October 9, 1893 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

On October 9, 1893, skeletal remains were found in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania near Wildwood. Two men hunting hops in a wooded area overgrown with brush would find the remains. That area was rarely used because of the brush. It was obvious that the man's body had been left there. He was lying straight with his arms by his sides. It was believed that he had been murdered around 6 months before. 

John Doe was believed to be around 40 years old. He was around 5'7" and 160 lbs. There was nothing left at the scene to identify him. 

I assume that in these news articles, they were the same remains as the areas are almost 10 miles apart and found on the same day. The remains were likely brought to Sharpsburg to be buried because they were a bigger community. I could be wrong though. 


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Pittsburg Press October 10, 1893

Butler Citizen October 13, 1893

May 1893 Hampton, Minnesota John Doe

  In May of 1893 the body of a man was found in Anton Doffing's granary in Hampton, Minnesota. It's believed that the man was a transient and went into the building for shelter and died from an illness. He was between 50 to 60-years-old.

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May 24, 1893 Hampton, Minnesota Unknown Man

 On May 24, 1893, the body of a man was found in a building in Hampton, Minnesota. It was believed that he was a tram that went into the building for shelter but ended up dying from exposure inside. He was buried in the Potters Field of Lakeside Cemetary in Hastings, Minnesota. 

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Murder of Anna "Annie" Wiese

On Aug. 26, 1893, around 10 p.m. 20-year-old Anna "Annie" Wiese left a friends home in Vienna Township in Marshall County, Iowa. She was walking home in the moonlight when she was attacked. Someone had clubbed her around the head, stabbed her several times in the breast and back, and cut her throat ear to ear. A brutal end to a young woman.

There were a few suspects that included her former boyfriend, a would-be boyfriend that she spurned, and Emily Bennet, a neighbor, claimed that Annie was flirting with her husband and son. She was even exhumed several times, but nothing came of it.

It was believed that Emily had attacked her with either the help of her husband Cyrus or son Arthur. She was taken to trial but was acquitted. It's said that if the science was better the crime would have probably convicted Emily. 

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