1871-09: These newspaper excerpts from 1871-1878 chronicle several violent incidents in Newton, Kansas. We first look at a domestic dispute where Bill Dow was shot by Lottie Foster. Separate reports document suicide attempts, one by a German woman using chloroform and another by two women at a dance house who took poison. Most extensively, multiple sources recount the murder of Assistant City Marshal Carlos King by Thomas Edwards at a dance hall in September 1871. Later articles reveal the posthumous controversy surrounding King’s death, with his widow and attorney facing arrest for allegedly defrauding the government by claiming his death was service-related to secure a pension.
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