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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July 28, 2023

Boteler; Gun Belonging to “Old” Brown

We saw in the possession of Hon. A. R. Boteler, on Monday last, a gun belonging to “old” Brown, taken from his rendezvous on the mountain, which weighed 34 pounds and was worked by means of […]
July 28, 2023

William J. Stabough, arrested.

Arrested. We learn from the Charlestown correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, of the 24th inst., that James Lynch, alias William J. Stabough, (the same man whom some of our citizens attempted to ride on a rail […]
July 24, 2023

Duncan shot by Goodman in Baltimore

Charles Goodman shot and instantly killed John T. Duncan in Baltimore on Monday last. Both were well known men about town, and had quarreled over money matters. Goodman is not unknown in Jefferson county. About twenty […]
July 24, 2023

Welty & Hispley assult Leary

William Welty and Edwin Hipsley, two Martinsburg boys, were arrested last week for assaulting Thomas Leary, an old B. & O. watchman. They hit the old man with a piece of steel, breaking three of his […]
July 22, 2023

Bradley, Arrested At Sandy Hook

A man named Bradley was arrested in Maryland Saturday, charged with stealing brass from the B. & O Railroad at Sandy Hook. He was lodged in the Hagerstown jail.
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