Juan Guerra

Teen’s Body Found Near Halstead The body of a Newton teen-ager was found at 11:30 a.m. Monday at a secluded location on the shore of the Little Arkansas River about 2 miles northwest of Halstead, said Harvey County Sheriff Galen Morford.  Morford identified the body...

Orion Duncan

Young Man Has A Tragic Death Orion Duncan Found Dead With Bullet Wound in Temple.  Case is Mystifying.  Facing Bright Prospects he Was to Be Married in June. A gloom of sadness has been cast on many homes and the sympathy of the community is extended to Mr. and Mrs....

Jacob Sadowski Jr.

Seek Key To Mystery In Newton Boy’s Death Another chapter to a mystery that has baffled the citizens and officers of Harvey County since last Thanksgiving Day, was opened today when a $600 reward was offered for the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered...

Tom Dak Kim

Find Body Of Chinaman The body of Tom Dak Kin, a Chinese, his head nearly severed from his body by a great gash which extended from ear to ear, was found under the carpenter shops in the Santa Fe yards here this afternoon (January 15, 1912).  The body had been pushed...

J. Clark Miller

Officer’s Pistol Used Last Night At half past two o’clock this afternoon information from Axtell Hospital is to the effect that Mr. Miller is resting easy.  However, the authorities in charge gave practically no hope for his recovery.  With a bullet wound entirely...

Cherokee Dan Hicks

Cherokee Dan was a buffalo hunter referred to in the newspapers of the day as a “half-breed” was often drunk and “shooting up the town.”  One evening he was standing across the street from the Bull’s Head Saloon, between 4th and 5th streets in Newton, and decided to...