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The Butler Fratricide.
The Murder of Henry Butler - Portrait of his Killer.On October 6, 1879, Henry Butler went to visit his younger brother, Robert, at the King farm outside of Bradford, Pennsylvania, where Robert boarded....
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Compelled to Die.
Little MurdersIn the autumn of 1889, Mrs. Nathaniel Strang, of Moserville, Michigan, began to exhibit signs of insanity. The extent of her condition came to light on November 18 when she tried to kill...
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A Boy Murderer.
11-year-old John Wesley Elkins (who went by Wesley) got out of bed around 2 a.m. on July 24, 1889, went outside the family’s Iowa farmhouse and down to the road to make sure no one coming. On his way...
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Stranglers.
Strangulation is the most intimate form of murder, the killer takes the life of his victim with his bare hands. Perhaps this is why it is used so often to dispatch loved ones and family members.Here,...
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Two Murderers Murder Each Other.
`Little Murders(FromTrenton State Gazette, Trenton, New Jersey, May 2, 1871)Two Murderers Murder Each Other.One of the most remarkable personal rencontres ever recorded in the annals of this city...
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“The Irish Giant”
Ned O’Baldwin was a heavyweight contender in the bareknuckle era of the 1860s and 1870s when a bout would continue until one man was knocked unconscious or the police arrived to shut the whole show...
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Murderous New Hampshire.
"Live Free or Die" is the motto of the great state of New Hampshire. Everyone has their own interpretation of those words, here are a few of the worst:The Northwood Murderer. -1852 When a drifter came...
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Chicago Tragedy.
Little MurdersOscar Grundman and his wife Annie were living unhappily in a Chicago tenement in 1891. Annie’s excessive drinking had been a continual source of trouble for her husband. He complained...
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Murder in a Saloon.
`Little Murders(From New York Herald, New York, New York, May 8, 1876)Murder in a Saloon.A Cripple Beaten to Death with his Own Crutch.Port Jervis, N. Y., May 7 1876..Much excitement has been...
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A Domestic Tragedy.
Little MurdersAnnie Schau rushed from her home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on December 18, 1886, and ran to the neighbors screaming, “I am shot and Minnie is shot dead.” The neighbor ran to Annie’s house...
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Murderous California.
In the early 1800s, California was a region filled with outlaws, drifters, and gold-seekers, with too many murders to document. By the end of the century, though, the Golden State began to see some...
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He Emptied his Gun.
Little MurdersClara Arnold, of Indianapolis, Indiana, had left her husband John and after several months of living apart sued for divorce on the grounds of ill-treatment. John Arnold countered by...
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A Tale of Deepest Crime.
Little Murders(From Wheeling Register, Wheeling West Virginia, November 28, 1883)A Tale of Deepest Crime.The Mystery Surrounding a Murder Which Resulted in Four Other Tragedies Made Clear After Many...
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Edward S. “Ned” Stokes.
This recently acquired carte de visite of playboy, Edward S. “Ned” Stokes, completes the set of principals in the 1872 murder of Jim Fisk, America’s most flamboyant and best-loved robber-baron. Though...
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Murderous Ohio.
The Buckeye State has been the scene of some especially gruesome homicides:The Tanyard Murder -1874 In 1874, a feud within Cincinnati’s German community would lead to the brutal murder and illegal...
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Two Shots, a Shriek.
Little Murders“A dark, mean little bedroom, a woman, half-undressed, dirty and pale, and blear-eyed from long excesses, a male companion, leaning over her with a revolver at her head, two shots, a...
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Our Current Record of Rowdyism and Murder.
`Little Murders(FromNew York Herald, New York, New York, June 19, 1873)Our Current Record of Rowdyism and Murder.Four murders signalize the opening of the present week. A sad commentary, truly, on our...
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The Murder of Chong Ong.
Little MurdersThe murderer identified.The basement of the building on the corner of Spring and Wooster Streets in New York City, housed the Restaurant Cubana, run by a former cigarmaker named Antonio...
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Murderous North Carolina.
North Carolina's greatest murders have found their way into enduring American folk songs - not always accurate but always engaging.Poor 'Omie - The Murder of Naomi Wise -1807 The haunting folk ballad...
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“Happy Bob.”
Little MurdersRobert "Happy Bob" Van BruntRobert Van Brunt was born in England in 1863. He barely knew his father, who was a member of the Queen’s Scots Guards. His mother died when he was ten was...
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