Crimes

Blood Near Petersburg

BLOOD NEAR PETERSBURG Ironton Register, December 27, 1888 Note from editors: Petersburg is now known as Coal Grove, Ohio. Last Monday night, while the Memorial Church Sunday school, just below...

Texas Hollow Tragedy

Texas Hollow – About 12 o’clock, last Saturday night, W. E. Boothe shot himself dead, after shooting at, with attempt to kill, Mrs. Montgomery, his step mother-in-law and Mrs. Willis, her daughter. This tragedy occurred at Texas Hollow, near the Belfont scales.

Chesapeake, Ohio History

Chesapeake, Ohio, was steeped deep into crimes in the 1940-the 60s. In 1949 Ohio refused to renew a liquor permit for the Club. These crimes were evidently broken up when State Authorities raided both establishments and confiscated about over 40 slot machines. You can read more about these two Gambling Clubs below. The Thacker – Shafer Murder was another horrendous crime that happened in Chesapeake, Ohio.

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