Backstage With Booth

[Jim Garrett]

In my ever so humble opinion, I think the best sources to get to know poor Ned are Tom Bogar's masterpiece and also Ed Steer's "The Trial". Ed was very wise when he asked a number of experts to contribute biographies of the co-conspirators. The bio on Ned Spangler was the contribution of our very own Betty Ownsbey. It is wellwritten and moves quickly. You come away with the feeling that you know Spangler a little better as a person with a soul than just a two dimensional villain.

Both Betty and Tom have brought Spangler to life as a rather simple man, who really never caught any breaks in life......quite the opposite, seems like the world was stacked against him.