Some speculative crimes that may be by the same killer. Three crimes are described, the murder of the interracial Casaway family in San Antonio, TX; the Hills in Ardenwald, OR; and the Cobles in Rainier, WA.
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San Antonio
“Claims he is innocent,” Austin American-Statesman, August 14, 1911.
“Five in family killed while asleep,” San Antonio Express, March 23, 1911.
“House in which tragedy occurred appears gloomy,” San Antonio Express, March 25, 1911...
Some speculative crimes that may be by the same killer. Three crimes are described, the murder of the interracial Casaway family in San Antonio, TX; the Hills in Ardenwald, OR; and the Cobles in Rainier, WA.
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San Antonio
“Claims he is innocent,” Austin American-Statesman, August 14, 1911.
“Five in family killed while asleep,” San Antonio Express, March 23, 1911.
“House in which tragedy occurred appears gloomy,” San Antonio Express, March 25, 1911.
“M'Williams held in jail,” Houston Post, August 17, 1911.
“Mystery deepens,” Victoria Daily Advocate, March 27, 1911.
Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States (1908).
“Person crazed,” Victoria Daily Advocate, April 1, 1911.
Ruby B. Casaway. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134658370/ruby-b_-casaway
“Says he killed Casaway family,” Victoria Daily Advocate, May 30, 1911.
“Texas news,” Austin American-Statesman, August 10,1911.
“Two brothers located,” San Antonio Express, March 31, 1911.
“White suspected,” Victoria Daily Advocate, March 25, 1911.
“With a smiling face defendant hears evidence,” San Antonio Express, August 15, 1911.
Ardenwald
“A reign of terror at Ardenwald,” Salem Capital Journal, June 16, 1911.
“Attorneys admit Harvey employed them after crime,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 21, 1911.
"Fiend uses axe to murder family of five,” Oregon Daily Journal, June 9, 1911.
“Harvey family record bad; case of state in brief,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 20, 1911.
“Much evidence against Harvey not yet divulged,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 21, 1911.
“Mulatto may be murderer of 4, belief of police,” Oregon Daily Journal, June 10, 1911.
“Murder and suicide,” Salem Statesman Journal, June 12, 1890.
“Nathan Harvey is dismissed; will be rearrested,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 26, 1911.
“Nathan Harvey may be Barbara Holtzman slayer,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 21, 1911.
“Neighbors recall strange actions of Nathan Harvey,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 21, 1911.
“Posse on trail of man seeking an unused road,” Oregon Daily Journal, June 21, 1911.
“Reward of $2875 for conviction of Hills' murderer,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 20, 1911.
“Series of crimes for 20 years in Harvey's family,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 20, 1911.
“Stories agree up to about an hour before murders,” Oregon Daily Journal, December 20, 1911.
Thatcher, George A. Why Some Men Kill: Or, Murder Mysteries Revealed. Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society, 1919.
Rainier
“Did insane man slay couple?,” Tacoma Times, July 12, 1911.
“Fiend confesses,” Roseburg (OR) Review, July 25, 1911.
“Rainier butchery proves parallel to that of Hills,” Oregon Daily Journal, July 12, 1911.
“Sheriff Mass of Clackamas to go to Rainier, Wash.,” Oregon Daily Journal, July 16, 1911.
“Slain with axe while asleep,” Seattle Star, July 12, 1911.
“The Cathey boys in limelight,” Corvallis (OR) Weekly Gazette-Times, July 21, 1911.
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