Snatched from Time: The Trial and Execution of David D. How for the Murder of Othello Church

By David Eric Cummins - January 15, 2008

Snatched from time is the phrase David How used to refer to his taking of the life of Othello Church. It's also what the gallows did to How.

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Snatched from Time: The Trial and Execution of David D. How for the Murder of Othello Church