On an early morning 50 years ago, Jackson County Solicitor General Floyd Hoard walked out of his Jefferson home, climbed into his Ford Galaxy, turned the ignition, and died when dynamite blew the car into
Hoard became the victim of an angry, vengeful bootlegger.
The 50th anniversary of the most notorious crime in Jackson County history is being observed Monday.
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