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The shooting took place just outside the office door of the Bergin House hotel.
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Former Civil War general George W. Morgan served as Bergin’s defense counsel. He drew attention to Bergin’s long-standing problems and a history of mental issues in the Bergin family.
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One witness likened William Bergin to the infamous roving and raving eccentric J.N. Free.
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William Bergin’s trial got underway in the Knox County Courthouse in August of 1877. Bergin pled not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge of murder in the first degree.
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