Murders, Mysteries & Just Plain Spooky
Our Affliction - Frank (Mrs. T. B.) Murdock Murders Son ~ July 7, 1871
Dr. Roy Nance Kills Willis G. Forney ~ July 1, 1887
Boy Killed (Perry Lightwine) ~ January 6, 1888
Still A Mystery - Milton Bradley ~ September 21, 1893
Ora Tabing Killed ~ January 22, 1894
Cold Blooded Murder (Frank Reynard) ~ July 29, 1898
Miss Jessie Morrison Attempts the Life of Mrs. Olin Castle - June 22, 1900
Tragedy at El Dorado ~ June 26, 1900
Coyle Bruce Falls From Horse ~ July 20, 1900
Accidentally Killed – Jeff Stearns ~ September 21, 1900
A. J. Boyles Shot Once or Twice & Killed ~ October 12, 1900
Beth Hoxie Shot and Instantly Killed by Step-Brother David ~ October 19, 1900
Jury All Farmers, One Secured Late in Morrison Case ~ November 30, 1900
Mrs. Paul Girod Takes Poison – Laudanum & Carbolic Acid – She Wanted to Die ~ June 20, 1902
Murder at Douglass – Birney Dunn & F. W. Wise, Jr. ~ August 22, 1902
Shot To Death - Fred Kriggins & Harry Rodgers ~ April 27, 1903
Committed Suicide - William Vandine ~ April 27, 1903
John Turner – A Suicide ~ January 8, 1904
Death of Sarah Schaefer A Hoax? ~ February 5, 1904
The Null Case ~ January 5, 1906
Murder at Leon, Murderer Escaped (Lew Bloomfield Killed Jess Sessor) ~ September 28, 1906
Anton Biley Kills His Wife and Himself ~ May 15, 1908
Shot By Farm Hand (Frank Pennypacker - Harley Overstreet) ~ January 15, 1909
Farm Hand Kills Employer (Pennypaker - Overstreet) ~ January 16, 1909
Charles Park – Parole Violation ~ August, 1912
Fire Destroy's Old House Where Snyder Slew To; May be Incendiaries Work ~ August 30, 1913
Frank French – Parole Violation ~ December 1, 1913
Detective Slain in Battle with Hobo on Frisco (Roy Ambrose) ~ May 29, 1915
Coroners Jury Seeks Truth About Wounds Which Took The Life of Clarke Browne ~ July 20, 1916
Browne Funeral Was Held Today (Clarke Browne) ~ July 21, 1916
Coroners Jury Will Hear Joe Browne’s Story (Clarke Browne’s death) ~ July 21, 1916
Joe Browne Must Face Charge Of Murder For Death Of His Brother (Clarke Browne) ~ July 21, 1916
Miss Lisle Saxton Dies; Found Dead in Chair ~ November 24, 1916
Latham Cattleman is Run Down and Killed (Sterling P. Yarnall) ~ December 1, 1916
Butler Countians Are Killed In Feud Fight With Montana Bandits (Klegg Brothers ~ January 26, 1917)
Dual Slayer Threatened To Kill Wife And Child Before He Left El Dorado (Rozella Harold and Baby) ~ January 26, 1917
Find Baby’s Body in Hastily Made Grave ~ March 1, 1918
Murder of Two Oil Men Shrouded in Mystery (Jack Price & Hiram Bracken) ~ September 25, 1918
Mystery in Missing Girl ~ January 7, 1920
Former Reisdent is Found Lifeless - (Mike Dwyer) ~ January 1, 1921
Woman Kills Husband in A Violent Quarrel ~ (Arden Spires (Spiers) ~ July 24, 1923
Leon Murder Recalls Three Other Killings ~ July 25, 1923
Children Trapped on Second Floor of Home (Harry, Opal, Raymond & Bernice Miller) ~ January 7, 1928
Delay Charge in Slaying of Beaumont Man (Melvin Norman & David Edgar) ~ June 11, 1929
McCraner Rites are Held Today ~ April 11, 1932
Robert T. Gahm Kills Wife and Self Today ~ February 11, 1936
Expert Fails to Find Mrs. (David A.) Bash ~ 18 April 1936
William "Man of God," Dies Today/ Cost of Burial ~ February 24, 1938
George King Murder - Wife Claims Self Defense ~ January 1939
“Fritz” Edwards On Trial For Life At Wichita Today (Mrs. Eva L. Moore’s murder) ~ February 28, 1939
Man Killed and Another Cut in An Early Morning Brawl (Columbus Hughes murder) ~ July 4, 1941
Skull Fracture Cause of Death - Missing Monday (Deciderio Martinez) ~ March 23, 1943
Augusta Farmer Takes His Life (George W. Sullivan) ~ June 2, 1943
Murder, Suicide Takes Lives of Oil Hill Man and Wife (Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bramble) ~ February 5, 1949
Leon Man Dies of Accidental Gunshot Wound - January 20, 1950
Kills Wife & Then Turns Gun on Himself - Albert Lierle
Augustan Dies of Wound Caused By Bullet In Brain (Willis Rodden) ~ February 24, 1950
El Dorado Youth Slays Dad in Fight at Home (Edward Knowles) ~ January 11, 1952
Youth Awaits Filling of Formal Charges ~ January 12, 1952
Pleads not Guilty to Homicide Charges ~ January 12, 1952
Knowles Charged in Slaying (John Knowles) ~ January 14, 1952
Bill Cooper Shoots Wife Then Ends His Own Life ~ October 30, 1952
El Doradoan Slain During Row; Shot Seven Times (Ralph O. Brinkley) ~ November 8, 1952
Murder in First Degree (Charles Camp) ~ November 10, 1952
Earl "Montana Red" Brumbo to Stand in Own Defense (William Enoch Byers) ~ May 11, 1953
Camp's Fate Still Rests with Jury (Charles Camp) ~ October 29, 1953
Camp Jury Fails to Reach Verdict ~ October 30, 1953
Sheriff Thinks May Have Been Witnesses (Bohannan Murders) ~ December 29, 1961
Sheriff Locates Witness Who Saw Shooting (Bohannan Murders) ~ December 30, 1961
Funeral Services for Bohannan on Friday
This Prowler Wears A Mask (William A. Lee home) ~ July 26, 1962
El Dorado's Mans Body Found (Patrick Lee Watkins) ~ July 13, 1963
Potwin Man is Found Dead (Paul Ullum) ~ July 12, 1963
L. H. Medley to be Charged in Death of El Dorado Man ~ December 14, 1963
Murder, Suicide Jury Determines (Mrs. Ruby and Joseph Edwards) ~ December 28, 1965
Camp Trip Ends in Death for Two Wichita Boys (Edgar Harvey Adair, Jr. & Jim Ritchie) ~ 1966
Hunt Pushed for Car of Slain Woman (Vickie Lynn Howell) ~ December 25, 1967
Man Shoots Ex-Wife, Self, Police Report (Gene and Connie Bowman) ~ Jan 9, 1968
KBI Awaits Lab Tests In Slaying (Vicki L. Howell) ~ Jan. 10, 1968
Whitewater Man is Shot to Death (Archie Hayes) ~ February 13, 1968
El Dorado Woman Charged In Death Of Her Husband (Melba Wyman) ~ March 21, 1974
Mom Killer Sent to Larned (Patricia Shultz) ~ April 17, 1976
Missing El Doradoan's Body Found on Farm Near Wichita ~ August 1, 1977
Suspect in Death of El Dorado Woman is Being Held in Wichita ~ August 9, 1977
Cause of Death Not Determined for Gill (Jeffrey Gill) ~ April 19, 1978
18 Year Old Augusta Woman is Found Dead (Kay Robinson) ~ May 9, 1979
Local Man Killed in Local Motel (Robert "Bob" Andrews) ~ November 25, 1980
Trooper Slain on Turnpike (Ferdinand Fredrick "Bud" Pribbenow) ~ July 12, 1981
Trucker Faces Murder 1; Drug Found On His Person (Sgt. Tom Wolf) ~ April 20, 1982
Shooting Death of El Dorado Driver Remains A Mystery (Kay Gordin) ~ December 20, 1982
Burns Man is Victim of Apparent Drowning at Lake ~ April 26, 1984
Three Are Charged For County Murder (Leland Capps) ~ Jan. 7, 1987
Bernice Richards Drowns in El Dorado Lake ~ July 16, 1987
Gary & Cherie Barnes Murdered in their Rural Leon Home - Three Youths Charged ~ July 17, 1987
Eurekan Bound Over for Murder (Trisha Coble) ~ November 17, 1989
Probe Continues After Body Found (Larry Sauer ~ November 27, 1989
Two El Doradoans Dead After Shooting (Ray Haigler & Sheila Moore) ~ April 22, 1990
Fatal Wreck Here (Daryl L. Stewart) ~ May 12, 1990
Skeletal Remains Found ~ March 14, 1992
Augusta Man Dies In Tragedy (Richard Wheeler) ~ March 22, 1992
Inmate Facing Murder Charge In Death (Keith D. Teufel) ~ July 13, 1992
El Dorado Man Beaten To Death (Timothy O. Hoyt) ~ 1992
El Dorado Man Killed In Accident (David E. Logan II) ~ April 4, 1994
Enos Grandchildren Killed In Plane Crash ~ January 3, 1996
Michael Steven Lutter Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder ~ July 17, 1998
Augusta High School Teacher Killed Today ~ December 15, 2000
Murder in Towanda (Ethel Jean Sommers) ~ May 20, 2002
Benton Man Stores Mothers Remains ~ May 20, 2002
Judge Binds Smith for Arraignment (Eduardo A. Garcia) ~ May 20, 2002
El Dorado Boy, 11, Dies at Scene of Head-on-Crash (Austin Alexander) ~ September 16, 2003
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