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Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1] [2]He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967.
Gillich was also patron and protector of Kirksey McCord Nix Jr., one of the gang's most notable members. In December 1965, at the age of 22, Nix was caught carrying illegal automatic weapons in Fort Smith, Arkansas. An old friend of his, Juanda Jones, ran a bordello there, and Nix became involved with Jones' adolescent daughter, Sheri LaRa. In ...
Nix's co-conspirator Halat had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from Nix to cover financial difficulties and blamed the theft of the money on Vincent Sherry. Kirksey Nix believed Halat's claim and ordered the deaths of Judge Sherry and his wife. Thomas Holcomb was hired by Nix to murder the couple in their home. [5]
Nix adamantly denied involvement when I interviewed him." Pauline Pusser's case has never been solved. "The Twelfth of August" was the inspiration for the first "Walking Tall" movie in 1973.
In the 1980s, Kirksey Nix perpetrated the "Angola Lonely Hearts" scam from within the prison. [36] On June 21, 1989, US District Judge Polozola declared a new state of emergency at Angola. [37] In 1993 Angola officers fatally shot 29-year-old escapee Tyrone Brown. [38] Burl Cain served as the warden from 1995 to March 7, 2016. [39]
Pusser named Kirksey Nix as the contractor of his wife's killers, although neither Nix nor anyone else was ever charged with the crime. Pusser shot and killed an intoxicated Charles Russell Hamilton on December 25, 1968, after responding to a complaint that Hamilton had threatened his landlord with a gun.
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."
Now, we’re seeing cases of money being clawed back from a few coaches. Nothing compels a coach to do this. Multi-year contracts protect their salaries. If an employer becomes unsatisfied with a ...