From the Chicago Daily Tribune Published December 24, 1925 Sidney Toms "suddenly became demented" causing his wife and children to flee and summon police and locked himself in his grocery store. During a stand-off, police shot tear gas into the store to entice Toms to surrender and Toms retaliated by throwing a knife and a…
The Girl in Blue
December 24, 1933 Willoughby, Ohio A young woman is killed by a passenger train and is eventually buried by the community who never knew her identity The young woman, dressed in a blue dress, scarf, purse, shoes, hat, and coat, only had a ticket to Corry, Pennsylvania in her purse to suggest her identity. For…