Lee Shelton
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Lee Shelton, popularly known as "Stagolee", "Stagger Lee", "Stack-O-Lee", and other variations, was an American criminal who became a figure of folklore after murdering Billy Lyons on December 25, 189
Stagger Lee's "Lid" Club at 911 N. 12th Street, St. Louis (Tucker Blvd. now).
Cast of the Stagger Lee musical, 2016
Missouri State Penitentiary
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The Missouri State Penitentiary was a prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, that operated from 1836 to 2004. Part of the Missouri Department of Corrections, it served as the state of Missouri's primary
Lee Shelton
…prison. He was paroled in 1909, but was imprisoned again two years later for assault and robbery. Unable to get parole, he died in the hospital of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City on March 11, 1912, from tuberculosis. Shelton is buried at the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri. The Killer Blues…
Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City