The Story
According to a broadsheet Hazel Farris lived in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband and they were both hard drinkers. An argument over the purchase of a new hat led to blows and Hazel ended up shooting her husband. Hearing gun play, the neighbors summoned the police, but Hazel dispatched the three responding officers as well. A deputy sheriff gained entry and attempted to restrain her, shooting off one of her fingers in the process. He was also killed. A Check of the ODMP listing however shows that no Kentucky -or any other-Lawmen were killed August 6, 1905 - the date these killings are alleged to have occurred.
With a $500 reward for her capture, Hazel fled to Bessemer to begin a new life. She took up with a man (some say a police officer) who ended up selling her out for the reward, when Hazel told him who she really was. Hazel committed suicide by drinking gasoline and arsenic before the police could arrive. This was December 20, 1906.
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