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Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about crimes committed in the community.
cr1870071603WilliamOrrKnifing.jpg; William Orr and his wife, accompanied by William Adair, rode to the house of Matthew Orr, in search of William's son Edward, who is said to have gone to his uncle's to escape abuse at home.
cr1870072303AnotherMurder-1.jpg; Shooting of Charles Boyle of Rabbit River by Walter Philbrooks, book keeper for O.R. Johnson & Co. cr1870072303AnotherMurder-2.jpg cr1870080603AnotherMurderUpdate.jpg; Follow up article defending the reputation of Walter Philbrooks who may have smeared by anti-Southern sentiment after the American Civil War 1861–65 cr1870081303LookoutForCounterfeits.jpg; Counterfeiter found at Wilcox's Photograph Gallery cr1879091901PhotographerATowner.jpg; Photographer A. Towner abandons new wife cr1892031801HenryThompsonAndLewdWomanLeave.jpg; Falconer evicts woman and son from Henry Thompson ranch on Lake street cr1892062401FlowersStollen.jpg; flowers stolen from cemetery cr1893102001JFHenryHomeBurgled.jpg; J.F. Henry's watch stolen cr1896082101LinedeckerCampOnLakeshore.jpg; Martel shoots cr1898031101SamCleffeyRuckus.jpg; Sam Cleffy brawling with Sam Reid at Fish Saloon cr1903021305MissHattieDresselBadlyInjured.jpg; possibly Harriet Marie Dressel 1876-1950, buried at Taylor Cemetery. Harriet was the daughter of Anton William Dressel 1833-1911

2024.01.34

NewspapersTrue crimePolice, sheriff and law enforcement

Winthers, Sally

murderassaultdisorderly conductdrunkenessknifingwoundtheftstealingshootingabandonment

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Firman, N.C.Henry, John F. 1834/6-1918

04/24/2024

04/25/2024