“Murderous Mary” was executed in the town of Erwin, Tennessee, more than a century ... known as “Murderous Mary,” was hanged from a railroad crane in front of a crowd of 2,500 people.

Jubal Roe, a river guide and firefighter, bushwhacked along the riverbank of the Nolichucky Gorge in eastern Tennessee ... we were a railroad town,” said Michael Baker, one of Erwin’s city ...