In a perfect world, parents are supposed to provide guidance and protection. But we don’t live in a perfect world. In 1901, two people had to deal with awful situations caused by their parents in Indiana. Sources Daughter Shot Him. The Star Press, 2/19/1901 Shot By His Daughter. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 2/19/1901 Daughter Not …
Mary Singer was dead, hacked to death by an ax-wielding assailant. It was a sudden and violent end, and the circumstances and motivations behind the slaying were rather bizarre. It’s hard to say how Mary’s son, Harry, handled the news of his mother’s death. In March of 1935, he was incarcerated at the Indiana State Reformatory. …
Charles Clark stood by himself at his daughter’s home in Kokomo, Indiana. There were things that weighed heavily on him, and he had come to a serious conclusion, perhaps the most serious that he would ever come to. He looked down at the bottle in his hand, and knew what he had to …
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