The

Villisca Axe Murders

 

The Villisca Axe Murders

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 The Courier-News New Jersey June 11 1912.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-villisca-axe-murders-19/91102925/

 

Monett Times Nov 30 1917 Rev Kelley Is Freed

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monett-times-rev-kelley-freed-vil/97554774/

 

The Cainsville News Missouri 13 June 1912  Murdered as they slept

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cainsville-news-villisca-ax-murders/119777979/

 

Leavenworth Post 10 June 1912 Page 1. Family of 6 and 2 guests

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-post-leavenworth-post-j/24777016/

 

The Tennessean 11 June 1912. Murderer beat out the brains …

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-villisca-murders-in-the-t/6127360/

 

Boyden Reporter 20 June 1912  no headline – eight people murdered

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boyden-reporter/97342320/

 

SENATOR FRANK JONES PHOTO. PUBLIC DOMAIN WFG. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/photo?action=getPhoto&ga=36&pid=3065&pType=3

 

Villisca Victims Photos .   www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/TB/663533.pdf

 

Kelly photo  https://houseandhistory.com/villisca-ax-murder-house/

 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map From Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, Nov., 1912. Map.  https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn02856_005/.

 

The Day Book (Chicago Ill) 14v June 1912.  PUBLIC DOMAIN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_day_book._(Chicago,_Ill.),_14_June_1912.jpg

 

Josiah B. and Sara Moore House. CCA SA 4.0 INT Jason McLaren. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josiah_B._and_Sara_Moore_House_-_NRHP97001471_-_Villisca_-_Montgomery_County_-_Iowa_-10-23-2016.jpg

 

Moore Family House CCA 2.0 G Ryan Moomey/MOJO MOOMEY. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_family_house,_Villisca.jpg

 

Axt Handwerk b. gliwa CCA SA 2.5 G.   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Axt_Handwerk.jpg

 

Siekiera. CCA SA 3.0 UNPORTED Gerhard Elsner. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siekiera.png

 

Photos by Jennifer Kirkland, FLICKR. CC BY ND 2.0 GENERIC.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jingerelle/5180710020/in/photolist-8TKpvi-8TKpT6-8TNuAy-8TKoWz

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jingerelle/5180108823/in/photolist-8TKpvi-8TKpT6-8TNuAy-8TKoWz

 

Photos by Jo Naylor FLICKR. CCA 2.0 GENERIC. Ms. Naylors Villisca Album:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/pandora_6666/albums/72157630423298590/with/7499771940/

 

 

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS 

 

Barreda, Virginia. “What To Know On The Anniversary Of The 1912 Villisca Axe Murders” Des Moines Register 9 June 2022 Updated 10 June 2022. ACCESSED 31 AUG 2023. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/06/09/1912-villisca-ax-murders-what-to-know-iowa-cold-case/7567590001/

 

The Official Site Of The Villisca Axe Murders Of 1912. ACCESSED 31 AUG 2023. https://www.villiscaiowa.com

 

Serena, Katie. “The Gruesome Story Of The Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders”. ALL THAT’S INTERESTING. 1 September 2022 Updated 29 September 2022. Accessed 29 Aug 2023. https://allthatsinteresting.com/villisca-axe-murders

 

Alexander, Kathy “Villisca, Iowa and the Axe-Murder Man”. Legends of America. Updated March 2023. Accessed 29 Aug 2023.

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ia-villisca/

 

Brustkern, Emma & Lora Castleman. “The Villisca Axe Murders: 111 years later”. WE ARE IOWA. Updated 9 June 2023. Accessed 29 Aug 2023. https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/villisca-ax-murders-unsolved-111-year-anniversary/524-017c592f-9a74-415b-923a-62ae0d6b9ff6

 

Epperly, Edgar V. “The Odyssey of the Axe”. Villisca Historical Society. Accessed 29 Aug 2023. http://www.villiscahistory.org/epperly_axe.htm

 

“The Villisca Axe Murders” Iowa Cold Cases. Accessed 29 Aug 2023. https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

 

 

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