Four Miles East of Bagdad

Explore the captivating story of a murder that occurred on December 6, 1896, in San Bernardino County, California.  Witness the rush to judgment of Louis James Searcy a bi-racial African American hobo and the selfless efforts of three young white attorneys who fought to commute his death sentence from death to life imprisonment. Immerse yourself in the gripping history of the railroad, crime, violence, and the criminal justice system from an overlooked period of California history.  Immigrants and transplants from throughout the United States came to work for the railroad and called Amboy, Bagdad, Cadiz, and Danby home.