David Rainwater

And apparently he had had trouble with people coming and rattling his...

and it would sling out either cigarette packages or money or change out of the cup that held the money.

And so it was an early type machine, so it was not very sophisticated.

So he began to make it sophisticated by, he put a third a stick of dynamite

Connected to a micro switch so that if it was disturbed in any significant manner, it would ignite the dynamite stick.

So it's quite a crude thought.

That's correct.

And this machine was sitting out front of the liquor store, so it was exposed to 24-hour use.

He had not attempted to see what the amount of force would be.

Would it be a killing force, or would it just be a scaring tactic?

But I think a third a stick of dynamite is a significant force, and of course it turned out to be a deadly force.

He admitted everything.

He admitted that it was rigged as a man trap,

He didn't boast about it, but he actually felt that he had done nothing wrong.

Nobody was willing to prosecute this man for doing this, and so we then filed the civil suit.

One of her relatives insisted that she talk to a lawyer because it wasn't right for her son to be killed over stealing quarters, which is basically what it was.

You might remember back then the machines were not sophisticated enough to take dollar bills.

So it was just quarters.

The wrongful death statute number one did not limit it to non-criminals.

It applied to everybody.