CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS
NEWSPAPER TIDBITS
Henry Goddard Killed Donald Ramsey ~ April 18, 1872
Shoot Affray in Dan Rice's Circus ~ June 1, 1872
James McCormack Killed Doctor Cheney ~ March 2, 1876
A Kansas Minister Commits Suicide ~ Sept. 7, 1885
R. H. Lawton Death ~ June 26, 1886
Hanged Herself & Child (Mrs. Blance Mackey) ~ June 4, 1891
Killed by Snakes ~ January 18, 1894
A Great Band of Firemen ~ August 24, 1894
Two Boys Murdered At Galena, Kansas (George & James Cox) ~ April 3, 1895
Two Boys Murdered by A Youthful Companion, Who Hangs Himself (Newton Walters) ~ April 3, 1895
A Young Cyclone Kills Five People Outright in the State of Kansas ~ July 6, 1895
Fatal Cyclone in Kansas ~ July 7, 1895
Columbus Mine Leased ~ December 11, 1896
Charle Ward Leaves for Galena Tuesday ~ February 27, 1897
A Kansas Mining Town ~ 7 March 1897
Boiled Down Facts - Pertaining to the Resources and History of Cherokee County ~ 15 April 1897
Held for the McGurk Murder at Galena ~ May 18, 1897
Woman Bank Robber (Cora Parker) ~ August 31, 1897
Big Docket ~ September 10, 1897
Terrible Tale of Murder ~ September 16, 1897
Find Bunch of Hair ~ September 17, 1897
Galena's Benders ~ September 17, 1897
Lynching Feared in Kansas ~ September 18, 1897
Staffelbacks, The Notorious Family Convicted of Murder At Columbus, Kansas ~ October 3, 1897
Alexander Warner Sentenced ~ May 2, 1898
A Kansas Ex-Soldier Murdered ~ December 24, 1898
A Kansas Murderer Kills Himself ~ January 3, 1899
Confessed a Kansas Murder ~ July 17, 1899
Child Burned to Death (Mable Deininger) ~ March 20, 1900
Live Wire Kills a Kansas Chief of Police ~ June 20, 1900
Murder in Galena ~ July 27, 1900
A Galena, Kas., Wife Murder ~ November 30, 1901
A Grand Jury In Kansas ~ 26 Aug 1903
Fatal Train Wreck In Kansas ~ February 15, 1906
Jury Appeals for Convict (Thomas Marbut) ~ August 31, 1907
Kansas Pastor A Bigamist ~ February 29, 1908
Kansas Explosion Kills Four ~ May 11, 1909
Roasted G.A.R. Then Resigned ~ June 11, 1909
Three Found Guilty of Kansas Train Robbery ~ May 5, 1910
Cloudburst Damages Kansas Zinc Mines ~ August 4, 1911
Galena Man Accused of Murder ~ August 8, 1911
Kansas Woman Killed in Automobile Wreck ~ June 15, 1914
News Items for Baxter Springs ~ October 12, 1917
Death of Former Galena Dentist Believed Suicide (Dr. John B. Kelly) ~ April 3, 1925
Robert Willis to Ft. Scott ~ 1 June 1925
Boy Killed By Automobile (Leroy Stephens) ~ 1 June 1925
Baxter Springs Mine Sold For $300,000 ~ 13 July 1925
Deputy John Crawford Shot During Gunfight ~ January 1, 1930
How One Redhead Tangled Up The Whole Police Force ~ September 27, 1931
Work at Cemetery and on Streets in Progress ~ 21 August 1934
Mrs. Grace Bruner Kills Self; Plans Own Funeral ~ 24 August 1934
Three Boys Injured When Auto Overturns ~ 28 August 1934
Collar Bone is Broken (Harold Dean) ~ 28 August 1934
History of Columbus--Former Resident Writes His Recollection of Early Days ~ 24 Sep 1938
Law Forces Blackout ~ December 12, 1940
Baxter Springs Sisters Married In Double Wedding ~ June 5, 1960
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