Sedgwick County, Kansas
Newspaper Tidbits
The Wichita Tragedy - Confession of the Murderer ~ February 25, 1874
A Kansas Tragedy ~ August 25, 1879
Female Horse Thief "Tom King" Escapes from Jail ~ December 14, 1883
Law & Order League Wants to Close Saloons ~ December 14, 1883
Was It George Gould? An Interesting Railroad Story from Wichita ~ December 14, 1883
William Bodine Died Suddenly on Rock Island Train ~ December 14, 1883
Found Murdered, Four Movers Killed and Robbed in Kansas ~ February 10, 1890
Mrs. Mary A. Lease; Wichita ~ October 18, 1890
Found Dead, in the Flinthills of Kansas - Probably Murdered by Horse Thieves ~ December 17, 1890
Henry McCain thinks his Powers Limitless ~ January 14, 1892
Grant Myers Suffered from Grippe? ~ January 14, 1892
Ex Sheriff Hays' 2 Year old Son fatally Burned ~ April 28, 1892
Mrs. George W. Wright Attempts Suicide ~ April 28, 1892
Couldn't Convict Doc Snapp ~ Octoer 26, 1893
Kansas Saloon War ~ August 2, 1895
Cunningham Depositions ~ May 12, 1897
Miss Eva Beam's Trial ~ September 17, 1897
Wichita Case Dismissed Against August Schmidt & J. B. Gano ~ November 4, 1898
Paddy Shea Convicted of shooting James Dawson ~ January 11, 1898
Wichita Overrun by Thieves ~ July 29, 1898
Wichita Banks Consoidates ~ August 30, 1898
Diphtheria Scare at Wichita ~ November 4, 1898
Great Friend to Wichita - Mr. Davis Secured the University for Friends ~ January 16, 1901
Ledford of Kansas & his Daring Deeds of Lawlessness in Early Days ~ June 25, 1901
Tornado Unbottles Rain, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Gets A Heavy Downpour ~ July 27, 1901
Kansas Desperadoes Captured ~ April 27, 1902
A Kansas City Negro Shot in Wichita ~ July 2, 1906
Little Fruit in Sedgwick ~ July 16, 1914
Kansas Woman who Worked Hard on Farm with Husband Inherits $250,000 Fortune ~ May 28, 1915
A Valley Center Family Lost (William Bastow) ~ June 17, 1915
Total Eclipse of Mere Man in Kansas ~ May 7, 1917
Tornado Takes Heavy Toll of Life in Kansas; 30 Known Dead ~ May 26, 1917
Chamberlain Referred to Death of Kansas Youth ~ January 26, 1918
Kansas Girls Work in Fields ~ June 20, 1918
Mystery About Man with Fractured Skull (Archibald Coyle) ~ April 3, 1919
Flood Waters Inundate Kansas Towns, Causing Heavy Property Loss - June 10, 1923
Kisses Sons Goodby Year Ago, Returns As State Prisoner ~ February 15, 1925
Lower Plane Flights Due for Officials ~ April 18, 1963
Sprinkler Alarm Sends Firemen to Machine Shop ~ April 18, 1963
Earl & Ruth Bowlin Gruesome Murders ~ April 18, 1963
Station Attendant Killed by 1 Shot, Autopsy Shows ~ April 19, 1963
Funeral Home Site Adjacent to Cemetery ~ December 24, 1967
Wichita - Wellington Run in a Day's Work ~ November 7, 1973
Poisonous Snake Threat Defanged as Controversy Slithering Down ~ November 16, 1973
Desperate Mother Robs Kansas Bank ~ November 20, 1977
Student From Wichita Crowned Miss Kansas ~ July 12, 1981
Wichita Couple Get Married In A Cemetery ~ June 29, 1992
Metropolitan Baptist Gets A Fresh Look ~ 16 July 1995
Wichita at 125 Years; Recalling Some of the Happenings ~ 16 July 1995
One Man's Hearse Is Another's SUV ~ September 15, 2003
El Dorado Boy - 11- Dies At Scene Of Head-On Crash ~ 16 Sept 2003
First Electric Guitar Got it's Start at Wichita Club ~ October 15, 2007
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