I’m honored to have this photograph, along with four others, hanging in the renovated Old Marshall Jail. The photograph is of convicted murderers Philip Turpin and Lorenzo ‘Crews being led from the Courthouse back to the jail.
In the renovated jail, now a hotel and bar, Josh and Emily Copus have included the photograph along with artifacts that turn this singular image into a piece of Madison County history. In this case the history presented is one of the more notorious crimes in the county, one that shook us to our core.
At the Madison County Jail Hotel and Bar
One amazing piece of history that I didn’t know, but learned because of Josh and Emily’s research is that one of the murder victims was a man named Bennie Hudgins. It seems Mr. Hudgins spent May 17 and 18, 1970, in the Madison County jail and during his time there etched this message onto a metal plate that is next to the photograph and other artifacts. A true blending of art and history.
Josh and Emily will be hosting an Open House at the renovated jail on June 17 from 4 to 8. So come to the Old Marshall Jail Hotel and Bar and learn a bit of our history and thank them for their efforts to keep our history alive.
