Criminal and Court Cases and Legal History of Decatur County, Iowa

 
Pioneer Courts in Decatur County
Decatur County Sheriffs
Decatur County Jail
A
ALLEN, Harry, murder victim
Dekalb, 1904
ALLEN, W. T.
Long Creek Twp.
 
B
BANKS, Carl, bigamist
Lamoni, 1901
BELLAMY Estate Trial
Lamoni, 1901
BINNING, Burleigh
Acquitted of Murder, 1911
BOZARTH, Frank
Davis City, 1896
BROWN, Mr. J. N., robbery victim
Davis City, 1893
BURTON, Joe, murder trial
Leon, 1877
BUELL, Enoch
Davis City
C
CARLIN, Mrs. W. H.
assault & battery, Weldon, 1903
CARR, Miss Ima
Leon, 1905
Walter CASE, moonshiner
Westerville, 1926
CHERRY vs SULLIVAN
paternity suit
CLARK, Mrs. Minnow (HILL)
1904 arson case
 
CLARK ~ MULLEN ~ SMITH ~ STILL
Leon street fight, 1904
Cow Case of 1903
GORSUCH v WILEY
COCHRAN, Freeman, hanged
Bethany MO, 1899
CREES/WELDON
arrested 1901, Grand River
CREES, John, jail break
Grand River, 1906
CROFFORD, Dr. J. W., 1902
CULVER Clothing Store Robbed
Garden Grove, 1894
Court Cases,   1917 Court Docket, early 1800's
Court Docket, 1904 Court Docket, 1905 Court Docket, 1917
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DANCER & GRIFFIN Cases
adultery & lewdness, 1900
DARRAH Brothers Fight
near Humeston, 1901
DEVILBLISS Case
Leon, 1900
DOOLEY ~ WILKIE
Morgan Twp.
DOSS, McGUIRE, WILSON
sent to reform school, 1905
 
E
EDWARDS, John
Grand River, 1903
EDWARDS v SCOTT
1900 child custody suit
EGLEY, Samuel, murder victim
J. W. KLING, shooter, Kellerton, 1904
ELLSTON, Ernest
destruction of U.S. mailboxes, 1906
ELSTON, Sid, Fined, 1899
EMLEY, bootlegger arrested
Grand River, 1904
F
FARMER girl
Sentencing, 1903
FRY vs FRY
G
"The Gang" Broken Up
Grand River, 1905
GARRET, Libbie, Coroner's Inquest
Leon, 1906
Grand River Bank Robbed
1912
GORDON, Josiah, death
Woodland Twp., 1905
GRAHAM MURDER GRENAWALT Store burglary
Garden Grove, 1905
GRIFFITH, John W.
1876 forgery, Leon
GRIMES, John, Disgraceful Row
Davis City, 1897
 
H
HALSTEAD Estate Law Suit
Davis City, 1896
HOLZER, A. E., assaulted
Lineville, 1900
HUKILL Acquitted
Grand River, 1894
HAMM, Jesse, disappearance
Kellerton, 1896
HAMILTON, France & Sam
Disgraceful Row, Davis City, 1897
HAMILTON, Francis
murders cousin, Davis City, 1909
HARRIS & McNELLEY, Life Sentences
Davis City, 1938
HARRIS v STANLEY,
Paternity & Estate, Decatur City, 1902
HASBROUK'S Store, robbery
Humeston, 1893
Harris & McNelley
POISON wasn't FAST ENOUGH
HART, Alexander C.
suicide, Lamoni, 1906
HENDERSON Brothers
Pleasanton, 1903
HATFIELD, Clarence E.
murdered, 1901
HEDRICK, Mrs. Laura J. Trial
Grand River, 1896
HOGUE Brothers, larceny
Leon, 1894
HILL v MILLSAP
adoption proceedings, 1900
Hog Thieves
SALSMAN'S Farm, Lamoni, 1917
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Impersonating Officers
ALLEN, HAMILTON, HARP
Davis City, 1896

J
JUDD v LUSE
Leon, 1894

K
KANTER, William
home vandalized, Leon, 1904
KINDRED, Peter,
Davis City shooting, 1898
KLING, J. W., shooter
Samuel EGLY, victim, Kellerton, 1904
   
L
Lamoni Bank Robbery
LEE, Fred and Jake
Court incident
Leon Robbery
Treasurer's Office, 1877
LEWIS, Mrs. Peter Shoots Husband
Leon, 1904
   
M
McCORMICK v ACTON
Hamilton Twp., 1897
McGOVERN v PARR, paternity suit
Garden Grove, 1896
McGEE, Mrs. Emma C., vagrancy
Leon, 1896
McGUIRE v RICHARDSON, defamation
Decatur County, 1896
MINNEAR v CB&Q Railroad
Personal Injury Suit, 1904
MOORE, Timothy
attempted murder, Leon, 1892
prison release, 1896
MUNYON v Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Leon, 1902
 
N
NEGLEY v SHOTTS, paternity suit
Decatur Co., 1897
 
O
Onion Case, S. D. VAIL
Garden Grove, 1894
OVERHOLTZER, Geo., murders wife
Van Wert, 1906
 
P
PAGE, Mrs. Mabel GAULTER
& daughter Blanche VAUGHN
attempted murder, 1912
POLSON, Martin, Released, 1873
PRICE, George H., convicted
rape & incest, 1903
Princeton Reunion Shooting, 1906
McHARGUE ~ TRENT
PUGH, Charles Trial
Illegal Liquor Sales, 1906
 
     
R
RICHARDS, Windsor
Rape case
   
S
SELLER, Frank, Arrested
Decatur City, 1903
SHERMAN, Mrs. C. W.
On The War Path in Leon, 1901
SPICER "Elopment"
Leon & Davis City, 1896
Stolen Child, Lamoni, 1893

STONE, Wilson, stolen harness
Hamilton Twp., 1895
STUTEVILLE, Mollie, Kills Her Lover
Pleasanton, 1904
State of Iowa v Frank SUTHERLIN,
rape case, 1900
T
Terre Haute Murder
LAMB ~ JOHNSON, 1874
THOMPSON, Dr. S. C.
County Treasurer embezzler
TULLIS, O.E., Home Robbed
Leon, 1904
Two Thieves Caught, 1894
   
W
WALTERS Family Shooting, 1904
WICKS Shot, 1895
WILLIAMS, Ted Shot, 1905
WIRTZ, John
incest case, 1904
Woman Horse Thief
Leon, 1900
WOODARD Murder Case
Leon, 1900
Y
YOUNG, Ed, Goes to Prison
DeKalb, 1905
Z
ZORNES, Bertha M. (HENDRICKSON)
Murder Case, DeKalb 910-12
Defendants: Clarence & Hugh TEALE, Ed, Tom & Roy YOUNG
 
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