Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Series I: State of Tennessee vs. Hiram Hall documents Paine's research into Hiram Hall's trial for the murder of his wife, Ida Hassler Hall. Ida Hall was bludgeoned to death with a rock and her body dumped into a well on August 18, 1897. The major question at the time was whether she had been killed by her husband, Hiram Hall, or her mother-in-law, Malinda Hall.Series II: State of Tennessee vs. Eugene D. Blanchard shows Blanchard's trial for the murder of Harry Gervin. On the...