Murder is the willful killing of a human being with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied.
Many of these cases remain unsolved to this day..
After reading these stories, you\'ll be left with more questions than answers.
Find out what happened to: Andrew Anderson who stabbed his wife with a knife
Michael Dowling who almost froze to death in a blizzard
Ole Rogn whose wife fell in a well
Lincoln Parker who murdered his brother-in-law in cold blood
Emanuel Otto, a wealthy farmer, who was poisoned and shot; three men who robbed a bank in Danube
Ed Corey who murdered the woman he loved
Fred Zaske who attacked his wife with an ax
Ed Butcher who shot his daughter while she wrote a letter
Paul Schoepke who had a dispute with his brother about a gun
Joe Williams who beat and robbed a hobo on the railroad tracks
Odin Norby, who embezzled money from his employer
Ottilie Lindeman who attacked her husband with an ax while he slept? These are just a few of the many crimes that took place in Renville County.
This book documents crimes, personal hardships and other struggles, which occurred in Renville County Minnesota from the late 1860s to early 1940s.
Murder was never a bailable offense; the defendant remained in jail until the trial and, if convicted, until his execution.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the most common weapons of death were the ax, gun, knife and poison.
The insanity defense had to show previous notorious acts to demonstrate the irrational behavior of the defendant.
A hundred Years ago, the wildest delusions were not always sufficient to get the prisoner off.
Insanity is a legal and not a medical concept, and can be determined by applying certain legal tests.
Malice indicates the state of mind of the person charged.
Malice includes not only hatred and revenge, but every terrible and unjustifiable motive committed by one person against another.
Murder is the willful killing of a human being with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied
