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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Another Klansman dead

2006-11-06

"He was supposed to stay there until he died. I guess he fulfilled that," Vernon Dahmer's widow said. "He lived a lot longer than Vernon Dahmer did."

Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel H. Bowers, who was serving a life sentence for the 1966 bombing death of a civil rights leader, died Sunday in a state penitentiary, officials said. He was 82. He died of cardio pulmonary arrest, said Mississippi Department of Corrections spokeswoman Tara Booth. Bowers was convicted in August of 1998 of ordering the assassination of Vernon Dahmer, a civil rights activist who had fought for black rights during Mississippi's turbulent struggle for racial equality. "He was supposed to stay there until he died. I guess he fulfilled that," Vernon Dahmer's widow, Ellie Dahmer, told The Associated Press on Sunday. "He lived a lot longer than Vernon Dahmer did."

Posted by:Korora

#8 Personally, Anon, I think her finest roll was in Jumping Jack Flash. Drove me to tears, it did.

Posted by: Secret Master 2006-11-06 21:21

#7 Too bad it took the sob so long to kick off. I can at least hope his lst few years were filled with pain.

Don't worry. I'm sure his next billion years or so won't be very pleasant either.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 Jn. 3:15

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-11-06 12:59

#6 I wonder if Bobby Byrd will attend the funeral...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2006-11-06 12:02

#5 Secret Master: Would that be as 'Death', in the movie "Monkeybone", or "Ghost"?

Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-06 08:38

#4 Secret Master,
That was Byron de la Beckwith, a different scumbag. He died in prison a few years ago. His story was similar to Bowers' in many ways. He was tried for the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers back in the 60s and acquitted despite overwhelming evidence. A crusading prosecutor re-opened the case many years later and got a new trial. "Delay" was convicted and put away for good. He wasn't as active in the Klan as Bowers but he did become a kind of folk hero to Klansmen and even boasted of his guilt at a public meeting.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-06 03:33

#3 Good riddance to bad trash.

Too bad it took the sob so long to kick off. I can at least hope his lst few years were filled with pain.

Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-06 02:52

#2 Is this the A-hole they made that movie about? You know, the one that had Whoppie Goldberg in it?

Posted by: Secret Master 2006-11-06 02:02

#1 This bastard was originally no-billed in the Dahmer case and spent the next 32 years enjoying life and building a prosperous business. This was known as "Sambo Amusements" (I shite you not). It provided pinball machines and the like to low-class saloons, reputable watering holes wouldn't do business with him.
I saw video of Sam enjoying himself in one of these establishments, a beer in one hand and a sleazy looking honky-tonk girl on each arm. Among Klansmen, he was something of a legend. One current Klan leader called him "the greatest Klan leader of all time" for his uncompromising devotion to "bullets, bombs and blood" as instruments of persuasion.
Roast in peace, Sam.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-06 00:50

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