2 Mar 1886

John McCullough's brain, wife murder and suicide (twice), The Holland Trial, cut his throat from ear to ear, kidnapped his own daughter, anti-polygamy bill, the "Pig Laws*," and much more crime reporting

Source: The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.), 02 March 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

*Pig laws levied harsh sentences for stealing farm animals and were applied predominately to Blacks during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era.