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Tag Archives: Iowa Unsolved Murders
Mistaken Identity: Murder of Peter Ross 1909
Murder Victim Pete Ross Coal Miner ?-1909 Cause of Death: Slashed, Axed, Shot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Murdered in Des Moines, Iowa Polk County February 1909 Found in Des Moines River at Ottumwa, Iowa Wapello County March 6, … Continue reading
Mangled Bodies: Murders of Jack Wilson and Con Matthews 1899
Murder Victim John E. “Jack” Wilson 30-year-old Brakeman Chicago Great Western Railway 1869-1899 Cornelius “Con” Matthews 32-year-old Brakeman Chicago Great Western Railway 1867-1899 Cause of Deaths: Gunshots Motive: Resisting Eviction from Train Murder Scene and Date Rail Lines Two Miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornelius "Con" Matthews, George Rieth, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Burlingett, Joe Malchal, John E. "Jack" Wilson, Mangled Bodies: Murders of Jack Wilson and Con Matthews 1899, Sheriff J.W. McPherson, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Marshall County Iowa murder, unsolved Marshalltown Iowa murder, William J. “Will” Fickas
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The Dead Bulgarian: Murder of Welio Tsnoff 1910
Murder Victim Welio Tsnoff 35-year-old Bulgarian National Section Hand Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 1875-1910 Cause of Death: Struck With a Hammer Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Employee Boarding Car Rail Yard Marshalltown, Iowa Marshall County January 10, 1910 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
“A Miserly Life”: Suspicious Death of Gideon Hall 1884
Murder Victim Gideon Hall 76-Year-Old Farmer 1807-1884 Cause of Death: Undetermined Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Hall Home Burlington and Iowa City Road Yellow Springs Township 3 Miles South of Mediapolis, Iowa Des Moines County January 24, 1884 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
The Wrong Man: Murder of Joseph Hair 1888
Murder Victim Joseph Hair 26-year-old Farmhand 1862-1888 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned Motive: Mistaken Identity Murder Scene and Date John Kelly Farm 12 Miles South of Avoca, Iowa Pottawattamie County December 18, 1888 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2015 During … Continue reading
Undercover: Murder of Louis H. Dayton 1929
Murder Victim Louis H. Dayton a.k.a. Clarence L. Plummer a.k.a. Bert Cook a.k.a. Bert Pettit 54-year-old Special Deputy Sheriff Cause of Death: Beaten with Brass Knuckles Motive: Revenge for Snitching Murder Scene and Date Attacked at Post Office Died at … Continue reading
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Tagged A.L. Risley, Clarence L. Plummer, Claude W. Baldwin, Dr. C.C. Collester, Dr. J.M. Sokol, Dr. T.H. Johnston, Elsie Dayton Claypool, Emma and Chris Jensen, Fred E. Erickson, H.C. Yackey, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Louis H. Dayton, Sheriff John Dellinger, Undercover: The Murder of Louis H. Dayton 1929, unsolved Clay County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Spencer Iowa murder
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“Violent Excitement”: Murder of Robert Lee Clingan 1883
Murder Victim Robert Lee “R.L.” Clingan 52-Year-Old Merchant and Postmaster Civil War Veteran 1830-1883 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Clingan Store/Post Office Polk City, Iowa Polk County July 10, 1883 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
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Tagged "Violent Excitement": Murder of Robert Lee Clingan 1883, Benjamin Craig, Benjamin Gates, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J.W. Maddy, Polk County Iowa Unsolved murders, R.L. Clingan, Robert Lee Clingan, Robert W. Stubbs, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Polk City Iowa murders, William Hardy
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Gun Battle in the Night: Murder of Virgil Untied 1931
Murder Victim Virgil P. Untied 33-year-old Night Marshal 1898-1931 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Escaping Arrest Murder Scene and Date E.J. Shaw Grocery Minburn, Iowa Dallas County Shot: July 23, 1931 End of Watch: July 27, 1931 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Battle in the Night: Murder of Virgil Untied 1931, Iowa Unsolved Murders, James Risden, Jasper Untied, Lena Hagenstein, Officer killed in the line of duty, Sam Nuzum, unsolved Dallas County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Minburn Iowa murders, Virgil Untied, William Hagenstein
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“Love and Absence of Love”: Suspicious Death Of William F. Lewis 1903
Murder Victim William F. Lewis 49-year-old Farmer 1854-1903 Cause of Death: Laudanum Overdose Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Lewis Farm Benton Township Southwest of Sigourney, Iowa Keokuk County October 11, 1903 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written April 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged "Love and Absence of Love": Suspicious Death Of William F. Lewis 1903, Belle Lewis Glasford, Bert Gillette, Dr. Lee Wallace Dean, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Ira Glasford, J.M. Adams, John B. Hammond, Sherman Macy, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Unsolved Keokuk County Iowa murders, W.H. Hamilton, William F. Lewis
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“Brutal Killer”: Murders of Beverly Brenneman and Ruby Ciler 1953
Murder Victims Beverly Brenneman 14-year-old Junior High Student 1939-1953 Cause of Death: Stabbed and Strangled Ruby Baker Ciler 51-year-old Homemaker 1901-1953 Cause of Death: Bludgeoned, Suffocated Motive: Sexual Psychopathy Murder Scene and Date Ciler Home and Farm Lower Muscatine Road … Continue reading
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Tagged "Brutal Killer": Murders of Beverly Brenneman and Ruby Ciler 1953, Albert J. “Pat” Murphy, Beverly Brenneman, Charles H. Nelson, Chris and Ida Brenneman, Dr. George D. Callahan, Iowa Unsolved Murders, Robert Gregson, Ruby Baker Ciler, unsolved Iowa City Iowa murders, Unsolved Iowa Murders, unsolved Johnson County Iowa murders, William Meardon
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