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Category Archives: General
The One-Armed Man: Murder of William A. Hunt 1893
Murder Victim William Asbury Hunt Des Moines’s First Police Chief 63-year-old Civil War Veteran Cause of Death: Bludgeoned, Pushed From a Height Motive: Robbery 1830-1893 Murder Scene and Date Alley, 600 block of Locust Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County … Continue reading
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Tagged Des Moines first Police Chief, Eliza Jane Pursley Hunt, Isaac W. Griffith, Lederer-Strauss Company, The One-Armed Man: Murder of William A. Hunt 1893, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, William Asbury Hunt
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The Widow in the Alley: Murder of Lillian Chapman 1950
Murder Victim Lillian A. Guthrie Chapman 69-year-old Babysitter Widow 1880-1950 Cause of Death: Strangled Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date 518 12th Avenue S. Clinton, Iowa Clinton County Memorial Day May 30, 1950 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written February … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. J.K. Stewart, Edward Clancy, Emmett P. Delaney, Harold Nelson, Herman Thompson, Jack O'Day a.k.a. "George Raymond Archer", Jens Kair, John Carlsen, John L. Delaney, John McCarthy, Kathryn "Kate" Sheibley, L.O. Riggert, Lafayette Smith, Lillian Chapman, Merrill L. Sutton, murder of Lillian Chapman, R.B. "Doc" Nebergall, Ted Long. Edward Clancy, The Widow in the Alley: Murder of Lillian Chapman 1950, Theodore E. "Ted" Long, Tony Wroblewki, Unsolved Clinton County Iowa murders, Unsolved Clinton Iowa murders, Walter W. Eggers, William Hurlburt
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Death Comes to the Mayor: Murder of Robert W. Stubbs 1882
Murder Victim Robert Wadsworth Stubbs 36-year-old Mill Owner Mayor of Polk City 1845-1892 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Home Invasion Murder Scene and Date Stubbs Family Home Polk City, Iowa Polk County April 15, 1882 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
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Tagged Death Comes to the Mayor: Murder of Robert W. Stubbs 1882, Eggleston & Stubbs Flour Mill, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Katherine Terrell Stubbs Glenn, Mayor of Polk City, Robert W. Stubbs, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Polk City Iowa murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders
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Dead at the Gate: Murder of Jeremiah Zollinger 1895
Murder Victim Jeremiah Rummell Zollinger 65-year-old Grocer Former Jasper County Sheriff Capt. 28th Iowa Infantry 1829-1895 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Grudge Murder Scene and Date Yard Gate, Zollinger Home Newton, Iowa Jasper County February 23, 1895 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
In the Corner Under a Blanket: Murder of George Sulzberger 1898
Murder Victim George Sulzberger 73-year-old Farmer 1824-1898 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Sulzberger Home Seventy Six Township, Section 31 Rural Keota, Iowa Keokuk County March 7, 1898 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2011 Seventy-three-year-old … Continue reading
Back to the Window: Murder of William Mullikin 1902
Murder Victim William D. Mullikin 57-year-old Businessman Hotel Owner, Cattleman 1844-1902 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Murder Scene and Date Montrose Township Lee County, Iowa February 5, 1902 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Tuesday evening, … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to the Window: Murder of William Mullikin 1902, Dr. John H. Coulter, Fred Korschgen, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Mary Elizabeth Jones Mullikin, Nellie Mullikin, Unsolved Lee County Iowa murders, Unsolved Montrose Iowa murders, William D. Mulliken
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Baby in the Pasteboard Box: Murder of a Newborn Girl 1881
Murder Victim Newborn Girl 1881-1881 Cause of Death: Acid or Lye Motive: Infanticide Murder Scene and Date Centerville, Iowa Appanoose County March 30, 1881 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 On Wednesday March 30, 1881, 56-year-old Appanoose County Treasurer … Continue reading
The “Criminal Operation”: Murder of Belle Sutliff 1897
Murder Victim Clara Belle “Belle” Sutliff 28-year-old School Teacher 1868-1897 Cause of Death: Botched Illegal Abortion Motive: Termination of Pregnancy/Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Sutliff home Oxford Mills, Iowa Near Oxford Junction, Iowa Jones County February 12, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century abortion, Amelia Lathrop, Belle Sutliff, Charles E. Wheeler, Clara Belle Sutliff, Dallas D. Rorick, death by abortion 19th century, Dr. Alvin Brainard Poore, Dr. F.E. Cook, Dr. George R. Moore, Dr. Michael F. McMeel, Dr. Thaddeus B. Kent, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Julius C. Cantonwine. James W. Jamison, Lacy Kindred Bobo, Marshall W. Herrick, Mary Eva Sutliff Bumgarner, Oliver J. Felton, The "Criminal Operation": Murder of Belle Sutliff 1897, Timothy Milan, Unsolved Jones County Iowa murders, Unsolved Oxford Mills Iowa murders, William Sutliff
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A Woman and Her Dog: Murder of Maude Lambert 1902
Murder Victim Maude Stubbs Lambert 1878-1902 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County June 28, 1902 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Saturday, June 28, 1902, 22-year-old Maude Stubbs Lambert was … Continue reading
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Tagged A Woman and Her Dog: Murder of Maude Lambert 1902, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Maude Lambert, Maude Stubbs Lambert, State Chemist of Iowa Floyd Davis, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Marshall County Iowa murders, Unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murders
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“Ground Into a Hundred Pieces”: Murder of Elmer Anderson 1897
Murder Victim Elmer Anderson 26-year-old Coal Miner 1871-1897 Cause of Death: Faked Railroad Accident Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Milwaukee Road tracks Mystic, Iowa Appanoose County March 29, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers April 2012 From the 1850s through … Continue reading