UNIDENTIFIED: October 9, 1893 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On October 9, 1893, skeletal remains were found in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania near Wildwood. Two men hunting hops in a wooded area overgrown with brush would find the remains. That area was rarely used because of the brush. It was obvious that the man's body had been left there. He was lying straight with his arms by his sides. It was believed that he had been murdered around 6 months before. 

John Doe was believed to be around 40 years old. He was around 5'7" and 160 lbs. There was nothing left at the scene to identify him. 

I assume that in these news articles, they were the same remains as the areas are almost 10 miles apart and found on the same day. The remains were likely brought to Sharpsburg to be buried because they were a bigger community. I could be wrong though. 


SOURCES:
Find A Grave

Pittsburg Press October 10, 1893

Butler Citizen October 13, 1893

UNIDENTIFIED: May 24, 1893 Hampton, Minnesota Unknown Man

 On May 24, 1893, the body of a man was found in Afton Doffings Granary in Hampton, Minnesota. It was believed that he was a tramp who went into the building for shelter but ended up getting sick and dying. He was buried in the Potters Field of Lakeside Cemetary in Hastings, Minnesota. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

Murder of Charles Nash

 In 1892 22-year-old Silas Nash was angry with his father 57-year-old Charles Nash. Charles was refusing to subdivide his land like Silas wanted. On December 24, 1892, Silas decided to take his father's life. He would butcher his father with an ax while he lay in his bed.

Silas would be found guilty of the murder and was set to hang. His counsel moved for an appeal, but it was overruled. On February 24, 1893, Silas would hang at the Buckingham Courthouse.

SOURCES:

Legal Executions in Deleware, The District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia pg 91

The Times Jan 12, 1893

Highland Recorder Jan. 20, 1893

Brutal Unsolved Murder of Annie Wiese

On August 26, 1893, 20-year-old Anna "Annie" Wiese was over at Aurthur Hill's home in the Vienna Township, where they both lived. The two were friends and she left the home around 10 p.m. and walked home in the bright moonlight. Someone was hiding in the shadows and took their chance to attack her. 

The person or persons who attacked her both clubbed her around the head, stabbed her several times in the breast in back, and slit her throat almost decapitating her. She fought back and was able to grab a tuft of hair from her assailant. Her screams were heard by her employer's family who lived nearby.

He and his son ran out to save whoever was screaming. When they got to the area she had stopped screaming, but she made a groan and it helped them find her. Unfortunately, she was dead by the time they found her. The killer had fled by the time they reached her.

There were a few suspects in this case. Those include her former boyfriend, her would-be boyfriend, and a woman who despised her. 

They soon arrested the young man that was seeing her. He was working as a farmhand in Pocahontas county, and there was resistance from the community he was living. He went through and they soon released him. 

Emily Bennet was a neighbor who despised Annie and believed that she was trying to seduce her husband Cyrus and son Arthur. It was known she hated her. She was taken to trial but was acquitted of the crime. It's believed that if the science for solving the crime was better that Emily would have been convicted. 

SOURCES:
Iowa Cold Cases

Find A Grave
Sioux City Journal