... that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded

From the Guardian:

On February 9, 1963, William Zantzinger, a rich young farmer, struck Hattie Carroll, a black barmaid, with his cane. She died that night; he got six months.

The crime was immortalized in song by Bob Dylan in 1964. And Ian Frazier wonders: Where is Zantzinger now?