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    • Apr 29, 1913
    Leo Frank is arrested in Atlanta for the alleged murder of his employee, Mary Phagan. The controversial case, which results in the death penalty, provides country pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson with a pivotal song, "Little Mary Phagan"
    Sep 1, 1948
    Actor Robert Mitchum is one of four people arrested for marijuana use at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Mitchum fears it will end his career, but he goes on to take part in many more movies as well as a country hit: "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
    Apr 15, 1950
    Hank Williams is arrested for violating a Nashville ordinance that prohibits smoking in bed, when a cigarette starts a fire in his room at the Tulane Hotel after he falls asleep
    Jul 14, 1951
    Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddler best known for "Jole Blon," is arrested in Austin, Texas, for failure to pay child support. He dies in jail three days later. The death report blames cirrhosis of the liver, although some believe he was beaten to death
    Jan 5, 1952
    Merle Travis is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Los Angeles
    Aug 17, 1952
    Hank Williams is arrested in Alexander City, Alabama, for drunken behavior
    Dec 11, 1952
    Hank Williams discharges himself from a Shreveport sanitarium and promptly gets arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct
    Dec 29, 1953
    Webb Pierce is jailed and charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and with resisting arrest after forcing his way into the dressing room of female wrestler Cora Combs at the Hippodrome in Nashville. Combs goes by the pokey to ask for his release, saying she feels responsible
    Nov 17, 1955
    Ray Charles is busted backstage in Philadelphia for the use of narcotics. The R&B singer later makes waves in country with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and his 1985 duet with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
    Jan 4, 1956
    Merle Travis is arrested at his home, at 12406 Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, after pistol-whipping his wife during a drunken rage



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