MURDERS, MYSTERIES & JUST PLAIN SPOOKY
THE DARKER SIDE OF SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS
John Ross ~ Murdered by Osage Indians ~ October 1860
John Ledford ~ Murdered by Government Troops & Scouts ~ February 28, 1871
Jackson Davis ~ Murdered by Charles Jennison in a Shooting Affray ~ September 22, 1872
Charley Jennison Killed a Man in His Saloon ~ September 25, 1872
Sixth U.S. Cavalry Soldier Murdered in John Beard's (Red's) Dance House ~ January 2, 1873
Reed (a colored man) was Shot and Killed by Ramsey (a Texan) ~ June 1873
S. C. Johnson Treasurer of Sedgwick County Mysteriously Disappeared ~ 1873
Reddis was Shot and Killed by a Mexican at Oges Camp ~ August 16, 1873
William McKee was Killed by an Accidental Shot from a Pistol he was Repairing ~ August 20, 1873
John Snider was Thrown from a Buggy and Killed ~ August 23, 1873
John Beard was Shot by Joseph Lowe ~ October 27, 1873
Frank Seivers was Murdered and his Body Burned in a Paint Shop ~ January 1, 1874
The Tragedy at Lazette - Arthur Winner ~ January 4, 1874
A Tale of Horror - Confession of J. W. McNutt The Wichita Murderer - Arthur Winner - March 5 1874
Trial of Arthur W. Winner ~ June 18, 1874
Bloody Work - Hill & Stewart ~ June 18, 1874
"Leg" was Shot and Killed by Michael Meagher - January 1, 1876
William Parrish Foully Murdered While Fishing ~ July 17, 1887
J. E. Johnston Kills His Wife and Then Himself ~ December 7, 1887
Guilty of Willful Murder - Jake Tobler, Joe Tobler, Cass & Goodyhuntz ~ September 6, 1888
The Death Penalty Paid - Jake & Joe Tobler Hanged in the Jail at Wichita, Kansas ~ November 22, 1888
Edmund Braun Murdered and Robbed ~ January 22, 1889
Murdered His Wife (Dr. Nathan C. Hall; Anna Clough Hall) ~ February 13, 1889
Has Been There Before - William B. VanCleare, frank Bellman, Woodruff ~ June 22, 1889
Edgar T. Brown Mysteriously Disappears ~ July 25, 1889
A Long Lost Husband Finds His Wife Remarried to A Criminal in Wichita, Kansas - 10 Nov 1891
A Mystery at Wichita. The Body of A White Man Found in a Supposedly Deserted House - 27 Feb 1894
Wife Murder and Suicide at Wichita (O. E. Hart and Ida Hart) ~ June 23, 1896
Skull Crushed but may Recover ~ April 23, 1897
Killed a Mason (Chas. McCormick) ~ April 23, 1897
Steve Purdy Confesses ~ April 23, 1897
Murder Trial of J. V. Cunningham Begins at Wichita, Kansas Today ~ May 20, 1897
A Kansas Mystery - Joseph New Shot ~ December 25, 1897
Andrew F. Ross of Clearwater Found Near Crawford's Opera House - April 1, 1898
Alleged Infanticide (Kleinigger Baby) ~ July 8, 1898
Kansas Outlaw Has Been Murdered by Comrades He Betrayed ~ June 21, 1899
Was It Murder? Mystery Surrounding Death of A Wichita Girl ~ June 26, 1899
An Indian Romance & Suit for Libel - April 13, 1900
Mystery Over A Shooting - Lee Webster Was Bound to District Court at Cheney - 11 Dec 1900
Baby Choked to Death (Mary Marks Infant) ~ 16 May 1901
Luther Crossweight Killed By Willis Bartlett ~ July 13, 1902
Georgia Bentley Murder ~ March 31, 1903
Dr. W. L. Doyle Shot G. P. Varnouf Then Took Poison ~ July 19, 1903
William Flynn Shot In Cold Blood By Ralph Bain ~ September 15, 1903
Clarence Williams Kills Guy Crabb Instantly ~ December 13, 1903
A Mystery Partly Cleared - The Body of a Wichita Man Found in the Arkansas River - 25 Apr 1906
Murder of Two Unknown Men Between El Dorado & Wichita Contines to be a Mystery - August 4, 1908
A Kansas Mystery Solved - 7 Oct 1911
No Light on Wichita Missing Man Mystery - 27 Mar 1914
Two Masked Bandits Murder and Rob Grocer (William Sutton) ~ October 11, 1915
Killed By Her Brother (May Brockert) ~ January 2, 1917
Mystery in Wichita Assault Intenerated Baker Attacked in Bed by Three Men - 27 Mar 1917
Whiskey Caused A Murder? - William F. Carroll ~ March 1, 1920
Grocer Shoots Wife, Then Slays Himself (John and Julia Shacklett) ~ May 7, 1920
Mystery in Girl's Death - Poison Forced Down Throat of Topeka Young Woman, She Said - 19 Feb 1921
Man and Woman Trailed Her - Catherine Longoker - 19 Feb 1921
New Byers Case Mystery - May 21, 1921
Mystery War in Wichita Bullets Flew in College Hill, But From Whence, No One Knows - 27 Jul 1921
Five Alleged Slayers in Kansas Jail ~ Turner C. Tucker ~ June 22, 1922
Kansas Authorities Deny Couple Wanted for Slaying Chauffeur were Kidnapped - 23 Jun 1922
Patrolman Dies After Assailant Admits Shooting ~ H. R. Brown ~ January 6, 1925
Aged Wichitan Killed In Row Over Rent (Abner Brady) ~ June 30, 1931
Body of Bruce Smoll Discovered ~December 26, 1943
Hoefgen Signs Confession of Guilt in Death ~ December 27, 1943
Many Deatils Still Unsolved ~ December 28, 1943
Tailor Kills Inspector and Shoots Himself ~ April 7, 1944
John and Rosemary Leidy Murder/Suicide ~ March 22, 1954
Slain Jeweler Alive Saturday (William F. Braden Jr.) ~ March 13, 1956
Wichitan Confesses Stabbing Mrs. Guinn ~ July 24, 1960
Man Found Fatally Shot at Residence (Herbert Whitman) ~ 1963
Murder Charge Filed in Death (Gary Knost & Gene Rigsby) ~ January 28, 1963
Girl Watches Last Breath of Victim (Mary Aubert & Gary Knost) ~ January 28, 1963
Earl & Ruth Bowlin Gruesome Murders ~ April 18, 1963
Station Attendant Killed by 1 Shot, Autopsy Shows ~ April 19, 1963
Coin Dealer ~ Jack Hazelwood ~ Disappears ~ November 1, 1969
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
Teacher and Wife Slain; Robbery Suspected Motive (Robert and Letha Temple) ~ August 31, 1979
Despondent Couple Die Together ~ 26 Nov 1980
Testimony Begins In Trial Of Accused Killer Crease ~ 9 Dec 1980
Did Jack Hazelwood Die Accidentally? ~ 11 Dec 1980
Night of Revelry Ends In Slaying of WSU Student (Alice Mayfield) ~ January 2, 1988
Wichitan Digging In Yard Unearths Grim Surprise ~ September 6, 1989
Bloudgeoning Brings Sentence of 4-to-15 For Wichitan, 24 ~ 3 July 1992
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