Georgia physician and author William Rawlings is the great nephew of wealthy and powerful Charles G. Rawlings, who may or may not have been guilty, but was nevertheless convicted, of murdering his cousin in a sensational 1925 trial.

Understandably, this “bad man who did bad things” was not a favorite topic of conversation for members of the Rawlings family who have been leading citizens of Sandersville, Georgia for many generations. more...