One of Murfreesboro’s best-known stories involves ‘The Human Fly’who met his demise scaling the historic Rutherford County CourtHouse in 1923.
In April, 1923, a young man and his associate came to Murfreesboroproclaiming that he was the ‘Human Fly’. Fresh off the train from St.Louis, these men were old fashioned barnstormers. One performedstunts on his bicycle. The other was billed as “The World’s YoungestHuman Fly.”
The two approached the offici ...