Diamond Bessie – Marion County Herald & Jefferson Jimplecute

68th Annual ‘Diamond Bessie Murder Trial’ plays at Pilgrimage

On: April 28, 2022

Tagged: Diamond Bessie, Jefferson Pilgrimage, Jesse-Allen-Wise Garden Club, Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club, Pilgrimage

One of the highlights of the Pilgrimage is the annual staging of the Diamond Bessie Murder Trial, a unique adaptation of the last days of the 1877 trial in Jefferson of Abraham Rothschild for the murder of Diamond Bessie. The trial captured national attention in its day, and its re-creationContinue Reading

Diamond Bessie grave vandalized

By: Jimplecute Jimplecute

On: November 13, 2021

In: News

Tagged: Diamond Bessie, Jefferson Police Department

The Jefferson Police Department needs your assistance in finding out more information about damage done to Diamond Bessie’s grave in Oakwood Cemetery. According to JPD Chief Florentino Perez, on November 4, 2021, the Jefferson Police Department responded to a call at the Oakwood Cemetery, located at E. Webster and N.Continue Reading