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Category Archives: Murders
The Wrong Brother? Murder of William VandeBrake 1920
Murder Victim William E. VandeBrake 30-year-old Drugstore Owner 1890-1920 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Romantic Obsession Murder Scene and Date Corner Drugstore 302 Main Street Rock Valley, Iowa Sioux County October 19, 1920 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written August 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Albert Veen, Bert VandeBrake, Elmer ten Pas, Henry Bpyker, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Pearl VandeBrake, Peter ton Napel, Petertje VandeBrake, Robert B. Spratt, Rock Valley Iowa unsolved murder, Sioux County Iowa unsolved murder, The Corner Drugstore Rock Valley Iowa, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William Goomahs, William Hoeder, William VandeBrake murder
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Teatotaling Klanswoman: Murder of Myrtle Cook: 1925
Murder Victim Myrtle Elizabeth Underwood Cook 51-year-old Homemaker President, Benton County W.C.T.U. President, Benton County Women of the KKK 1874-1925 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Personal Assassination Murder Scene and Date 703 3rd Avenue Vinton, Iowa Benton County September 7, 1925 … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Anna Gordon, Charley Perefield, Claud L. Modlin, Clifford Cook, Elizabeth Cook, George W. Atkins, Gertrude Cook, H.M. Stoner, Hester Sieling Cook, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J. David Nichols Whitfield Ruhl, James Risden, John B. Hammond, Ku Klux Klan in Iowa, Lula Kleckner, murder of Myrtle Cook, Myrtle Cook, Prohibition in Iowa, Rev. A.A. Wright, Rev. Clarence s. Kleckner, T.L. Kendall, Teetotaling Klanswoman: Murder of Myrtle Cook: 1925, unsolved Benton County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Vinton Iowa murders, Vinton Iowa unsolved murder, WCTU martyr
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“Butcher, Baker”: Murder of Otto H. Samp 1916
Murder Victim Otto H. Samp 37-year-old Baker Resident of Newton, Iowa 1879-1916 Cause of Death: Stabbed Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date 618 E. 2nd Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County October 1, 1916 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written January … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged "Butcher Baker": Murder of Otto H. Samp 1916, Claude Koons, Detective James McDonald, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Lowenberg Brothers Bakery, Lucille Able, Otto H. Samp, Otto H. Samp murder, unsolved Des Moines Iowa Murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Polk County Iowa murders, Warren R. Jackson. George Able
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Death Along the Lincoln Highway: Murders of Rosela and Homer Brownfield 1922
Murder Victims Rosela May “Rose” Brownfield 41-year-old Wayside Store Owner 1881-1922 Homer Francis Brownfield 43-year-old Veterinarian, Hog Farmer, & Wayside Store Owner 1879-1922 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Brownfield Store Low Moor Corner Lincoln Highway … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Arnold Dierks, C.I. Ramsey, Carl Jordan, Clarence Dierks, Clinton County Iowa unsolved murder, Daniel “Dan” O’Neal, Death Along the Lincoln Highway: Murders of Rosela and Homer Brownfield 1922, Donald A. Davis, Effie Wilson, Emmett P. Delaney, Ethel Collicott, George Claussen, George Mattson, Harold “Buster” Dannatt, Harold “Scoop” Smith, Homer Brownfield murder, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Risden, Lincoln Highway, Low Moor Iowa unsolved murder, Rose Brownfield murder, Sylvester Miller, Unsolved Clinton County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, William “Buck” McLaughlin
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Alleyway Robbery: Murder of Carlisle Hunter 1919
Murder Victim Carlisle Gordon “Lyle” Hunter 30-year-old Guthrie County Farmer 1887-1919 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Downtown Alleyway Des Moines, Iowa Polk County November 22, 1919 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written October 2010 In the … Continue reading
Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Death: Murder of Walter Baldwin 1921
Murder Victim Walter L. Baldwin 49-year-old U.S. Postal Employee 1871-1921 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Mail Route: Union Station to Post Office Council Bluffs, Iowa Pottawattamie County July 16, 1921 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Al Boudle, Claude H. Glenn U.S. Postal Inspector, Council Bluffs Iowa unsolved murder, Daniel Shaffer, Dennis E. Thompson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Mary Heisel Baldwin, murder of U.S. Postal Carrier, Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Death: Murder of Walter Baldwin 1921, Pottawattamie County Iowa unsolved murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, W.M. Boudle, Walter L. Baldwin murder
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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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