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CONTENT: A quick claim deed for property in Plymouth County, Iowa, filled out by Charles H. Miller and Margaret J. Miller to James R. Day in the State of Iowa. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian trader, legislator and United States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall. The collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting of Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder. The collection also contains 91 photographs depicting trading posts and eastern Arizona scenes. Physical Description

Quit Claim deed from Albert Hammer Lawrence to Samuel E. Day for land in Plymouth County, Iowa for one dollar.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) arrived in Arizona in 1883 to survey extensions to eastern and southern boundaries of the Navajo reservation for the federal government. At the time his wife, Anna, and their three boys Sam, Jr. (1889-1944), Charles Day (1879-1918) and William remained in Colorado. The family joined Sam, Sr. in Arizona, where they staked out a homestead at Cienaga (Sinagee). He was elected to the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1906 and served two terms in the Arizona House. From 1920 until his death in 1925 he held the post of United States Indian Commissioner.

CONTENT: Quit Claim Deed for thirty dollars from Rebecca Osborn with the law firm of Lewis Osborn for land in Plymouth County, Iowa. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) arrived in Arizona in 1883 to survey extensions to eastern and southern boundaries of the Navajo reservation for the federal government. At the time his wife, Anna, and their three boys Sam, Jr. (1889-1944), Charles Day (1879-1918) and William remained in Colorado. The family joined Sam, Sr. in Arizona, where they staked out a homestead at Cienaga (Sinagee). He was elected to the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1906 and served two terms in the Arizona House. From 1920 until his death in 1925 he held the post of United States Indian Commissioner.

Front Cover -- True Crime From Wharncliffe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Garibaldi and the Rubber Gloves - Worcester -- Chapter 2 The Gentleman who Murdered his Mother - Upton Snodsbury -- Chapter 3 Death to the Vicar! - Oddingley -- Chapter 4 Murder on the Christian Shores - Stourport-on-Severn -- Chapter 5 Death of a Hop-picker - Kidderminster -- Chapter 6 Who Put Bella in the Wych-elm? - Hagley -- Chapter 7 Calling Inspector Foyle - Lickey End, Near Bromsgrove -- Chapter 8 The Flitch of Bacon Murder - Foxlydiate, Near Redditch -- Chapter 9 Murdered on Active Duty - Wythall, Near Alvechurch -- Chapter 10 The Lovers' Pact - Redditch and Northfield -- Chapter 11 Friends and Enemies - Evesham -- Chapter 12 The Brothers Grim - Wood Norton, Near Evesham -- Chapter 13 Massacre of the Innocents - Severn Stoke, Near Upton-on-Severn -- Bibliography

Heroic Women of the West -- Mrs. Howe -- Mrs. Neff -- Mrs. Porter -- Mrs. Clendenen -- The Wife and Daughters of Daniel Boone -- The War-Woman Creek -- Elizabeth Zane -- Mrs. Cunningham -- Mrs. Bland and Mrs. Polk -- Massy Herbeson -- Mrs. White -- Mrs. Duree -- Mrs. Rowan -- Miss Heckewelder -- Mrs. Tackett, the Captive -- Mrs. Merril -- The Escape of Mrs. Coleman -- The Sisters Fleming -- Mrs. Parker and Daughter -- Experience Bozarth -- A Heroine without a Name -- Mrs. Ruhama Builderback -- The Widow Scraggs -- Mrs. Wood -- The Captivity of Jane Brown and Her Family -- Heroism of Women at Bryant's Station -- Mrs. Helm, the Heroine of Chicago -- Mrs. Pursley -- Mary Hart -- A Young Heroine -- Mrs. Daviess -- Mary Chase -- Mrs. Dorion -- Wonderful Fortitude of Female Emigrants -- Miss Washburn -- The Hunter's Wife -- Mrs. Jordan's Captivity -- Captivity and Sufferings of the Gilbert Family -- The Eventful Shot.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Richmond and Kingston: A Brief History -- Chapter 2: Death to the Aristocrats, 1812 -- Chapter 3: Did Dr Smethurst Murder his Wife? 1859 -- Chapter 4: A Crime of Lunacy, 1861 -- Chapter 5: Murder or Suicide? 1872 -- Chapter 6: A Pauper's Death, 1877 -- Chapter 7: Murdered and Chopped Up, 1879 -- Chapter 8: Murdered Whilst on Duty, 1881 -- Chapter 9: The Major and his Wayward Son, 1888 -- Chapter 10: The First Fred West, 1894 -- Chapter 11: A Suicide Pact, 1905 -- Chapter 12: An Accountant's Deadly Reckoning, 1927 -- Chapter 13: Murder in the Park (1), 1927 -- Chapter 14: Murder in the Park (2), 1931 -- Chapter 15: Albert Hadfield, Guilty or Not Guilty? 1936 -- Chapter 16: A Middle-Class Murder, 1937 -- Chapter 17: A Jeweller's Demise, 1938 -- Chapter 18: The Second Death on Kingston Hill, 1939 -- Chapter 19: Why did Jack Martin Commit Matricide? 1948 -- Chapter 20: The Teddington Towpath Murders, 1953 -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography.

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CHAPTER 13 -- Three Unsolved Killings 1901, 1873 and 1888Anne Todd; Joseph Cowling; Elizabeth Oliver; CHAPTER 14 -- Nine Suicides 1881-1924; James Henry Walker; Richard Simpson; Robert Reginald Rigby; Cornelius Horton; John Henry Emes; Edward McMahon; Dr Arthur William Stone; William Crapper; Annie Foster; CHAPTER 15 -- He Killed His Wife with a Razor 1908; Bibliography; Index