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Scope and ContentScans 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.

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

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.34

Collection

NewspapersTrue crimePolice, sheriff and law enforcement

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

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Search Terms

murderassaultdisorderly conductdrunkenessknifingwoundtheftstealingshootingabandonment

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

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

Create Date

04/24/2024

Update Date

04/25/2024