San Francisco Call, 6 January 1919 1918 LYNCHINGS ACCORDING to the records compiled by Monroe N. Work, in charge of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, there were 62 lynchings in 1918. This is 24 more than for the year 1917. Of those lynched, 58 were negroes and 4 were whites. Five of those … [Read more…]
WOMAN KILLED ON STOCKTON STREETS. (By United Press) Hanford Sentinel 19 December 1918 Stockton, Dec. 17. – Mystified by the murder of Mrs. Alice Kroyer, the police Monday admitted they had learned nothing that would clear up the identity of the murderer who killed her with a blow from an iron bar late Saturday night. … [Read more…]
CNDC – Sacramento Daily Union January 26, 1861
Sonoma Democrat, 17 December 1857 We take the following account of the execution of three murderers at Sonora, Dec. 12th, from the Sonora Correspondent of the Morning Call: “The all-absorbing topic of conversation at this time is the hanging of Lyons, Poer and McAuley, for the murders perpetrated by them some time back. At ten … [Read more…]
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 40, Number 7063, 2 January 1871 RECORD OF NOTABLE EVENTS FOR 1870 (January-February). We subjoin a record of the more prominent events and industries of the State and county for the past year : JANUARY. 1st — A. McGimsey and John Ornbaum quarreled near Cloverdale. McGimsey was killed … Colored people … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, 22 June 1896 Searchers for Laverone and Roberts Find “Jim ” Haslip. SURPRISED AT A CAMP. The Indian Desperado Mounts a Horse and Escapes Into the Brush. HI RAPELJE LOSES A TRAIL. Eluded by the Cunning Madera Fugitive—No Trace of Dunham Found. FRESNO, Cal., June 21.— Deputy Sheriff Hi Rapelje, Constable J. … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, 9 March 1912 Coroner’s Jury at Lone Pine Brings In Unique Verdict BAKERSFIELD. March 8. — A coroner’s jury at Lone Pine, on the Mojave desert, has returned a unique verdict at an inquest. The dead man was a native of Greece. He and an American had an altercation, winding up in … [Read more…]
At Fort Madison, Iowa, a Rev. Mr. Hummer has been arrested for an at- tempt to murder his wife, by suffocation, under pretense of driving the devil out of her. She was rescued from his hands by neighbors. A strong desire was shown to lynch the reverend gen- tleman. Marysville Daily Herald,8 May 1851
DECAYED RELICS OF BODY MAY SOLVE MYSTERY Coroner Seeks Clews Among Bones and Belongings of Sec- ond Tamalpais Victim No Tangible Connection as Yet Between Two Tragedies on Silent Mountain Rivaling the sea in its propensity for giving up its dead, Mount Tamalpais has added a fresh tragedy and mystery to the history of Marin … [Read more…]
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 5.— Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation, was shot here today for the murder of a Chilean messen- ger of the legation on February 5, 1909. Beckert embezzled funds of the lega- tion and attempted to cover up his crime by making it appear that he had been burned to … [Read more…]