The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Who is Martha Bolton from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and what is their importance?
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Sister of Bob Ford, Martha Bolton is a widow, lives in a farmhouse and makes a living renting out rooms to her brothers. It is her home the boys are at when Dick Liddil and Wood Hite get into a fight that ends with Wood's death. Martha is later arrested for her role in Wood's death but is released.