The two men earnestly watch as the turnkey finishes his rounds and then disappears down the corridor leading into the adjacent sheriff’s residence. When the flickering of the guard’s kerosene lantern disappears, the prisoners begin sawing through the iron bars of … Continued
On the night of Thursday, September 13, 1904, Mrs. Adelia C.B. Sweeting—a native of Jackson, Michigan, making the voyage aboard the Western States from Buffalo to Detroit—was jarred awake from a deep slumber by a squeezing sensation around her throat. … Continued
Official Ft. Leavenworth mugshot of Tom Johns, prisoner #826 (reg. no. 475). From a negative in the author’s possession. The original is housed in the National Archives Kansas City depository. Tom Johns (alias Charles Burton), part of an 82-man detail … Continued