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Category Archives: Murders
Death at the Hardware Store: Murders of Harry Jones and William Laugesen 1925
Murder Victims Harry H. Jones 32-year-old Laborer Armour Packing Plant 1893-1925 William Laugesen 33-year-old Clerk C.A. Larson Hardware Store 1891-1925 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date C.A. Larson Hardware Store 1102 4th Street Sioux City, Iowa … Continue reading
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Tagged C.A. Larson Hardware, Carlos Glotz, Death at the Hardware Store: Murders of Harry Jones and William Laugeson 1925, Gustaf A. Danielson, Handford Creamery, Harry Luce, Herbert Osterday, Hubert Case, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.H. Brosnan, John Olson, N.T. Johannsen, Ole T. Naglestad, Paul Beardsley, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved murder of William Laugeson, unsolved Sioux City murders, unsolved Woodbury County murder, Unsolvede murder of Hary H. Jones, W.A. Dutton, Whitfield Methodist Episcopal Church
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Skull by the River: Murder of Jane Doe 1920
Murder Victim Jane Doe Age and Occupation Unknown Residence Unknown Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Conjunction of Des Moines & Raccoon rivers Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Date of Death: 1920 Skull found: June 7, … Continue reading
Deadly Tramps: Murder of Allan Shoemaker 1925
Murder Victim Allan F. Shoemaker 36-year-old Special Officer Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Police Killed in the Line of Duty 1888-1925 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Avoiding Arrest Murder Scene and Date Railroad Yard Missouri Valley, Iowa Harrison County End of … Continue reading
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Tagged Deadly Tramps: Murder of Allan Shoemaker 1925, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Missouri Valley Iowa unsolved murder, Murder of Railroad Police, Northwestern Railroad Police Officer, Officers killed in line of duty, Sheriff W.R. Milliman, unsolved Harrison County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, W.T. Dineen
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Chinese Tong Ritual: Murder of John “Jack” Fong 1924
Murder Victim John “Jack” Fong 40-year-old Laundry Owner 1884-1924 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Chinese Tong Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Kee Quong Laundry 214 Fourth Street Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County December 2, 1924 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Tong in Iowa, Chinese Tong murders in Iowa, Chinese Tong Ritual: Murder of John "Jack" Fong 1924, George Fong, Gus Danielson, Hip Sing Tong, Howard Smith, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John "Jack Fong", John "Jack" Fong murder, John V. Clark, Kee Quong Laundry, Sioux City Iowa unsolved murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Sioux City murder, Unsolved Woodbury County Iowa murder
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Death at the Box Company: Murder of Earl Paris 1928
Murder Victim Earl Paris 32-year-old Night Watchman 1896-1928 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Iowa Fiber Box Company Commercial Alley Keokuk, Iowa Lee County February 18, 1928 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2011 When day … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Run Creek, Cecil Earl Paris, Daniel J. McNamara, Death at the Box Company: Murder of Earl Paris 1928, Dr. Frank B. Dorsey Jr., Dr. Johannes Anderson, Dr. Pasco E. Hanes, Frank W. Oertel, Fred Weisemann, H.E. Coles, Henry J. Faber, Henry Van Essling, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.B. Parks, murder of Cecil Earl Paris, murder of Earl Paris, Paul A. Reinig, Robert H. Hart, Rosetta "Rosie" McKenna Paris, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Keokuk County Iowa murders, Unsolved Keokuk Iowa murders, Virgil Coovert
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Black Hand Vendetta? Murder of Phoebe Jane Vigoletti 1926
Murder Victim Phoebe Jane Vigoletti 46-year-old Homemaker 1880-1926 Cause of Death: Strangled Motive: Black Hand Vendetta Murder Scene and Date Third Avenue NW Oelwein, Iowa Fayette County March 14, 1926 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 On Monday, March … Continue reading
Charred Remains: Murder of Jane Otis 1921
Murder Victim Jane Otis 76-year-old “Spinster” Homemaker 1845-1921 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned and Set On Fire Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Otis Home Gravity, Iowa Taylor County January 4, 1921 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written December 2010 At 4:00 … Continue reading
“Hacked to Pieces”: Murder of John McGill 1920
Murder Victim John McGill 28-year-old Laborer Motorcar Garage 1891-1920 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date “Behind a Businessman’s Home” Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County September 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2011 Despite its brutality, … Continue reading
Lonely Hearts Scam and the Veteran: The Murder of Michael Featherstone 1924
Murder Victim Michael Featherstone Old Soldiers Home Resident 83-year-old Civil War Veteran 1841-1924 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 4 Miles North Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County November 7, 1924 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written May 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice and Charles Niver, Carl E. Carlson, Edna Carpenter, Iowa Old Soldiers Homes, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James W. Cooper, Lonely Hearts Scam: The Murder of Michael Featherstone 1924, murder of Michael Featherstone, R.G. Goodale, Roy L. Pell, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Marshall County Iowa murders, unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murder
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“A Bitter Taste”: Murders of Alta Paul and Maria Dulin 1896
Murder Victims Alta Alice Fisher Paul 25-year-old Homemaker Bride of Six Months 1871-1896 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Maria Anne Woodard Fisher Dulin 80-year-old Homemaker Midwife 1815-1896 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Obtaining an Inheritance Murder Scene and … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Bitter Taste": Murders of Alta Paul and Maria Dulin 1896, Alfred Bennett, Charles Eberle. W.W. Sinclair, Don Lamb, Dr. Alanson Pond, Dr. George Paul, E. Ackley, Ed Miller, Francis Lamb, Frank Patterson, George C. Olmstead, H.E. Schultz, H.W. Peterson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.C. Snell, J.W. Henry, James "Jim" Paul, James Carroon, James Caruth, Josiah Forrest Kennedy, Luella Mae "Ella" Hartman, M.B. Gordon, M.F. Ferguson, murder of Alta Paul, murder of Maria Dulin, Saratogo Cemetery, Sherman Riley Macy, Thomas Gilbert, unsolved Homer Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Webster County Iowa murder
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