Ellsworth, Kan. (1911)
Oct. 6, 1912, William Showman, his wife, and three other family
members were murdered with an ax, perhaps as revenge by Charles Marzyek, who
had been convicted of stealing grain, in part based on evidence provided by
William. [1]
Later accounts blamed a Bohemian who had
registered in a local hotel as the imaginatively named “John Smith,” and left a
blood-stained shirt behind.[2]
Category: Residential non-family.
Suicide: No.
Cause: revenge
Weapon: ax. [3]
[1] “Think
One Man Did Three Jobs,” Democratic
Banner [Mt. Vernon, Ohio], Oct. 20, 1911, 1; “Brutal Killings Laid at His
Door,” Time-Dispatch [Richmond, Va.],
Oct. 19, 19122, 1.
[2] “Posse
on Trail of Butcher,” Chickasha Daily
Express [Chickasha, Indian Terr.], Oct. 19, 1911, 1.
[3] “Think
One Man Did Three Jobs,” Democratic
Banner [Mt. Vernon, Ohio], Oct. 20, 1911, 1; “Brutal Killings Laid at His
Door,” Time-Dispatch [Richmond, Va.],
Oct. 19, 19122, 1.
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