Clay County, Missouri Genealogy Trails

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An Aged Colored Woman Murdered

Liberty, Missouri, September 3. -- At a farm house three miles west of this city, on Monday, Elvira Owensy, a colored woman, 70 years of age, was murdered by some unknown person, the assassin firing two bullets through her heard, after which he dragged her body to a brush thicket, about a hundred yards from the house, and her clothes set on fire to cover up the trace of the crime.

The aged woman was left at home while the family of John Griffin, with whom she was living, came to this city. On their return she was missing and search was at once instituted, the neighbors being called in to aid in the hunt. About midnight her body was found, with the clothes all burned off and part of the flesh from the arms and body.

John Griffin, a son of the farmer, is suspected of having committed the crime and is under arrest.

Times Picayune - September 4, 1890
Transcribed and contributed by: Frances Cooley - 2009

Wanted
The undersign, residing at Plattsburg, Mo. wants to hire two able Negro Men, for one year, for whom he will pay the highest price, in cash.
E. M. Harwood, Pittsburg, Sept. 6, 1843

March 3, 1844, Liberty Banner [C. Horton - 0609]