Criminal. William Zantzinger was found guilty of killing Hattie Carroll. Living in the segregated South, he was a wealthy twenty-four-year-old white tobacco farmer. Dressed in a top hat, white tie and tails for a charity ball, he was a large man, measuring 6'2''. He had become obnoxious after drinking copious amounts of alcohol, making racial remarks to Black hotel staff and hitting some with the cane that he was carrying. Since Carroll, a Black hotel barmaid, could not serve him a drink fast enough, he used his cane, hammering Carroll about her head for five minutes. Unable to move her arm and with a slurred speech, Carroll ran to the hotel kitchen for help. At that point, an ambulance was called. She died eight hours later at the hospital from hemorrhaging brain injuries. She was the mother of ten children. At first charged with murder, he was eventually charged with the lesser crime of manslaughter. Zantzinger was sentenced to six months in prison for the crime and a fine of $500 which was the subject of a 1964 Bob Dylan's song on the album "The Times They Are A' Changin". Dylan's song was "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll." For some reason, Dylan dropped the letter "t" from Zantzinger's name in the lyrics. According to the October of 1963 "Times" magazine article, "Deferred Sentence," the three judges over the case deferred the start of the jail sentence until September 15th, to give Zantzinger time to harvest his tobacco crop on his 630-acre farm. He was fined $125 for assaulting the other members of the hotel staff. He was not sent to a Federal prison, but served his time in a county jail. Years later, after becoming involved with real estate, he drove a Mercedes-Benz with a car tag reading "SOLD2U." Besides owning the tobacco farm, he owned several "shanties" that he rented to the poor Black population. Some years later and facing financial ruins, he began to sell sections of his estate and was becoming behind in county, state and federal taxes. In 1986, the United States Internal Revenue Service ruled against him, thus Charles County, Maryland confiscated his properties. According to the newspaper article in the "Washington Post," he continued to act as the landlord to the rental properties on this confiscated land, collecting outrageous amount of rent for his "shanties." Over five years, he collected thousands of dollars from properties that he no longer owned. In June of 1991 for his actions, he was charged with a single count of "deceptive trade practices." After pleading guilty to 50 misdemeanor counts of unfair and deceptive trade practices, he was sentenced to 19 months in prison and a $50,000 fine. His obituary was brief, but Dylan's song will forever tell his story. He married twice and had three children.