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Last Day of Work: Murder of Floyd Alloway: 1937

Murder Victim Floyd Melvin Alloway 36-year-old Bootlegger Newly Hired WPA Worker 1901-1937 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Bootlegging Intrigue Murder Scene and Date 1505 Vermont Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County December 18, 1937 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June … Continue reading

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Butter and Egg Day: Murder of Nels Louvring 1933

Murder Victim Nels Petersen Louvring 51-year-old Service Station Operator Automobile Junk Yard Owner 1882-1933 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Louvring Home 315 Water Street Fayette, Iowa Fayette County July 29, 1933 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading

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The Gentle Man: Murder of Charles Englehart 1935

Murder Victim Charles Englehart 70-year-old Retired Barber Wholesale Business Owner 1863-1935 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 700 block of Main Street Davenport, Iowa Scott County September 23, 1935 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2010 … Continue reading

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In the Big Muddy: Murder of Sherman Casper 1935

Murder Victim Sherman G. Casper 36-year-old Farmhand WWI Veteran 1899-1935 Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County Body found in Missouri River Thurston County, Nebraska April 20, 1935 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading

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Summer Night in the Park: Murder of J.H. Peck 1931

Murder Victim J.H. Peck 46-year-old Salesman Farm Lighting Company 1885-1931 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Van Vechten Park Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn County July 17, 1931 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2010 It was … Continue reading

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Black Hand and the Coal Miner: Murder of Nicollo Vinceri 1920

Murder Victim Nicollo Vinceri 44-year-old Miner Block Coal Company 1875-1920 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Black Hand Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Vinceri Home 1518 S. 18th Street Centerville, Iowa Appanoose County February 10, 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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Never Three Without Four? Murder of George Shackell 1929

Murder Victim George Garlick Shackell 67-year-old Florist and Truck Gardener 1861-1929 Cause of death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Glenwood, Iowa Mills County July 3, 1929 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2011 On Wednesday, July 3, 1929, … Continue reading

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“No Women or Children Allowed”: Murder of Winfield Scott Rouse 1929

Murder Victim Winfield Scott Rouse 75-year-old Subsistence Farmer Eccentric Recluse 1853-1929 Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Indian Village Township Montour, Iowa Tama County July 2, 1929 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2011 Winfield Scott … Continue reading

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“He’s Got a Roll”: Murder of Jared Ham 1911

Murder Victim Jared Ham 56-year-old Retired House Painter and Paper Hanger 1855-1911 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Indian Lookout, Iowa River Near Iowa City, Iowa Johnson County September 24, 1911 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading

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The Secret Diary: Murder of Fred Hollingsworth 1933

Murder Victim Frederick Milton “Fred” Hollingsworth 38-year-old Chemistry Department Employee Iowa State College Service Station Owner WWI Infantry Instructor 1895-1933 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Lincoln Highway N. Grant School intersection 4 miles east … Continue reading

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