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Category Archives: Murders
The Big Swede: Murder of Carl Axel Deer 1925
Murder Victim Carl Axel Deer a.k.a. “Carl Johnson” a.k.a. “The Big Swede” 64-year-old Coal Mine Watchman 1861-1925 Cause of Death: Struck With Axe Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Tent Home at Thistle Mine #4 Cincinnati, Iowa Appanoose County June … Continue reading
The Cooler: Suspicious Death of David T. Todd 1887
Victim David T. Todd 47-year-old Butter & Egg Commission Dealer Civil War Veteran 1839-1887 Cause of Death: Chloroform Motive: Unknown Death Scene and Date E.S. Todd & Company 115 Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa Polk County February 12, 1887 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Drinking Bout: Suspicious Death of John F. Brennan 1898
Victim John F. Brennan 35-year-old Ice Harvester, Farmhand Eagle Center Resident 1862-1898 Apparent Cause of Death: Beaten Motive: Drinking Party Gone Wrong Death Scene and Date Sweeney Home Dysart, Iowa Tama County January 30, 1898 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written … Continue reading
“That Old —“: Murder of John Rohrer 1893
Murder Victim John William Rohrer 58 year-old Chief Engineer Sioux City Water Works 1835-1893 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date West 4th Street Bridge Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County October 3, 1893 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers … Continue reading
Boxcar Hanging: Murder of Leopold Glatzer 1895
Murder Victim Leopold Glatzer Resident of Holstein, Iowa Age and Occupation Unknown ?-1895 Cause of Death: Strangulation Motive Robbery Murder Scene and Date Rail Yards Sioux City, Iowa Woodbury County December 19, 1895 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2014 … Continue reading
The Battered Corpse: Murder of John Doe 1858
Murder Victim John Doe 1858 Age and Occupation Unknown ?-1858 Cause of Death: Unknown Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date West of the Cedar River Cedar Township Sac County, Iowa Autumn of 1858 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2014 … Continue reading
The Fatal Glass of Beer: Murder of George Diggle 1888
Murder Victim George Diggle Barber Resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota ?-1888 Cause of Death: Morphine and Alcohol Motive: Becoming Free of Spouse Murder Scene and Date Caroline Overacker Rooming House Clarion, Iowa Wright County May 24, 1888 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertha Diggle, Caroline Overacker, Clarion Iowa unsolved murder, Clint G. Ford Theater Company, Daniel Darrow Chase, Dr. George A. Marietta, George Diggle, Iowa Unsolved Murders, The Fatal Glass of Beer: Murder of George Diggle 1888, Unsolved Iowa Murders, W.T.R. Humphrey, Wright County Iowa unsolved murder
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Struck Down: Murder of Frank Sandquist 1904
Murder Victim Frank J. Sandquist 44-year-old Shoemaker 1860-1904 Cause of Death: Unknown Motive: Unknown Murder Scene and Date Alley Behind Sandquist Home Storm Lake, Iowa Buena Vista County October 28, 1904 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written July 2014 On Friday … Continue reading
Miller’s Toll: Murder of John Smith Ross 1869
Murder Victim John Smith Ross 32-year-old Mill Owner 1837-1869 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date Ross’s Mill (later Bone’s Mill) Boone River 6 Miles South of Webster City Hamilton County June 16, 1869 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abner Peeler, Addison Arthur, Bone's Mill, Charles B. Willson, Iowa Unsolved Murders, John Ross, John Smith Ross, Justice J.F. McConnell, Lydia Ross, Miller's Toll: Murder of John Smith Ross 1869, Sheriff W.F. Brown, Sumler Willson, Unsolved Hamilton County Iowa murder, Unsolved Iowa Murders
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Strictly Strychnine: Murder of John P. Stickles 1876
Murder Victim John P. Stickles Farmer Ca. 1841-1876 Cause of Death: Poison Motive: Love Triangle Murder Scene and Date Stickles Home Near Decorah, Iowa Winneshiek County January 4, 1876 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Nancy Bowers Written June 2014 When he arose on … Continue reading
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Tagged Decorah Iowa unsolved murder, Helen Stickles Shufelt, Iowa Unsolved Murders, J. Ellen Foster, John P. Stickles, Reuben Noble, Strictly Strychnine: Murder of John P. Stickles 1876, Unsolved Iowa Murders, Winneshiek County Iowa unsolved murders
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