A Year of Crime as Reported in the Newspapers of West Tennessee

Bloodshed at St. Louis. The crooked aldermen. The fight at Laredo. Murdered his child to save it from maltreatment. The West TN insane asylum. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 10 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

More on the strikes at East St. Louis. A bloody conflict between Americans and Mexicans. Wife murderer hanged. Cannibalism at sea. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 09 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Riot at East St. Louis. Shot dead by his coachman. A fearful crime. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 08 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Another mystery cleared up. Carrollton Massacre: What Memphis colored ministers say about it. Testing the drummer's privilege tax. And more from The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 07 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Terrible double tragedy, Ida Bennett's story, Mormons in trouble, and more crime news from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 06 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Swindler of women, mysterious disappearance cleared up, the last murder trial letter to the editor, and a bit more crime news from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 04 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bits of crime news from The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 03 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More on the Carrollton massacre and the trial of Emma Norment, plus more from: The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 02 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. AND The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 02 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The conclusion of the Malloy-Lee trial; anarchists plots; fixed tally sheets; bathed in blood; and much more from The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 01 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Strikers arrested; a Coweta yarn; strikers and trains; and much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 31 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More reaction to the Carrollton Massacre; sensational tragedy in Grainger County, TN; double tragedy at Waverly, TN; two men killed in the Alamo, TN, jail; and much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 30 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Military called out at Texarkana; fight with cowboys; fatal quarrel about a board bill; little progress in the Malloy-Lee trial; update on the Carrollton Massacre; and much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 27 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Carrollton lynching and calls for the president to intervene; penitentiary convicts; duel between women; updates on the Broadway Surface Scandal, the Malloy-Lee trial, Alderman Jaehne's situation, and the Manasco-O'Donnell conflict along with much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 26 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Outbreak in St. Louis. Lynched, maybe, in Kentucky. Alderman Jaehne updates. Much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 25 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The impending war between capital and labor. Atrocious attempt at murder. A prison-keeper on trial. Murder at Alamo, TN. Updates on the hissing at Mme. Patti, the Malloy-Lee case, the surrounded murderer in a barn in Nebraska, and the Broadway Road scandal. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 24 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

An update on the NY alderman and the Malloy-Lee trial. Geronimo's surrender. The ways of the wicked. Much more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 23 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Overcoat thief arrested. An Express messenger murdered and his car robbed. Updates on the Rock Island Express robbery, the Broadway scandal, and the Malloy-Lee case. And much more from the: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 20 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. and The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 20 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

50th Episode! Another idiot and a supposed unloaded gun. The Carrollton horror. Tennessee sensation. Texas bridge burners. Education for Indians. Plus more from the: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 19 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

One of the most cold-blooded murders. Outrages in Ireland. The Graham murder case. The Rock Island Express robbery update. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 18 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. This episode reminds us of our long history of abuse and demonization of people of color. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Escaped on a technicality. Killed by his step-son. One of the Joliet Express robbers captured. More news about the Rock Island robbery. The Boston conspiracy case. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 17 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stonewall Jackson's war horse. Rock Island Express robbery. Labor trouble at Kentucky mine. Judge Reid was wrong. Assassinated in the street. And more from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 16 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Parr for sheriff. The convict farm condition. A ghastly spectacle. The Payne investigation. Much more from: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 13 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. and The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 13 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Convict labor. Norfolk Navy Yard Troubles. Wholesale Poisoning. Sneezed Himself to Death. Murdered by Her Lover. With this Finger I Thee Wed. Sources: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 12 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 12 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Excitement over the Williams shooting, murder at New Orleans, supposed he is a murderer. Attempted assassination attempt on Jules Verne. More about the Sells murders. Much more crime news for 11 Mar 1886 from the Memphis Appeal. Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 11 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Horrible double murder. Keeping the convicts in hot water. Found dead in her room. Crimes of the Archer Gang. Cowardly assault on an officer. And the Parsons Trial verdict. Plus much more from The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 10 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Died of his wounds. Mormon women protest infringement on their "rights." Quadruple murder. The fight against convict labor. Duel to the death. And much more.* Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 09 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. *Please note that I mistakenly date this episode during the podcast as 7 Mar 1886. The correct date for these articles is 9 Mar 1886. My apologies for any confusion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Girl caught in boy's clothes! A fearful explosion. Clearing up a mystery. The dark and bloody. The Nashville murders. The Holland trial verdict. Sources: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 06 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 06 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A plucky young girl transports a prisoner (could she be the first female to perform police work?); trouble on the Mexican border; a Missouri tragedy; strikers conflict; assassinated in his own home; the Graham tragedy; and they did not eat him raw from: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 05 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. and The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 05 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Postmaster rifling the mails; daring robbery; fight for a "mascot;" the killing of Tom Davis, and more from: Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.), 04 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. and The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 04 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More about the Holland Trial, the Highgate Trial, a (drunk) police lieutenants shot, social equality questions, fatal family feud, fire and attempted murder in Jackson, buried alive, and much more from The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 03 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

John McCullough's brain, wife murder and suicide (twice), The Holland Trial, cut his throat from ear to ear, kidnapped his own daughter, anti-polygamy bill, the "Pig Laws*," and much more crime reporting Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 02 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. *Pig laws levied harsh sentences for stealing farm animals and were applied predominately to Blacks during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era.

Bulldozing an editor, preacher arrested for forgery, the Cincinnati police cases, more on the Mississippi penitentiary scandal, and City News Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 28 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Desperate and cranky; no alcohol for teachers; revenue officers make a big raid; robbing orphans a mob foiled; a man twice convicted, once sentenced to be hanged, and finally acquitted Source: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 27 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More news about the Mississippi penitentiary scandal, attempted train wrecking, two fighting dentists, and more Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 26 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The incredible stories of hotel thieves efforts to silently steal from sleeping guests and of human wolves Source: Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.), 25 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Arson in Jackson, families poisoned, horrible wife murders, jail bird captured, follow-ups on the Thayer mutiny and the stolen horses Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 23 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More news about the Presley-Brigham situation, governor of Mississippi charged with grave mismanagement of the penitentiary, State Supreme Court rules on three murder cases, and an infamous scandal Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 21 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Counterfeiting, lynchings, thieves, and murderers from The Milan Exchange and The Memphis Appeal. Language advisory Sources: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 20 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 20 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On February 19, 1886, West Tennesseans were reading about the bunko robbery, a drunken women who tried to throw her children under a train, the police having the drop on an outlaw, a women choked to death by her husband, a shocking tragedy and a very serious robbery. Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 19 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Crime news from the Savannah Courier and the Memphis Appeal for 18 Feb 1886* include the story of the most expert counterfeiter and his ties to Abraham Lincoln, polygamists convicted, a mob in Louisiana, cured of lunacy, desperation and hunger, barn burner captured, the Greenbush Holocaust, and the fatal ending of a drunken orgie. Sources: Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.), 18 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 18 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. *Episode date corrected from 17 Feb 1886 to 18 Feb 1886 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Thayer Mutiny, illicit distillery, burglars mix business with pleasure, stolen horses, a pair of fiends, murdered for a dollar, and much more Language advisory Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 16 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Murder in Cotton Plant, a big embezzlement, and a mixed couple living openly sparks investigation Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 14 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Law & Order League, husband-murderer, presidential pardon, double attempt at suicide, capture of a wild-cat still Source: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 13 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lottery swindle, whipping post law, horrible wife-murder, a clever forgery, killed over a kiss, and food frauds. Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 12 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dynamite, Broadway scandal, riots in Seattle and Atlanta, horrible buzz saw death, stones falling on pedestrians, depravity in Chicago, and much more. Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 11 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The ways of a wicked rabbi; embezzlement, murder, gambling, moonshiners, safe crackers; a riot; mob lynchings; seduction and betrayal Beware: Language and graphic descriptions of violence Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 10 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Arnold Murderers, lumber dealer killed by train, anti-Chinese sentiment in Wyoming, coincidental deaths, The Devil spotted in Millersburg, juvenile delinquency, a swindler retired, a divorcee caned on the street, police brutality allegation. For the sake of just plain weird, did you know that you can get rabies from a snake? All of this and more in A Year of Crime as Reported in the Newspapers of West Tennessee for 9th of February 1886. Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 09 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mayor Stone deals with a mad dog, misbehaving at public entertainments, and other crimes; sentenced to 20 years for murder; Vicar murdered by an insane butcher; shot for abusing his family; murder-suicide by poison; advocating for murderous revolution; a lynch mob Source: The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.), 06 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Murdered by his mistress, a sensational stabbing in Chattanooga, forgery, Oklahoma land swindle, conspiracy, breach of promise, self-cremation, Geronimo's surrender, a strange disease, and more Source: 17. The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 05 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

J. Wilkes Booth's widow and kids, burning $40k, allegations that Bell did not invent the telephone, robbers, insanity, wrong man murdered, and much more. Sources Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.), 04 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. AND The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 04 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

J. C. Tunnell was a tippler and Jesse James made a court appearance. A wife's leg was pawned for whiskey. Police shakedowns. A bomb planted in Nashville. Sisters act on their suicide pact. Murder and suicide in a Chicago bagnio. An attorney cuts a judge's throat. Please remember to like and subscribe. Thank you for indulging me in this project. I appreciate you listening. Sources: The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.), 03 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. AND The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 03 Feb. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app