Treys Smedley The Pope County Militia War During this skirmish bushwhackers and jayhawkers took hundreds of acres. Pope County was in such bad shape that it went into martial law. This period from1865 to 1874 was the rebuilding time after the Civil War.
Ron Stone, a police drug informant disappeared on January 22nd 1977 only for his body to be found two months later on the banks of River Stanislaus, miles from Sonora. The victim had been working as a drug informant for narcotic detectives. His main duty was to set up Christopher Towler by introducing him to two undercover agents who would arrest him as he tried to sell them cocaine. The set up was successful and Towler was arrested and convicted on charges of selling cocaine. In the course of his trial and before his conviction, Towler had expressed his hatred for snitches and the fact that he believed that they should be killed.
The people in charge may have argued that he was too involved and even though he never went through with the plots he deserved death. Since he had no protection from a jury or even his own input he was hung for just being involved. His name was attached to Booth’s and this made him a wanted man. This world is full of sin and corruption.
Next, after killing Ms. Nugent, he stashes her body in what will be a searched area if he were to be caught. Bernie had weeks and many dark nights to move the body before people started asking questions, but he did not. This proves his remorse, and it’s almost as if he wanted to be caught. Lastly, Bernie had a little over nine months to develop an ultimate cover story, but he chose not to. Any premeditated murderer would not have spent that much time creating a plot to kill without thinking and executing a “get away” plan.
Dr. H. H. Holmes was a serial killer during the time of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Between the time he arrived in Chicago and the time of his death, it is said to be that he killed several hundred people. Holmes was born and raised in New Hampshire but eventually found his way to Chicago. He was a different man and found joy in killing humans. Most of his murders occurred in his Castle in Englewood near Chicago.
He was also diagnosed with schizophrenia, and went to jail for six sex crimes against children. He proceeded to hang himself in 1969 (American 2). Aileen and her siblings were abandoned by their mom in January, 1960
And died.” (Doc F) In doing this both men had consequences, some worse than others, and instead of lying and saying the names of people that truly didn’t do anything they refused to in a sense testify. All of these points both relate to McCarthyism and The Crucible. People became selfish and only saw their benefit, neither had evidence to prove anything that they were saying, and people say what effect it was having and started to figure out what was going on so they refused to testify and accepted the consequences.
Guns, gangs, women, alcohol, gambling, are just some things that come to mind when I hear prohibition. According to the online source American History, The Prohibition is the act of prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, transportation, and sale of alcohol, including any alcoholic beverage. This led to the biggest crime rates of all time. At the head of all the crime was one man. His name, Alphonse Capone aka (Scarface) .
Although Charles Cullen was the serial killer, the hospitals where Cullen worked were also at fault. In 60 minutes, the interviewer stated that Charles Cullen was a suspect long before his arrest. “Charles Cullen was the main suspect for poisoning random bags of saline…if you talk to the investigators there they’ll tell you Cullen was our man, we knew he was dirty. They couldn’t prove anything. It’s all circumstantial” (60 minutes, 4:30).
In some cases, he would sexually assault the individuals, including necrophilia, and in others, he would perform certain experiments on their bodies that ended up killing them (Mulgrew, 2011). He had a clear lack of regard for human life and showed no empathy for any of the victims or their families after murdering them in such a brutal manner (Mulgrew, 2011). Even in how he selected his targets, he was a very charming but also a manipulative individual who
Because of his paranoia and the secret tapes, he brought upon his own downfall (“Watergate and the Cover-Up.”
The stress of abuse and depression was too much for him to handle and he saw that there was no other way out. His motive was for the sake of his life. Crime
The late sixties and early seventies were mostly known as a time of overseas war and stateside flower power. Although for the Northern California communities, it was a time of fear and desperation. During this time a man, a psychopath really, was terrorizing the people with his deranged antics. This man was, and still is, one of the most well known and dangerous serial killers that the United States has ever produced.
On an episode of criminal minds the “Zodiac killer” is depicted as person that was very calculated in the way he committed crimes. This serial killer send letters to the newspaper describing how he killed his
Robbing grave, stealing body parts and murdering women. His ten year crime spree and heinous acts earned him the title of prolific. So much so that many horror movie villains were based on
