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On a calm Georgia evening in 1890, a shotgun blast took out a window and part of John Forsyth's head. "Tell mamma to come." They were the last words that fell from the lips of the dying man.Captain Forsyth's murder sent a shock wave across Georgia and soon a federal trial convened to try the men arrested. One of them was a prominent attorney, Luther Hall. Why did this pillar of the community hire someone to kill John Forsyth?Here is the chilling story of the murder, the hunt for the killers, and the trial for conspiracy and murder. It's a vintage true crime tale long lost to modern readers. Newspapers of the period called it The Great Forsyth Conspiracy Case.