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Episodes tagged "Crime/Violence": 31 through 40 of 422

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  1. Murder of Geographic Proportions
    date June 25, 1897 to November 8, 1897map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Crime/Violence, Geography

    What is more interesting than a story that involves a jealous love triangle that results in the murder of a man and the arrest of another who has been betrayed by a friend and lover? It is the realization that this is not a plot line for a fictional soap opera, but a real account that occurred in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1897. Martin Thorn and William Guidensuppe were both competing...

  2. Riot Turns Macbeth Performance into Real Tragedy
    date May 10, 1849map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Crime/Violence, Urban Society

    On the night of May 10, 1849 a riot erupted at the Astor Place Theater in New York City. Leading up to the riot, there had been a rivalry between the English actor Edward Macready and the American actor Edwin Forrest. Baker wrote that this rivalry began when Forrest believed that Macready sabotaged his recent tour of England. The nativist trend in the United States at the time did not help Macready's...

  3. "Northerner's Reaction to Lincoln's Assassination"
    date April 16, 1885map DUTCHESS, New Yorktags Crime/Violence, Politics

    Benjamin Stouffer lived in Poughkeepsie, New York and attended school at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865. In a letter back to his family in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, he described the feelings he had, and the reaction of the town concerning the unexpected death of the beloved president. In the letter Stouffer writes that he did not know what to do when he heard...

  4. Creek Trouble With Americanization
    date 1797map Southwest Territory, Southwest Territorytags Creeks, Crime/Violence

    A letter from Tennessee Governor John Sevier from 1797 emphasizes the tension between the Cherokee nation and white settlers. We begin to see retaliation from the Cherokee people who have become untrusting of White people. The attempt of whites to gain a sense of trust from the Cherokees is also evident. The Cherokees were very protective of their tribal lands, and after the murder...

  5. Burnside Rationalizes his moves at Fredericksburg
    date December 17, 1862map SPOTSYLVANIA, Virginiatags War, Crime/Violence, Politics

    General Ambrose E. Burnside, the newly appointed Commander of the Army of the Potomac, was regarded by General O. O. Howard as distrusting himself with the position, but was eventually persuaded to accept it. Along with the position came the responsibility for a plan of action that would differ from the failed plans of General George B. McLellan. It turned out that Burnside's plan of campaign was...

  6. Abolitionist Flogged for Allegedly Selling Pamphlets
    date August 3, 1833 to August 9, 1833map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Slavery, Race Relations, Crime/Violence

    Amos Dresser, a student at Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, left the college after a ban on an anti-slavery society and traveled through the upper south selling bibles. While travelling through Nashville, Tennessee, Dresser took his carriage to a local shop for repairs. A workman rummaging through the carriage found a store of anti-slavery letters, books and pamphlets. According to Dresser,...

  7. Legend of the Lafitte Brothers at 941 Bourbon Street
    date 1810 to 1823map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Crime/Violence, Economy, Law, Slavery, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Once upon a time, two pirate brothers lived in the cottage at 941 Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although it may seem outlandish, the strength of this local legend about the Lafitte brothers, Pierre and Jean, persists to this day. The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, as well as The National Historic Landmarks Program, describe the structure on Bourbon Street as being built...

  8. Railroad Ruckus
    date January 30, 1895map HAWKINS, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On an ordinary day in Rogersville the Southern Railway train, run by Conductor Shell, pulled into the station to unload its cargo of flour and take on the next load of lumber. Lewis Boyd, a black man, hopped up into the car to help unload the flour. As he removed the sacks of flour from the car, he happened to throw some of them to the ground. Conductor Shell reprimanded Boyd for his carelessness and...

  9. More than Just Dancing at the Ball
    date April, 1862map LAFOURCHE, Louisianatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Arts/Leisure, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Every year the Fearn plantation threw a ball in honor of the magnitude of work that had been done the year prior. The slaves put much effort into the night to make it the happiest of times. Slaves on the plantation looked forward to the ball each year. This year the ball fell on a beautiful night. The Fearns were the last to leave for the ball. As they followed the path to get there, a large slave...

  10. A Near Miss
    date November 25, 1892map MARION, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations

    George Dawson, a white man, was murdered in the town of Jasper, TN. Sheriff Rogers of Jasper had in his custody the three men believed to be responsible for the murder: Floyd Woodlee, John Turner, and Cal Collins. In fact, Woodlee was the only man who confessed to the act. Sheriff Rogers was keeping the men in the county jail until such time as their trial could take place. However, a mob surrounded...

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