Jackie Newton On Hunt Murder

Writer Dana Middlebrooks Samuelson Interviews Jackie Newton 2012

In late 2012 we drove on a fall day to the Gulf Coast of Texas to interview +Jackie Newton. She is pictured at her wedding to Dr. Billy Newton’s son, Bill, in 1966 on page 161 of Clovis Road II. Dana had corresponded with her and they visited on the phone several times prior to the interview.
    After a wonderful dinner at Spoonbills Restuarant, we adjourned to her home to continue the interview and to view exhibits she had gathered. The next morning we got together again at her home, restarted the interview, and then took a break and drove to the beach and had lunch together at the River Bend Cafe. Jackie is a wonderful hostess, full of life, and is very interested in the Hunt murders. As you can see in the text of Clovis Road II she provided many details of +Ruth Nichols Newton’s life and recounted a confession by Ruth for the Hunt murders, both the original shooting in 1942 and hiring a hit man in 1943.