-
Primary Widget Area
-
This theme has been designed to be used with sidebars. This message will no
longer be displayed after you add at least one widget to the Primary Widget Area
using the Appearance->Widgets control panel.
- Log in
Category Archives: General
Corpse in the Pump House: Murder of Mary Gilfillan 1896
Murder Victim Mary E. Gilfillan 30-year-old Waitress Howe Hotel 1866-1896 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Pump House Chicago Burlington Quincy Railway Depot Osceola, Iowa Clarke County December 26, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged C.D. Lukinbill, Corpse in the Pump House: Murder of Mary Gilfillan 1896, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Joe Wolverton, Mary Gilfillan, Sheriff N.J. Jolley, Unsolved Clarke County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Oseola Iowa murder, William Gilfillan
Leave a comment
“Bones In A Haystack”: Murder of Justus Herwig 1903
Murder Victim Justus Herwig 57-year-old Farmer 1846-1903 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned, Burned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date R.D. White Farm Sperry Township 2 miles South of Volga City, Iowa Clayton County October 29, 1903 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
Horse Medicine: Murder of James Banda 1904
Murder Victim James Banda Occupation Unknown ? – 1904 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Drinking Party Gone Wrong Murder Scene and Date Duncan, Iowa 4 Miles East of Britt, Iowa Hancock County May 1, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
The Money Lender: Murder of Gustav Rechfus 1881
Murder Victim Gustav Rechfus 54-year-old Farmer Money Lender 1826-1881 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Business Quarrel Murder Scene and Date Rechfus Home Pleasant Ridge Community Giard Township 14 Miles Northeast of Elkader Clayton County, Iowa March 31, 1881 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
The Scarred Man: Murder of Arnold Sansgaard 1984
Murder Victim Arnold L. Sansgaard 59-year-old Farmer WWII Veteran 1925-1984 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Sansgaard Home 1 mile west of Story City, Iowa Boone County July 15, 1984 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July … Continue reading
Apparition: Murder of Edwin Hughes 1898
Murder Victim Edward D. “Ed” Hughes 34 year-old Plumber Windmill and Pump Salesman Merry-Go-Round Operator 1863-1898 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Marilda and Patrick Hughes Home Oak Street Mason City Cerro Gordo County April … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Apparition: Murder of Edwin Hughes 1898, David W. Hurn, Dr. Charles Marston, Duncan Rule, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James M. McConlogue, Jesse U. Goude, John Cliggitt, John Collins Sherwin, John D. Glass, Lottie Thomas Hughes, Patrick and Marilda Hughes, unsolved Cerro Gordo County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Mason City murder, W.D. Pelford, Walter S. Haines
Leave a comment
A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Poison Go Down: Murder of Sarah Kirker 1897
Murder Victim Sarah Ann “Sally” Kirker 51-year-old Farm Wife 1845-1897 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Spousal Abuse Murder Scene and Date Kirker Home Lincoln Township Near Guernsey, Iowa Poweshiek County April 1, 1897 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Poison Go Down: Murder of Sarah Kirker 1897, Beyond 1965: Selected Unsolved Iowa Murders, Dr. A.J. Harris, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Kirker, Jonathon Hungerford, Sarah Nutterfee Hungerford Kirker, unsolved Guernsey Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders
Leave a comment
Unwitnessed: Murder of Washington Irving Crow 1875
Murder Victim Washington Irving Crow 28-year-old Farmer Civil War Veteran Company C, IL 133rd Infantry Regiment 1847-1875 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Argument Murder Scene and Date Stephen Crow Barn Near Woodbine Boyer Township Harrison County, Iowa December 6, 1875 … Continue reading
Assassination: Murders of Lizzie and Andrew Brownlie 1874
Murder Victims Lizzie Thomson Brownlie 32-year-old Farm Wife 1841-1874 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Andrew J. Brownlie 4-year-old Son Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Collateral Damage 1869-1874 Murder Scene and Dates Brownlie Home Winfield Township Near Long Grove, … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Andrew Brownlie, Assassination: Murders of Lizzie and Andrew Brownlie 1874, Dr. Archibald Stephens Maxwell, Dr. William W. Grant, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomson Brownlie, Henry Gertz, Hugh Muir Thomson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Alexander Brownlie, Jean "Jennie" Robinson Thomson, John C. Bills, John Walker Green, L.B. Dosh, Lewis Johnson, Long Grove Christian Church, Murder of Andrew Brownlie, Murder of Lizzie Brownlie, Patrick Hennessy, Rev. Henry Exley, Ritchie Walker Brownlie, Silas Richardson, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Long Grove Iowa murder, Unsolved Scott County Iowa murders
Leave a comment
On This Day
JANUARY On New Year’s Day of 1873, 43-year-old farm wife Mary Rosette Coffin died of hypothermia and starvation after she was abused and neglected by her husband Eli. The Coffin family lived in Turkey Grove (Now Grove City) in Atlantic … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Leave a comment