Murder and Mahem in Cowley County, Kansas

• Cowley County Law Officers Killed on Duty
• 1877 William W. Crabb Killed by Lightning
• 1879 Murder of J. E. Starbuck
• 1880 Murder of Jay Page
• 1881 The Floral Tornado
• 1883 Murder of Sheriff Shenneman
  • Shemmeman's Killing
  • Background on Shenneman
  • Better Organized Treatment of Shenneman includes Lynching of Shenneman's killer
• 1893 Murder of Hugh H. Siverd
  • Background on Siverd
• 1901 Murder of George C. Montgomery (click her for printable PDF file)
• 1903 Camen Band Massacre (Gilbert Twigg killer, George Nichols, Police Officer)