Tag: Ohio
Ohio Undertaker Used a Corpse as a Business Sample
Mr. Pearce, an undertaker in Ardmore, Ohio, believed his work deserved to be seen. After all, shoemakers displayed their shoes, tailors hung their finest garments…
Teen Locked in Freight Car by Jokers Found Frozen and Starving
What began as a cruel joke nearly cost a teenage boy his life. Seventeen-year-old James Fry was locked inside a freight car at Peru, Indiana,…
20 Ohio Miners Found Dead Behind Makeshift Wall in Gas-Filled Mine
The handwritten message found deep inside the smoke-blackened mine offered rescuers one last reason to hope: “Twenty men are in this room.” For days back…
Thunderstorm Wakes Girl Just in Time to Save Chloroformed Father
A violent thunderstorm may have saved a Cleveland man’s life in July 1905. In the early morning hours, burglars broke into the home of Melville…
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns During Evening Swim in Nimishillen Creek
A summer evening swim in Nimishillen Creek ended in tragedy for 16-year-old Royal W. Tebay. He and his companion, Clayton W. Hines, had gone to…
Armed Robbers Terrorize Elmira in Deadly Early Morning Raid
Elmira, Ohio, was thrown into terror in the early hours of the morning when a gang of heavily armed robbers swept into town and turned…
West Farmington Banker Found Murdered
Some crimes arrive in the newspaper almost stripped bare, leaving behind only a few terrible details and a great deal of silence. The 1906 murder…
14 Men Killed in Canton When Seven Boilers Exploded at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
In Canton, Ohio, 1910, a battery of seven boilers at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company suddenly blew apart. The plant was left in…
Joyride Ends in Death on Ohio Rails
In the early 1900s, railroad tracks were among the most dangerous places a person could be. Trains moved with tremendous force, often at speeds that…
15-Month-Old Child Drowns in Washtub in Agosta
A tragic accident occurred in Agosta one afternoon in 1907 when the 15-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dall drowned in a washtub. Despite…
