March 5, 1951Goochland, VirginiaThe body of an unidentified boy is found in a duffle bag The body was found by a highway crew, a few feet from a county road about 26 miles (40 km) west of Richmond, Virginia. The head of the child protruding from the blue Army duffle bag which served as his…
Man beats two women to death with axe during robbery
March 5, 1873 Smutty Nose Island (now spelled Smuttynose), Maine Two women are beaten to death with an axe while a third manages to escape On the evening of March 5, 1873, John Hontvet, his brother Matthew Hontvet, and John’s wife’s brother Ivan Christenson left their home to go fishing and trapping. A man known…
FLW: I want to get to Hell in time for dinner
Famous Last Words John Owens (alias Bill Booth) Buffalo, Wyoming March 5, 1886 “I wish you’d hurry up. I want to get to Hell in time for dinner.” Booth was a wanted outlaw, sought by lawmen for the murders of his wife and child in Oklahoma, a cowboy in Colorado, and a trapper in Wyoming…