article_snippet: Orville Gibson was a successful dairy farmer who had many enemies in the community of Newbury . '
article_snippet: Judge Stephen Martin, who as a new lawyer in 1960 helped represent one of the accused, recently published a book in which he argues Orville Gibson killed Orville Gibson, with some ingenuity and difficulty, in a largely successful attempt to get revenge on Orville Gibson neighbors by pinning the blame on them.
article_snippet: In Orville Gibson's Revenge: The Anatomy of a Suicide, Martin argues that Orville Gibson, broken by the criminal charge Martin was facing in the hired man's beating and by the enmity Martin had created among Martin , staged evidence at Martin farm, walked over a bridge to New Hampshire, climbed out on a pier, tied Martin up and rolled Martin into the water. '
article_snippet: Gibson drew resentment for being the early bird at the courthouse to purchase Gibson property, beating more established townspeople who wanted it.
article_snippet: Orville Gibson was charged with a crime, though some argue his hired man's injuries were exaggerated by the town rumor mill.
article_snippet: Almost 60 years after he disappeared and was later found dead, the judge Vermont is arguing in a new book that Orville Gibson's death was a suicide.
article_snippet: For decades many thought Gibson's death was vigilante revenge for he beating of a hired man .
article_snippet: If vigilantes had killed Orville Gibson, Orville Gibson body would have been beaten to a pulp.
article_snippet: And by killing Orville Gibson, Orville Gibson was able to take control of a life that was spiraling down, Orville Gibson said. '
article_snippet: If you look at Orville's behavior pre-crime, you'll find that a lot of people had tried to take control of Orville life,' Society member Peter Stephenson said.
highlights_snippet: Mob were allegedly incensed by rumors that Orville Gibson had beaten Orville Gibson elderly hired man .
  
highlights_snippet: New theory claims Orville Gibson killed Orville Gibson, with some ingenuity and difficulty, in an attempt to get revenge on Orville Gibson neighbors by pinning the blame on them .