Meritt, native resident of Wayne County, Illinois, discusses his knowledge of the Shelton family and gang: gangster activities, gambling and bootlegging, killings and shooting, gang feuds and harassment of neighbors in Wayne County. Also discusses the departure of the Sheltons and his neighbor Charlie Harris.

6 tapes, 270 mins., 93 pp. Interview by John David Moreland, 1974 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photo, articles on the Sheltons.