Bessie Penn, Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

Don’t you just love a good story? 

Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

Part 1 of 2 

This is the curious story of an elderly Table Rock woman known as Bessie Penn. She was 91 when she died in 1969. Her life was changed 100 years ago with the poisoning death of a neighbor, Mona Bruner.

First, here is some stand…