1949 – Madison, WI
May be Madison's most notorious murder case ever, the shooting of Sadie Jackson by her lover,
Butch King, in front of the Norris Court Grocery.
Sadie kept a diary of her active love life and the names of many prominent Madison men were in it.
The brutal daylight shooting had appalled the city. The jury found King not guilty by
reason of insanity. The Capital Times ran an outraged front-page editorial calling the verdicta
travesty. King served three months and walked out of the Central State Hospital in Waupun on
September 25.
Sadie Jackson
Butch King
