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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September 18, 2018

Sanborn, abolitionist arrested.

A man named Sanborn was last week arrested in Massachusetts, by Deputies of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the U. S. Senate, for contempt in refusing to appear before the John Brown Investigating Committee. He was forcibly taken […]
September 17, 2018

Dr. J. S. Stone Severely Injured after Duel

Dr. J. S. STONE, Judge of the Miner’s Court of Pike’s Peak, who was severely wounded in a duel with Governor BLISS of that Territory, on the 5th ult., is a native of Harper’s Ferry. The […]
July 20, 2018

Attempted Shooting at Bakerton

In the circuit court. Lewis Evans, colored, misdemeanor, carrying a revolver and attempting to shoot a man at Bakerton.
July 20, 2018

Another Fraud Exposed: Potomac Refining Company

Another Fraud Exposed. The Potomac Refining Company, a concern which has been pecking around an old abandoned limestone quarry on the Maryland side of the Potomac river between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, has been proclaimed a […]
July 19, 2018

Reinhardt Arrested: Embezzlement

William Reinhart, who sold maps, etc., in Shepherdstown, a few weeks ago, came to grief in Martinsburg last Thursday. He got on a spree, used money that did not belong to him and was arrested for […]
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