by Darren McMannis | May 23, 1935 | Murder, Reno
HUTCHINSON, KS – Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomson motored to Peabody to attend the funeral services of Fred R. Nussbaum, the young man who killed himself and his sweetheart on Thursday. Mr. Nusbaum has frequently visited in Hutchinson at the Thomson home. The...
by Darren McMannis | May 1, 1930 | Accident, Harvey
Cadet Ray Rowe and Pal Killed Newton Youth Is Victim of Army Plane Crash Near Kelly Field Son of S. C. Rowe Instantly Killed When Big Bomber Fell – Will Be Brought Home NEWTON, KS – Associated Press dispatches from San Antonio, telling the shocking news of...
by Darren McMannis | Feb 6, 1928 | Accident, Butler
Augusta Man and 3 Children Are Trapped by Flames AUGUSTA, KS – Jan. 7 – A father and three children were burned to death, the mother is lying at the point of death in a local hospital, and two other children escaped without injury early this morning when...
by Darren McMannis | Oct 4, 1926 | Russell, Suicide
RUSSELL – Fred Heard, 22, manager of an oil company, shot and killed himself here late Saturday night after having been rejected by Hilda Nuss, a Russell high school girl. Heard has threatened to take his life for several weeks, but no one had taken him seriously. The...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 10, 1924 | Alcohol, Reno
Patrolman Took His Liquor and Left Him Dry HUTCHINSON, KS – John Seed, a harvester, who claims North Dakota as his home, is the victim of hard luck. He arrived in Hutchinson penniless last night. Going into a South Main street pool hall he noticed a pint of...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 7, 1924 | Rice, Suicide
Rejected by Sweetheart Caused Girl To Take Life Discover that Lover was “Double-Crossing” Her Led Ruby Clampitt to Jump to Death STERLING, KS – July 7 – It was the discovery that her sweetheart had gone back on her, and had given information...
