Loneliness and murder tied to profit in historic crimes
AP News features surveys notorious cases where predators targeted wealthy or lonely people. The piece notes a Louisiana, Michigan, and New York case of a swarthy Latin man and his 200 pound mistress confessing to three killings. It also recalls Scotland Yard tracking an Englishman linked to a widow’s murder and other mass killings by Desire Landru and Belle Gunness, among others.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Michigan
Michian
Britain
Scotland Yard
Desire Landru
George Joseph Smith
Chicago
H. H. Holmes
Philadelphia
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Landru
Paris
France
Criminal Hall of Fame
Smith
Bessie Mundy
Williams
Bessie
Geo Smith
Dr. H. H
Holmes
la Porte
Ind
Peter Gunness
Sorenson
Peter
Belle
Gunness
Notorious 19th Century Serial Killers and Their Motives
A compact profile of historical killers like Landru Smith Holmes and Belle Gunness. The piece traces their methods from fraud to murder, noting key victims, insurance schemes, and the sensational cases that shaped early crime reporting. It ends with a caution on moral power over material wealth.
Annie Oakley Memorial Plan Boosted by Drake County Ceremony
Greenville hosts Chicago troupe of Annie Get Your Gun to honor Annie Oakley and her husband Frank Butler. Drake County Historical Society announces a $100,000 monument campaign. Annie born in Patterson township grew famous with Buffalo Bill. she and Butler died in 1926 and are buried in Brock Cemetery near Greenville.
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Greenville
Annie Oakley
Ohio
Europe
Chicago
Annie
Frank Butler
Drake County Historical Society
Annie Moses
Patterson Township
Woodland
Willowdell
Buffalo Bill
Frank
Detroit
Michigan
Brock Cemetery
War Safer Says Navy Vet Scrimsher in Ohio
C Fred Scrimsher, Navy veteran and editor in Cincinnati, claims war was safer than peace after a string of bad luck. He recounts a car launch from an embankment, dislocated shoulder, head injuries, a stolen radio, tire loss, a minor collision, a sprained knee, a hand burn from a flash bulb, and his wife's hand injury, contrasting with Pacific combat.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Fred Scrimshher
Scrimsher
Schenley Industries, Inc
South Pacific
States Rights Democrats vow to carry on post election fight
Gov. Thurmond says States Righters survived 1948 contest and gained national support. He notes the movement may be in metamorphosis while awaiting another opportunity to oppose Democratic bosses and press constitutional states rights. The report also mentions the St Gereon tiles in Cologne from the 12th century.
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Columbia, S. C
INS
South Carolina
New
Thurmond
Wright
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Truman
States’ Rights Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Cologne
Germany
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