Far western Kentucky, west Tennessee, back around 1970 time period..........string of farm and construction equipment theft. Cops couldn't catch the people doing it. Local farmer and son caught a guy in the act of stealing some of their stuff.
Farmer asked guy who else is in on this. Thief refuses to answer, and tells farmer to go ahead and call sheriff, cause he'll be turned loose and come back for the equipment later. Farmer tells son to get the dozer and dig a hole. Thief getting nervous now, asks why. Farmer says, you aren't going to jail, you're going to be shot and buried in this hole and no one is ever going to know what happened. Thief begins to sing, and before he's through, he's named his accomplices, along with some local cops that were covering up for them.
Big difference though between then and now.
