Jackson Jambalaya

Prison seems like the right place for him to do. No redeeming values to his life.

Vince Sherry was my friend. Margaret was as nice a person you could ever hope to meet. Kirksey McCord Nix deserves the same level of compassion he showed the Sherrys.

Only in Mississippi.

Hopefully the judge will nix his request. (See what I did there?)

Pete and Mike are good guys that had nothing to do with this.

Just a horrible case. I remember when this happened. Absolutely horrible.

John Grisham says, "I've based two books off Nix's works. Let him out so I can write another book."

I'll add that they were entertaining books.

Imagine a low court judge married to a municipal politician thinking that they could steal from a syndicate and remain untouchable.

Unfortunately, some people are just never going to be cooperative members of society and need to be isolated from the rest of us. Nix certainly seems like one of these people. His past suggests that setting him loose will result in more mischief with equally tragic results.

Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia by Humes, Edward

I wonder what Pete Halat is up to these days... I know he is out of prison.

What a cabal of characters this mess had!!

I wonder how many such motions have been filed due to Covid? And how many were actually approved? Society is safer with you being isolated.

I'm pretty sure that it was revealed at trial that Sherry was not the thief of Nix's slush fund.

How did Mr Nix meet the blonde 'paralegal' that 'worked' at the Halat and Sherry law office, and how old was she when they 'met'?

Meanwhile, how many seasoned murderers and cartel members in the prime of their life are cha-cha-cha'ing across the border?

I think Nix has done his time.

9:47
Oh ….ok Pete !

Killed in cold blood and Halat gave the eulogy

Biloxi! OMG BILOXI! You done set my mind to spinnin'. Back when this killing stuff was taking place, The Dream Room was the absolute place to be. I don't know if the Owens boys from Memphis owned The Dream Room (on 90) or if the Dixie Mafia owned it, but for sure one or the other.

Damn best-looking strippers in the country. I was like Alan Jackson singing "I woke up and said 'who the hell are you"? And she let me know we was married! She looked better on stage. Had teeth on stage.

The great Mike Gillich owned the Dream Room, Golden Nugget, El Morocco to name a few. Very classy joints. Everyone minded their own business there.

This is such a fascinating story - legends are made from stories like this. Look up the A&E “City Confidential” episode about it. Or, rent “Cornbread Cosa Nostra” on Prime Video - a great fictional retelling of the events by an indie filmmaker. He made it on the coast, and wrote the screenplay after interviewing the main FBI agent on the case for his side of the story. It’s campy, and a bit odd but good fun with local actors.

KF - good review of the case, especially with the various newspaper stories included.

BUT, think you should restate one of your comments:

"Attorney Pete Halat operated Nix's trust account. $100,000 went missing in the account. Halat thought his law partner, Interim Circuit Judge Vincent Sherry, was responsible for the missing funds."

A more accurate and truthful statement would be that "Halet claimed (proposed, stated, convinced Nix,whatever) that his law partner Sherry did this. Not that Halet "thought" so - Pete, bless his crooked heart, knew that Sherry was not involved - as was later proven in court - but tried to put the blame on Sherry to protect his sorry ass.

@5:29pm.
Thank You for clarifying this.

@9:20 AM - Won the internet today.

There will always be questions unanswered over this. It’s a strange story but Nix was the trigger man who shot Paula Pusser in McNairy County TN. Buford Was shot also in the face and he later found out Nix did it. The other two in the car with Nix went to Texas and Pusser hunted them down and killed them. Nix cut the brake lines on Pusser’s corvette out of revenge and that was the end of it. The truth is out there. Nix was a cold blooded no good for nothing killer. He belonged to that group that covered Tennessee and Mississippi. There are still elements of those people around. They are Still dangerous but not as prevalent as they were.

The book mentioned by 10:44 is excellent and great insight to the many other crimes by these that are lesser known. Being around when all this happened, found the book fascinating. Like a crime novel except real and places we know.

"I wonder what Pete Halat is up to these days... I know he is out of prison."

I do not know Pete Halat, but a few years ago I recognized him one afternoon walking into Beau Rivage as I was leaving. I presume he is living on the Gulf Coast. Actually when I saw him I thought it was interesting because as Biloxi mayor he would have been well aware of the Steve Wynn casino project, yet he went to prison before Beau Rivage opened. His return to the Gulf Coast after prison would have been after Hurricane Katrina. He returned to a very different place.

No offense to anyone out there, but what he and Halat both rightfully deserve, is to be shot in the head at home with a .22, just as his victims were. That's the justice they dutifully worked hard to earn.

What possible reason could Nix give to be released and have it reasonably considered? Even if he had 15 minutes to live, he forfeited any societal compassion decades ago. I'm a bit surprised that he would have asked for it but if he is in his last days, I guess even guys like Nix find, um, "religion" when it suits their needs.

Last week, I finished the book 10:44 mentioned. Fascinating story of the seedy side of Biloxi. Think the missing funds were more like $500,000 and Halat didn't think Sherry stole the money, rather Sherry was the scape goat for his own theft.

Nix was saving money that Halat was handling to be able to buy his release from Angola.

Remember going into the Dream Room back in the 80's and buying a few high-priced drinks for a few girls...

Biloxi resident and attorney here. It’s generally assumed that Halat stole the money and blamed the Sherrys. Halat hangs out at/maybe even bartends at the Slavic lodge several nights a week supposedly. I’m not Croatian so I don’t hang out there, only go for weddings and such when non Croatians can go. Other than that I don’t know what he’s up to

See Season 2 of the Gone South Podcast.

https://www.podcastone.com/episode/Presenting-Gone-South-Season-2-The-Dixie-Mafia

He has an interesting take on what may have actually occurred, slightly different than what the Government proved. Yes, Pete could/should have been convicted of murder. In the podcast, Pete is interviewed and still denies his involvement.

Knew Tina Gillich (Mike’s daughter) and recall the Golden Nugget where the women all looked drugged up. The mob used to operate the gambling boats that used to go out into the “international waters” from Biloxi prior to gambling being legalized. The mob used to control the coast and Nix was an enforcer for these crooks. Nix should never be released from jail.

For someone to think that Nix was the top of the food chain in the association, really doesn't know about the organization. The top of the organization went all the way to D.C.

Everything about 'Mississippi Mud', imparts a grimy feeling to the reader. The Coast, the Victims, the Perps... all the players... even the book's AUTHOR... come across as sleazy and skeezy and (at best) third-rate.

Did somebody drop a dime in TN?



https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/02/08/tbi-body-of-pauline-pusser-exhumed-from-adamsville-cemetery/

Wife of Sheriff Buford Pusser murdered in 1967 while in car with Sheriff Buford Pusser but whoops apparently no autopsy was done?

Sheriff Pusser named Nix as a suspect.

How bad does Nix want out?