Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel : the search for Helen Clevenger's killer

Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel : the search for Helen Clevenger's killer / Anne Chesky Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Anne E. Chesky author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice	©2021
Description	206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plan, portraits ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Clevenger, Helen, 1917-1936--Death. Murder--North Carolina --Asheville --History --20th century. Discrimination in criminal justice administration--North Carolina --Asheville --History --20th century. Asheville (N.C.)--History --20th century.

Abstract	"In 1936, Helen Clevenger's uncle discovered her bloodied body crumpled on the floor of her small room in Asheville's grand Battery Park Hotel. She had been shot through the chest. Buncombe County sheriff Laurence Brown, up for reelection, desperately searched for the white teenager's killer as the public clamored for answers. Even after Sheriff Brown securted a confession from a young Black man, many southerners feared that the crime had not been solved. Author Anne Chesky Smith weaves together varying accounts of the murder and investigation to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Asheville's history"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-202) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2021937193
ISBN	1467145602
ISBN	9781467145602