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Category Archives: Murders
Poison in the Whiskey: Murder of Leonard DeLong 1904
Murder Victim Leonard L. DeLong 52-year-old Farmer 1852-1904 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Obtaining an Inheritance Murder Scene and Date Washington Township Near Osceola, Iowa Clarke County September 9, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2011 When wealthy Clarke … Continue reading
“A Vaudeville of Troubles”: Murder of Deborah Simmons 1879
Murder Victim Deborah Ann Faulkerson Simmons 62-year-old Hotel Proprietress 1816-1879 Cause of Death: Struck with Flat Iron Motive: Family Dispute Murder Scene and Date The New York House Jefferson Street between 4th and 5th Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk County April … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged A Vaudeville of Troubles": Murder of Deborah Simmons 1879, Alonzo Middleditch, Andrew M. Miserodt, Black Hawk County Unsolved Murders, C.B. Scroggy, Clark Inman, Deborah Ann Simmons, Dr. George J. Mack, George Simmons Sr., George W. Hayzlett, Harvey W. Jenney, Horace Boies, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Joseph H. Kuhns, Nelson Rudquast, New York House Waterloo Iowa, Sarah Beal, unsolved Black Hawk County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Waterloo Iowa murders, Walter O. Richards, Waterloo Unsolved Murders, William C. Munger
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The “Inoffensive, Harmless Man”: Murder of John Murphy 1904
Murder Victim John “Jack” Murphy 41-year-old Saloon Custodian and Porter Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown 1863-1904 Murder Scene and Date N. 6th and Concert streets Keokuk, Iowa Lee County November 27, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2011 … Continue reading
Poisoned and “Outraged”: Murder of Maud Straw 1896
Murder Victim Maud Straw 19-year-old High School Student 1876-1896 Cause of Death: Poisoned Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Anna and Leonard Winters Home Near Union Depot Sheldon, Iowa O’Brien County February 5, 1896 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Alan A. Bull, Anna Straw Winters, Art Groff, Judge Scott Ladd, Leonard E. Winters, Maud Straw, Poisoned and "Outraged": Murder of Maud Straw 1896, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved O'Brien County Iowa murders, Unsolved Sheldon Iowa Murders, William Morrow
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Killer in the Tombstone: Murders of Lena and Martin Schultz 1893
Murder Victims Helena Katherina “Lena” Schultz 48-year-old Physically-Handicapped Farm Wife 1845-1893 Martin Schultz 60-year-old Physically-Limited Farmer 1833-1893 Cause of Deaths: Beaten With a Hammer Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Tilden Township Cherokee County August 19, 1893 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Daniel W. Unger, Edward Hornibrook, Francis A. Molyneaux, George Montagne, Ghost in the tombstone, Iowa Insanity Commission, J.A. Miller, John G. Biller, John Montagne, John Williams, Killer in the Tombstone: Murders of Lena and Martin Schultz 1893, Lena and Martin Schultz, murderer in the tombstone, Nick Halk, Oscar Nellis, Unsolved Cherokee County Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, White Cap letters, Will Florence
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Death of the Photographer’s Daughter: Murder of Clara Gray 1898
Murder Victim Clara N. Kelley Gray 22-year-old Farm Wife 1876-1898 Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date East Nishnabotna River Bank Six miles south of Red Oak, Iowa Montgomery County February 28, 1898 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Alfred Taylor Gray, Clara Kelley Gray, Death of the Photographer's Daughter: Murder of Clara Gray 1898, Edward R. Kelley, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Montgomery County Iowa murders, Unsolved Red Oak Iowa murders
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“Slay Utterly”: Villisca Axe Murders 1912
Murder Victims Josiah B. Moore (1868-1912) Sara Montgomery Moore (1873-1912) Herman Montgomery Moore (1900-1912) Mary Katherine Moore (1902-1912) Arthur Boyd Moore (1905-1912) Paul Vernon Moore (1907-1912) Lena Gertrude Stillinger (1900-1912) Ina Mae Stillinger (1903-1912) Murder Scene and Date Moore … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged "Slay Utterly": Villisca Axe Murders 1912, Cold Iowa murders, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Iowa's Most Notorious Murder, Joseph Moore family murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Montgomery County Iowa murders, Villisca Axe Murders, Villisca Iowa Axe Murders, Villisca Iowa unsolved murder
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Knockout Drugs: Murder of Harry Salisbury 1904
Murder Victim Harry Heaton Salisbury 32-year-old Pottery Factory Employee 1871-1904 Cause of Death: Poisoned and Pushed From a Height Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Red Oak Creek Red Oak, Iowa Montgomery County August 5, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
Tagged Charles Noyes Kinney, Dr. O.S. Reilly, F.S. Thomas, Harry Heaton Salisbury, Harry Salisbury, Knockout Drugs: Murder of Harry Salisbury 1904, Lillian Mae Forshey Salisbury, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Montgomery County Iowa murders, Unsolved Red Oak Io
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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
Posted in Murders, Unsolved Iowa Murder
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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