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  • Case File: Brown, Carrie née Montgomery (1891)

    Case File: Brown, Carrie née Montgomery (1891)

    Description Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim  Brown, Carrie née Montgomery 1834-1891  aka “Old Shakespeare”, prostitute Suspects  Francis, George “Frenchy No. 1” x  “might pass for Greek or Italian; rather tall, thin, and dark. Does not tally very well with the man described by Mary Minister called Nicolo”. Later determined to only be a witness… Read more

  • Case File: Tabram, Martha née White (1888)

    Case File: Tabram, Martha née White (1888)

    Martha Tabram is widely considered, but still hotly debated, to be the first victim of the infamous “Jack the Ripper”. Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim  Tabram, Martha née White aka Turner 1849-1888  x Suspects  “Jack the Ripper” ?  unidentified Family of Victim  Tabram, Berta née Seifert 1878-?  daughter-in-law; after Martha’s death  Tabram, Charles Henry… Read more

  • Case File: Breitwieser, Charles Albert (1907)

    Case File: Breitwieser, Charles Albert (1907)

    One day in 1907, a man walks into a bar on a routine work round and is thrown into a coma, never to awake again.  He was “the best man in the world”, according to his wife and young son.  Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim  Breitwieser, Charles Albert 1876-1907  bludgeoned with a billiards que… Read more

  • Case File: Conroy, Kate née Grundt (1896)

    Case File: Conroy, Kate née Grundt (1896)

    Killed by her husband in their basement apartment. Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim  Conroy, Catharine Grundt/Grant “Kate” 1870-1896  Wife and Mother Suspects  Conroy, Francis Charles “Frank” 1855-1897  Husband and Father, killed his wife Family of Victim  Conroy, Ethel 1891-?  2nd daughter of Frank and Kate Conroy  Conroy, Margaret Grant 1890-?  1st daughter of Frank… Read more

  • Case File: Halliday, Paul (1893)

    Case File: Halliday, Paul (1893)

    Description Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim  Halliday, Paul 1823-1893  x Suspects  McNally, Lizzie 1860-1918  x Family of Victim  Ellen x  first wife  Halliday, James born 1859  4th son  Halliday, John 1851-1891  2nd son and also a victim  Halliday, Mary born 1854  1st daughter  Halliday, Margaret E. born 1864  2nd daughter  Halliday, Paul Jr 1857-1919… Read more

  • Case File: Haley, Lucy née Conn (1930)

    Case File: Haley, Lucy née Conn (1930)

    Lucy was born in 1886 in Knox County, Missouri to George Conn and Anna Easter but seems to have grown up in the town of Kahoka in Clark County, Missouri.  She was the fourth of six children, her siblings being Docia “Dossie” (1879), Cora (1881), John Isaac (1883), Robey George (1888), and Eunice (1893). In… Read more