Photograph
2019.4448.01251
from the collection of
Title
Lowry State Bank Murder - SuicideCreation Date
July 2 1959Dimensions
10cm H x 12.5cm W
Description
Photo of Stanley Paul Billey, age 59, president of the Lowry State Bank, slumped over in his chair after shooting himself in the head with a .38 revolver. Pope County Sheriff Henry DeKok is standing pointing at Stanley. Just moments before his suicide, he murdered his only son James Arthur Billey, age 20, by shooting him in the chest.4x5 black and white Film Negative From the Pope County Tribune.
Unpublished.
Related People and Organizations
Pope County Tribune
Billey, Stanley Paul
Lowry State Bank
DeKok, Henry T.