Murder in Harvey County, Kansas

CONNECTIONS WITH HARVEY COUNTY

Harvey County law enforcement officials have occasionally been involved in capturing accused murderers who have moved to, or who are passing through, Harvey County.  Risking their lives they have confronted potentially dangerous men in justice to the victims in other States.  Harvey County has been connected to murders elsewhere in other ways, and these stories are included here as well.

This page is dedicated to the memory of those who were murdered in other areas but who are directly connected to Harvey County in one way or another..

Andra Raye Smithhart

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...

Thomas Moore (William Light)

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...

Thomas Calton Smith

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...

William T. Cate

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...