Research Topic

Crime & Murders

This topic appears in 122 indexed records between 1789 and 1964.
122 Indexed Records
1789 Earliest Record
1964 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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May 1, 2024

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail.

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail. James Ellis, alias “Nigger Jim” Semple, who shot and killed Fireman Charles Gray at Weverton Saturday night, was captured at Bakerton, Jefferson county, Tuesday, and returned to Sheriff […]
December 21, 2023

Theft from Skeeter Welsh

Circuit Court Starts in Jefferson County[…]William R. Hoak, for a breaking and entering theft of items valued at $992.80 from Martin D. Welsh Jr. at Bakerton in September.
December 10, 2023

The Friday Murder Mystery

THE HEARING AT HAGERSTOWN– DETAILS OF THE CRIME, ETC.[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 27, 1877.– James Gardner and J. W. Grove, who are in the county jail at this place on suspicion of […]
November 28, 2023

County Court; Hearing for Burke (Engle) and Examining Court Waived For Boyer (Flanagan)

COUNTY COURT.– Redman Burke, who stabbed Phillip Engle, of Harper’s Ferry, on the 4th of July last, had a hearing on Monday and Tuesday last, before an Examining Court. He was remanded to jail to undergo […]
November 7, 2023

Fatal Affray at Harpers Ferry (Patrick Hagan, dead)

FATAL AFFRAY AT HARPERS FERRY — Patrick Hagan Shot and Instantly Killed by Capt. George Chambers.– This community was startled on Monday evening last by the intelligence that Patrick Hagan, an Irish citizen of our neighboring […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 18 records
1830s 17 records
1900s 16 records
1850s 16 records
1860s 12 records
1910s 9 records