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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

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Deadly Taxi Party: Murder of Thaddeus Mitchell 1922

Murder Victim Thaddeus William “Thad” Mitchell 44-year-old Taxi Driver President, Consolidated Taxi Company 1878-1922 Cause of Death: Gunshot Motive: Robbery Murder Scene and Date St. Joseph Avenue near 20th Street Near City Detention Hospital a.k.a. “Pest House” Des Moines, Iowa … Continue reading

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