Few conspiracy theorists these days ever got the notoriety or relevance of Oklahoma bombing writer J.D. Cash from McCurtainCounty. Cash, 55, died last week from liver disease and pneumonia in a Tulsa hospital, ending a pretty dang interesting second career.
Cash’s first career, that of a mortgage banker, ended when he took to a cabin in the hills of southeastern Oklahoma and starting writing for the little McCurtain Daily Gazette. While Cash’s work was a bit on the speculative side at times, he managed to uncover some interesting stuff regarding Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, and others.
This article appears in May 16-22, 2007.