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Category Archives: Murders
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
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
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Alma Casper, Eugene Casper, Hazel Casper, In the Big Muddy: Murder of Sherman Casper 1935, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Sioux City Iowa unsolved murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Sherman Casper, Unsolved Sioux City murder, unsolved Woodbury County murder, Woodbury County Iowa unsolved murder
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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
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged "Hank Jensen", Dell McElroy, E.J. Boland, Hazel McAnulty, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Risden, murder in Van Vechten Park, Rose Zoller, Sheriff Joseph Petrus, Summer Night in the Park: Murder of J.H. Peck 1931, unsolved Cedar Rapids Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Linn County Iowa murders, unsolved murder of J.H. Peck
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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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Tagged Andrew Shackell, George Hardy murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Never Three Without Four? Murder of George Shackell 1929, Samuel Holland, unsolved Glenwood Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Mills County Iowa murder, unsolved murder of George G. Shackell, Winfield Scott Rouse
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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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Tagged “No Women or Children Allowed”: Murder of Winfield Scott Rouse 1929, Eli J Miller, Emanuel O. Harris, George G. Shackell, George Hardy murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James E. Risden, John Winn, Samuel Holland, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Montour Iowa murder, unsolved murder of Scott Rouse, unsolved murder of Winfield Scott Rouse, Unsolved Tama County Iowa murders, Vernon Kepford
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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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Tagged "He’s Got a Roll": Murder of Jared Ham 1911, Alice and Taylor Maynard, Charles Anderson, Charles K. Hurd, Clarence Smith, Daniel E. Ham, Ed Maule, Edward Ham, Ella Morse Ham, Emma Wanek, Frank Brooks, Frank Morris, Frank Strub, Garfield Paulus, George Fairall, Henry Bouquet, Indian Lookout Iowa River, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Ira Curtis, John Sueppel, Maria Lithgow, Mrs. E.B. Wanek, Norwood Bothell, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Johnson County Iowa Murder, unsolved murder of Jared Ham, W.J. McDonald, William K. Thompson
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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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Tagged Adams Funeral Home Ames Iowa, C.A. Landon, Carl Smeden, Cecil E. Oelson, Frank Brady, Frederick Milton Hollingsworth, Hazel Hollingsworth, Hazel Oelson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Jeffrey Hougen, John R. Hattery, Lincoln Highway, murder along the Lincoln Highway, The Secret Diary: Murder of Fred Hollingsworth 1933, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved murder of Fred Hollingsworth, Unsolved Story County Iowa Murder, William "Billie" Dykes, William J. Cure
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What the Poultry Men Found: Murder of Ashley Downing 1933
Murder Victim Ashley Downing 77-year-old Farmer, Landowner, Cattleman 1855-1933 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Downing Farm near Westgate, Iowa Fremont Township Fayette County January 4, 1933 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written March 2012 It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged A.A. Robertson, Bill Dagelau, Charles F. Plaster, Ernest Heller, Ethel Gherken, Fayette County Iowa unsolved murder, Galvin School, Harry Leiser, Henry J. Nehring, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Bowling, Lloyd Morgan, Martin M. Cooney, murder of Ashley Downing, Myrtle Glew, Nels Louvring, Rev. L.W. Hauter, Unsolved Iowa Murders, W.A. Walsh, Westgate Iowa unsolved murder, What the Poultry Men Found: Murder of Ashley Downing 1933
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At the Crossroads Store: Murder of George Hardy 1929
Murder Victim George Hardy 69-year-old Wayside Store Owner 1860-1929 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned and Stabbed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Hardy Store Near Parnell, Iowa Fillmore Township Iowa County June 26, 1929 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged At the Crossroad Store: Murder of George Hardy 1929, Bert Claypool, Claude N. Ballenger, Ed VonHoene, George G. Shckell, George Hardy murder, Hubert Ayres, Iowa County Iowa unsolved murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Judge Harold D. Evans, Melville E. Augustine, Michael Callan, Milo F. Cafferty, Parnell Iowa unsolved murder, R.G. Litzenberg, Richard B. McWiggins, Samuel Holland, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Winfield Scott Rouse
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