed the idea of murdering Timmerman; during another meeting one week later, Bagwell agreed to shoot Timmerman under the condition that Joe Frank Logue pay him $ 500.
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Timmerman's widow identified him as the man she had seen casing the store the day before. Her identification led to Bagwell confessing to the murders; he implicated Joe Frank Logue in the murders as well, confessing that Logue had hired him, and one of Logue's colleagues reported that he had substituted for Logue on the night of the murders. After Bagwell's confession, Logue was arrested as well on November 9, although at the time, he denied any involvement in Timmerman's murder; nevertheless, the two were transported to the
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to request the money, Logue doubled his request to $ 40, and
Timmerman refused to pay, after which Logue began attacking Timmerman with an axe handle for sale in the store. Timmerman retreated behind the store counter where he retrieved a gun from a drawer and shot Logue twice, killing him. Badly-injured, Timmerman locked up the store and drove to the town of
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Edgefield County; during these visits, as Joe Frank would later tell police, both Sue and George Logue repeatedly expressed a desire to avenge John Wallace's death by killing Timmerman. Joe Frank reported specifically hearing Sue Logue saying, "I will kill Davis Timmerman or see that he is killed."
290:, for the murder of Davis Timmerman. Edgefield County Sheriff Wad D. Allen, who was a cousin of George and Sue Logue, transported the men to Edgefield, although he refused to provide information explaining why he thought James and Kitchen were involved in Timmerman's murder. Allen also filed murder charges against James.
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Bagwell was the actual culprit behind Timmerman's murder. Bagwell was promptly arrested, after
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Timmerman's store, Timmerman was arrested and charged with Logue's murder. Between Timmerman's arrest and trial, Logue's widow Sue and her brother-in-law, George Logue, invited Joe Frank to their house repeatedly.
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Joseph Frank Logue Jr. was born on
September 11, 1908, in the town of Edgefield, South Carolina. Joe Frank's father died on September 26, 1924, shortly after the boy turned 16. Joe Frank's Aunt Sue and his uncles, John Wallace, and George Logue, helped raise him which made him feel indebted and loyal
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Randall
Johnson, a driver who worked at the State House, transported Strom Thurmond to the women's penitentiary, where Sue Logue was being held as she awaited her execution. Thurmond had volunteered to personally transport her to the South Carolina Penitentiary where her execution would take place.
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revolver. Witnesses observed a "stranger" fleeing from the area in a car around the time of
Timmerman's murder. Timmerman's body was discovered by his wife, who heard gunshots coming from the vicinity of the store and rushed over to investigate. After the murder, George and Sue Logue paid Bagwell $
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September 1940, one of Timmerman's mules wandered into a field belonging to J. Wallace Logue. Timmerman's mule kicked one of Logue's calves to death. Logue requested $ 20 as compensation for the dead calf, and Timmerman agreed to pay it. On September 30, upon visiting Timmerman's filling station
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Timmerman's murder. An hour before his scheduled execution, after having undergone the preparations for an electrocution, Joe Frank Logue received a commutation.
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On November 16, 1941, Sheriff Allen, who was unarmed, approached the Logues' farmhouse with Deputy William L. Clark, who was armed. The two intended to arrest the Logues, but as they entered the house, George Logue and Fred Dorn began shooting at them. Sheriff Allen died at the scene, while Deputy
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On September 16, 1941, Joe Frank Logue purchased the murder weapon from a pawn shop and gave it to Clarence Bagwell. On September 17, 1941, Logue and Bagwell scoped out Timmerman's store, during which Bagwell encountered Timmerman's wife Cornelia. At approximately 7:00 pm that same day, Logue and
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was committed by a stranger who ambushed Timmerman in his store. However, a two-month investigation led to the arrests of Clarence Bagwell, George Logue, Logue's sister-in-law Sue Stidham Logue, and Sue's nephew Joe Frank Logue, who were accused of planning and committing Timmerman's murder in
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Bagwell returned to Timmerman's store. Logue remained in the car while Bagwell entered the store. Bagwell requested either a pack of gum or cigarettes; when Timmerman turned his back to Bagwell, Bagwell murdered him by shooting him four or five times point-blank with a
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of John Wallace Logue's murder the prior year. Additionally, George and Sue Logue's arrests resulted in the deaths of three men, two law enforcement officers and a civilian, as George Logue engaged in a gun battle with the people who attempted to arrest them.
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Joe Frank Logue went on trial after the executions of his co-conspirators had been completed. He was convicted, found guilty, and sentenced to death. His execution was scheduled to take place on January 23, 1944. However, after Logue ate his
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man who was one of Timmerman's hired hands was shot to death with a rifle; although the murder was never prosecuted or solved, locals suspected the Logues, specifically George Logue, and Fred Dorn were involved.
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Clark returned fire, injuring George Logue and fatally wounding Fred Dorn, who was pronounced dead six hours later, after being transported to a hospital. Clark, who was wounded, was rushed to a hospital in
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and had otherwise been prepared for execution, Governor Johnston visited Logue on death row and spoke to him. The visit convinced Johnston to commute Joe Frank Logue's sentence to life imprisonment.
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364:, in that order. The executions took place at approximately 7:00 am. Sue Logue's execution made her the first woman, albeit not the only one, to be executed in South Carolina's electric chair.
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1141:"Reported Inquests in Edgefield Killings Will Be Held Within Next Several Days"
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927:"Logue in State Penitentiary; Sheriff Allen Had Death Premonition"
176:, in April 1899. When she was eleven years old, her mother died.
723:"Clarence Bagwell - Death • South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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Death of John Wallace Logue and acquittal of Davis Timmerman
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George Reed Logue was born on June 1, 1888, in the town of
561:"Edgefield County Sheriff Returning with Two Wanted Men"
502:"From a dead calf to the South Carolina electric chair"
1103:"Sheriff Announces 'For Hire' Killing Confession Made"
474:. University of South Carolina Press. pp. 63–71.
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969:"Woman, Two Men Pay for Killing"
809:"Joseph Frank Logue (1883-1924)"
781:"Joseph Frank Logue (1908-1990)"
346:Lexington County, South Carolina
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161:Involved parties' early lives
52:September 17, 1941
500:O'Neil, Duay (2014-10-10).
296:South Carolina Penitentiary
211:Spartanburg, South Carolina
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860:Poland, Tom (2013-11-01).
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609:. 1941-09-18. p. 1.
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242:Murder of Davis Timmerman
228:Edgefield, South Carolina
203:Edgefield, South Carolina
116:murder of Davis Timmerman
33:Murder of Davis Timmerman
1182:. 1942-01-02. pp.
192:Brevard, North Carolina
85:Sue Belle Stidham Logue
1223:1941 in South Carolina
904:. 2003. Archived from
1238:Murder-for-hire cases
468:Thompson, Marilyn W.
288:Fort Smith, Arkansas
275:Arrests and gunfight
217:long-standing feud.
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1108:The Greenville News
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107:First degree murder
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973:The Gaffney Ledger
637:"Susie B. Stidham"
506:Newport Plain Talk
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