Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Shooting
Gambling History
Hawthorne--Nevada
It Really Happened
Leonard E. Erickson
Nevada
United States
Vollie "Sam" V. Gonce
Series of Tragedies in Nevada Town Starts Inside Gambling Saloon
1951 A violent episode in a gambling saloon in Hawthorne, Nevada and ensuing events destroyed at least one resident family, the Gonces. A Little Background Vollie “Sam” V. Gonce and Kathleen L. Chapman had tied…
