NEWS ARTICLES Contributed by Shauna Williams September 2, 1887 Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor Maine Of the nine prisoners in the Muskegon county ( Mich. ) jail eight are women. The solitary mail prisoner is said to be constantly on his good behavior. October 9, 1890 Chillicothe Morning Constitution, Chillicothe Missouri Four of the six boilers at the Ducly lumber mill at Muskegon , Mich. , exploded, injuring six men fatally. Cause, low water in the boilers. May 18, 1891 Chillicothe Morning Constitution, Chillicothe Missouri Twenty blocks of business houses and dwellings were burned at Muskegon , Mich. , on the afternoon of the 16th. The courthouse was among the buildings destroyed. July 11, 1901 Cambridge Jeffersonian, Cambridge Ohio Dropped Into the Lake Muskegon , Mich. , July 5-Frank Tazelow, an aeronaut from Grand Rapids , was killed while making a parachute drop. He fell 1,000 feet, dropping into Muskegon lake. Thousands saw the accident. September 4, 1909 Adams County News Gettysburg Pennsylvania Friday September 3 – It is estimated that the loss accompanying the heavy frost in Muskegon and Oceana counties, Mich. , will run up to at least $100,000. October 19, 1912 Adams County News , Gettysburg Pennsylvania Killed Breaking Into Jail Man with Peculiar Mania is Shot dead by Sheriff Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 18-Edward Fromme, thirty-five years old, who, when under the influence of liquor, is said to have had a mania for breaking into other peoples’ houses and sleeping there, was shot and killed by Sheriff Fred Nelson. According to the officer, he attempted to break into the county jail. He was entering the kitchen window of the jail building when Sheriff Nelson fired.