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Category Archives: General
Ancient Vendetta: Murder of Joseph Busemi 1915
Murder Victim Joseph Busemi 27-year-old Laborer Waterloo Fuel Company 1888-1915 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Black Hand Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Near Old Paper Mill Cedar River Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County October 4, 1915 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Ace Cole, Ben Vaughn, Black Hawk County Unsolved Murders, C.E. Pritchard, David B. Henderson, E.A. Leighton, George Witt, Harry Frisby, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Joseph Bushema murder, Loud Armstrong, Mary Jacobsen, murder of Joseph Busemi, Sidney D. Smith, unsolved Black Hawk County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Waterloo Iowa murder, Waterloo Unsolved Murders
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Leave Town or Die: Murder of Richard Huggins 1914
Murder Victim Richard William Huggins 49-year-old Florist Sherwood Greenhouse 1865-1914 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Romantic Entanglement Murder Scene and Date 600 blk Conger Street Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County October 3, 1914 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Alfred Flanders, Black Hawk County Iowa unsolved murder, Britannia Chapter of the Sons of St. George, Cedar Valley Line streetcar, Charles Sherwood, Edward F. Kistner, Edward L. Douglas, Edwin A. Leighton, Herman T. Wagner, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Furbush, John H. Collins, John McSweeney, Leave Town or Die: Murder of Richard Huggins 1914, M.C. Balenesifer, Melvin Turney, Mrs. James Stahley, Nellie Wagner, Richard Huggins unsolved murder, Sherwood Greenhouse, Thomas Malcolm, Tom J. Morris, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder Black Hawk County Iowa, Waterloo Unsolved Murders, William Speicher
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Strangled With His Own Necktie: Murder of David Faulkner 1920
Murder Victim David A. Faulkner 30-year-old Receiving Clerk Iowa Packing Company 1860-1920 Cause of Death: Strangled Motive: Grudge Murder Scene and Date 2416 E. Lyon Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County May 1, 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written September … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged David A. Faulkner murder, Detective Jack Brophy, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Strangled With His Own Necktie: Murder of David Faulkner 1920, Thaddeus Mitchell, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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Deadly Taxi Party: Murder of Thaddeus Mitchell 1922
Murder Victim Thaddeus William “Thad” Mitchell 44-year-old Taxi Driver President, Consolidated Taxi Company 1878-1922 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date St. Joseph Avenue near 20th Street Near City Detention Hospital a.k.a. “Pest House” Des Moines, Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Beattie Garage Des Moines, David Faulkner, Deadly Taxi Party: Murder of Thaddeus Mitchell 1922, Des Moines Detention Hospital, Des Moines Pest House, Detective James McDonald, Guy E. Clift, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John I. Nelson, Kruidenier Cadillac, murder of Thaddeus Mitchell, O.R. Richart, Prohibition in Iowa, Taxi Parties, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, William Winburn
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All Souls’ Day: Murders of Sister Mary Virginis and Sister Mary Rosalita 1921
Murder Victims Sister Mary Virginis née Mary Agnes Austin 37-year-old Vocal Music Teacher St. Joseph’s Academy 1884-1921 Sister Mary Rosalita née Agnes McLaughlin 41-year-old Piano Teacher St. Joseph’s Academy 1880-1921 Cause of Deaths: Automobile Hit and Run Murder Scene and … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged All Souls' Day: Murders of Sister Mary Virginis and Sister Mary Rosalita 1921, Dr. Albert L. Ney, George Fagen, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Cownie Mansion, murder of Agnes McLaughlin, murder of Mary Agnes Austin, murder of Sister Mary Rosalita, murder of Sister Mary Virginis, Polk County Sheriff William Robb, Reed Auto Company Des Moines, Rev. Edward E. Seagrave, Roland Van Horn, St. Joseph's Academy Des Moines, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William H. "Herb" Halpenny
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Family Annihilation: Murders of James, Earl, and Mary Hardy 1910
Murder Victims James Hardy 63-year-old Farmer 1846-1910 Earl Hardy 29-year-old Farmhand 1880-1910 Mary Emery Hardy 57-year-old Farm Wife 1852-1910 Murder Scene and Date Hardy Farm Van Cleve, Iowa Marshall County June 5, 1910 Cause of Deaths: Bludgeoned Motive: Obtaining an … Continue reading
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Tagged and Mary Hardy 1910, C.B. Nuson, Charles W. Preston, Earl, Earl Hardy, Earl Hardy murder, Family Annihilation: Murders of James, Hardy Family murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, It was one of the most atrocious and heartless crimes in the history of Iowa., James Hardy murder, Joseph H. Egermayer, Justice Hollenbacher, L.J. Nason, Mabel A. Starnes Hardy, Mary Emery Hardy, Mary Emery Hardy murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Marshall County Iowa murder, Van Cleve Iowa unsolved murder
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