Wicked City
In 1955, Look magazine called Phenix City, Alabama, ''The Wickedest City in America,'' a stew of organized crime and corruption, run by a machine that dealt with complaints forcefully and with dispatch.
When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause just for a moment-and when it starts up again, there is...
In 1955, Look magazine called Phenix City, Alabama, ''The Wickedest City in America,'' a stew of organized crime and corruption, run by a machine that dealt with complaints forcefully and with dispatch.
When crime-fighting attorney Albert Patterson is gunned down in a Phenix City alley in the spring of 1954, the entire town seems to pause just for a moment-and when it starts up again, there is...
