Kelley responded to Orlo Miller's book by quickly writing a sequel to his '54 effort, titled "Vengeance Of The Black Donnellys," published in November 1962. Orlo Miller's 1962 book "The Donnelly's Must Die" was a direct response to Kelley's book, but it was well researched, and painted the family in a sympathetic light. I think it's a good read, but it's not true. His book was barely researched and capitalized on shock. Kelley was biased against the family and painted them unfairly. Every time Kelley's article was reprinted in another magazine, he embellished just a little more until he had enough 'plot' for a full book which was printed for the first time in April 1954.
Kelley's articles on the family which had been printed in Serial Magazines such as "True Crime" as early as July 1945. This paper was presented as a direct response to Thomas P.
This was the very first book written on the subject of the Donnelly family of Biddulph Township, although a historical paper by Alice McFarlane was written and read by her on Nov 18th 1946 at a meeting of the London & Middlesex Historical Society.
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