by Darren McMannis | Sep 6, 2006 | Murder, Murderers Caught Here
Double Murder-Suicide Wichita police report a man killed two people last night and then turned the gun on himself. Police believe 27-year-old Charles Hankerson killed nineteen-year-old Jesus Talavera and Andra Smithhart, a woman in her thirties. He then shot himself...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 1, 1898 | Murder, Murderers Caught Here
Murderer Captured Newton, Kans., July 1 – Thomas Moore, alias William Light, a negro, wanted in Dyersburg, Tenn., for murder in the first degree, was captured Tuesday morning at Halstead. Moore came to Halstead about two weeks ago, and soon after obtained work in the...
by Darren McMannis | Nov 3, 1892 | Murderers Caught Here
This shooting affray was first reported to have happened near Newton. As it turned out, it actually happened on a railroad car near the Oklahoma (Indian Territory)/Texas line. The railroad car was brought into Newton for repair which led to the original report, and...
by Darren McMannis | Sep 14, 1882 | Murderers Caught Here
The Taylors One Of The Tennessee Murderers in Limbo. He was Arrested at Newton and is Now in the Emporia Jail. The News mentioned last week that a man named Taylor, who had been working for T.N. Dixon, near Plymouth, Lyon County, Kansas, while under the influence of...
