Douglas County, Kansas
NEWSPAPER TIDBITS
Lawrence Kansas Population ~ March 17, 1855
O. C. Stewart Elected
Mayor ~ June 24, 1856
An Excursion on the Kansas Pacific R. R. Wrecked! ~ July 15, 1869
Horrible Murder and Suicide (Dr. and Mrs. Marsh and Daughter) ~ September 6, 1871
Murder
of David Bausman ~ June 6, 1882
Fred Hill, The Blue Springs Murderer, Brought Here for Safety ~ 20 May 1894
Another "Sure Remedy" for Diptheria Offered by a Kansas Professor ~ November
1, 1895
Shot Dead By His Wife (August Beurmann) ~ December 19, 1896
Wing Nearly Drowns ~ May 18, 1897
General Hugh Cameron ~ June 3, 1898
Lawrence, Kansas, Man Arrested on Suspicion of Causing Wife's Death ~ October 9, 1898
Brought Back A Corpse (Mrs. Lucinda Smith Buchan)~ May 17, 1899
Suicide of a Business Man (Jacob Zook) ~ 15 January 1899
R.
B. Huffman Goes to LeCompton ~ May 25, 1899
A Lawrence Policeman Accidentally Killed (Allen Moore) ~ May 22, 1901
Arizona Gila Monster Famous ~ September 19, 1906
Case of Suicide or Accidental Death (Lucius Perkins) ~ June 4, 1907
Capt.
of 1908 Football Team at K. U. Jumps to Death (Urbin Angney) ~ January 9, 1908
Two Women Claim Incubator Baby ~ May 23, 1908
Companion Unable to Save Frank Sugrue From the Kaw ~ July 11, 1914
Re-Enact Battle of Black Jack ~ May 12, 1916
A K.U. Instructor A Suicide ~ July 23, 1919
Engineering Dean at University of Kansas Kills Self ~ October 17, 1927
"Ghost Writing" Again ~ May 31, 1938
Homemade Rocket Explodes, Kills 3 Lawrence Engineers ~ December 5, 1958
The Grover Cemetery: Violation of A Sacred Trust? ~ March 30, 1980
Untold Tales Still Etched In Stone ~ March 30, 1980
Douglas County Cemeteries: Rest In Peace ~ March 30, 1980
Grad Student At KU Reports On Suicides In High Schools ~ June 5, 1987
Stull
Cemetery Church Reduced To Pile of Rubble ~ 30 & 31 March 2002
