Murder of the Young Laundress

It’s the Story
The courthouse which was stormed by vigilantes. It was built in 1868 and torn down in 1911 to make way for the present courthouse.
The courthouse which was stormed by vigilantes. It was built in 1868 and torn down in 1911 to make way for the present courthouse.

Don’t you just love a good story? 

Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

Part 1 of 2

It happened 138 years ago. Bertha Schultz and Fremont Emmons worked at the Exchange Hotel in Pawnee City. She was a maid; he was a cook. She was 18, he was 32. She was from Du Bois, a brand-new railroad town platted just two years …