The Lonesome Death of William Zantzinger
William Zantzinger, the former tobacco farmer and property fraudster who “killed poor Hattie Carroll,” as Bob Dylan famously sang, died in disgraced obscurity on Jan. 3.
New York Times: W. D. Zantzinger, Subject of Dylan Song, Dies at 69.
OK, I’m done.
There’s a more nuanced article on the topic in The New Yorker.