The Carl Bajema Collection
Grand Haven & Ottawa County Crime 1884-1926
This is an index of some, but not all articles pertaining to crime in Grand Haven and Ottawa County.
Articles not noted are from the Grand Haven Tribune as well as some that are so noted GHT.
Updated 4/23/09
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| 9 | 27 | 1884 | Muskegon News and Reporter / OC Crime | Tramp murders farmer, John McLean, at Six Corners, Muskegon Co. | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | John Reed only Ottawa County convict transferred to Ionia / Larceny | 1 |
| 4 | 26 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Geo. King and Mrs. Hughson go on trial for murder of Douglas of Fruitport | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Murder of Mrs. Levi Pierce, farmers wife, of Berlin | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | 1895 | GR Evening Tribune / OC Crime | Murder of Mrs. Levi Pierce, farmers wife, of Berlin | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Murder of Mrs. Levi Pierce, farmers wife, of Berlin | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Grandson, Geo. Cheesbro, confesses to murder of Grandmother, Mrs. Pierce | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Grandson, Geo. Cheesbro, confesses to murder of Grandmother, Mrs. Pierce | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Description of Pierce funeral | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Mary Pierce accused in Pierce murder / Old Spring Lake murderess recalled | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Mary Pierce tells her story of Pierce murder while in Muskegon Co. Jail | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | 1895 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Mary Pierce only held has witness in Pierce murder | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Murder victim, Mrs. Pierce's body disinterred | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Geo. Cheesbro pleads not guilty - self defense | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Ex-convict Fred Beals goes on trial for burglary | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Ex-convict Fred Beals found guilty for burglary | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | 1895 | GR Evening Press / OC Crime | Pierce murder trial goes to court | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 1896 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Ottawa County criminal calendar for January | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 1896 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | VandenBosch home broken into | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 1896 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Ottawa County Court criminal convictions, acquittals, etc for past six months | 1 |
| 1 | 8 | 1896 | GHT / Ottawa County Crime | Convicts on trial for Jackson Prison riot | 1 |
| 1 | 9 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Boet, Huntley and Curly held in attempted murder of warden at Jackson Prison | 4 |
| 1 | 9 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Jury secured for attempted murder of Jackson Prison warden case | 4 |
| 1 | 15 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Jury discharged in Frank Deremo illegal fishing case | 1 |
| 1 | 15 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Harry Rothermel pleads guilty, sentenced Berlin larceny | 1 |
| 1 | 15 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Judge Padgham talks with Earnest Souter and James Kelley larceny / oats cases | 1 |
| 1 | 15 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Trial of Antonie Romeyn of Zeeland begins for liquor law violation | 1 |
| 1 | 17 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Chas. Williams charged in boat theft case | 1 |
| 1 | 17 | 1896 | GHT / Crime | Description of Chas. Williams boat theft case | 1 |
| 1 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Chas. Williams held on boat theft charges / Early local gang activity | 1 |
| 1 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Chas. Kelley sentenced for Holland boat theft | 1 |
| 1 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Ernie Souter sentenced for sowing wild oats | 1 |
| 1 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Chas. Williams found not guilty on boat theft charges | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Mary Pierce taken to Girls Reformatory in Pierce murder | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Girls Reformatory described (Pierce murder case) | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Ottawa County jail inspection / Description of inmate crimes | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Knife fight at Holland brewery between Nick Schmidt and Wm. Davidson | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Criminal court cases scheduled;: illegal fishing; liquor law violation; bastardly; rape; | 4 |
| assuming to be an officer | |||||
| 3 | 16 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Description of circuit court officers / Scheduled cases heard | 1 |
| 3 | 17 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Tramp who swindles ladies arrested at Manistee | 1 |
| 3 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Description of Deramo illegal fishing case | 4 |
| 3 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Judges 'playing pranks' on one another to relieve court monotony | 4 |
| 3 | 19 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Deramo illegal fishing case finally resolved - guilty / Other cases settled | 4 |
| 3 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Torrent Wildey found guilty in rape case / Stay of sentence / Supreme Court appeal | 4 |
| 3 | 23 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | 100 year old man in property dispute case | 4 |
| 3 | 24 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | First 100 year-old man ever to take the circuit court stand | 4 |
| 3 | 30 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Torrent Wildey sentenced for rape case | 1 |
| 3 | 31 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Various cases heard | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Drowning murder of Enos W. Lawrence at Holland / Wife and Roy Coates arrested | 1 |
| 4 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Disappearance of editor Cronin recalled | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Previous Ottawa County murders recalled: Pond; Cady; Alguire; Cheesbro; | 1 |
| Lawrence; Green and wife; Voscamp | |||||
| 4 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Argument for hanging in Michigan instead of life imprisonment | 1 |
| 4 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Plot deepens on Lawrence murder | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Mrs. Lawrence caught and gives account of life with Mr. Lawrence | 4 |
| 4 | 23 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Murder suspects, Mrs. Lawrence and Roy Porter, alias Coates, in jail | 1 |
| 4 | 24 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murder case described | 4 |
| 4 | 25 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Story of Pond murderer escapes from prison | 1 |
| 4 | 25 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | More on Lawrence murder case | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murderers make full confession | 1 |
| 4 | 28 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Disappearance of Dr. Johnson of Holland / Murder suspected | 4 |
| 4 | 29 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Reflections on Lawrence murder | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Ray Coates adds to confession in Lawrence murder case | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Grand Haven 'night of crime' / Burglary and hold-up | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | More Grand Haven burglaries | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Highway hold-up suspects arrested | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Evidence not strong against highway hold-up man Steiner | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | 1896 | GHT / Grand Haven Police | Ordinance for establishing a Grand Haven police force / Description | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | 1896 | GHT / Ottawa County Jail | Description and history of Ottawa County Jail | 4 |
| 7 | 22 | 1896 | Grand Haven Crime | Warning to underage cigarette smokers | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Divorce filed on playwright John Hiler | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Raymond Coates pleads 'not guilty' in Lawrence murder case | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Attorney Hunton explains non-appearance of Capt. Bean in assault case | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murder trial begins / Description of Raymond Coates | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murder described / Defense claims 'insanity' for Raymond Coates | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Jury obtained and case proceeds in Lawrence murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 13 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Holland Sentinel questions need for trial if Coates confessed | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 14 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Lawrence murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Hanging suggested for Coates in Lawrence murder trial | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Coates found 'guilty' in Lawrence murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Justification of 'guilty' verdict in Lawrence murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | D. F. Hunton argues for Capt. Bean in non-appearance in assault case | 4 |
| 8 | `19 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Coates on his way to Jackson Prison for life for Lawrence murder | 1 |
| 8 | `19 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | County costs for Coates trial is $700, which is low for this type of trial | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Coates detained in Grand Rapids jail enroute to Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Life in Jackson Prison described | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | D. F. Hunton succeeds in defending Capt. Bean non-appearance in assault case | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Description of those serving at Jackson Prison for Ottawa County crimes | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Phillips-Conklin case drags | 4 |
| 8 | 25 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Telescope thieves appear before judge Pagelson | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | 1896 | Sewer case of Charles Boyden vs Dr. Walkey settled | 4 | |
| 9 | 14 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Mrs. Lawrence confesses / Suspect Dr. J. M. Wetmore arrested | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | More on Dr. Wetmore and Lawrence murder | 4 |
| 9 | 16 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Examination of Dr. Wetmore in Lawrence murder case | 4 |
| 9 | 17 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Wetmore bound over until November in Lawrence murder case | 4 |
| 9 | 18 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Dr. Wetmore's sister, Mrs. Jennie Campbell's life described | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Mrs. Lawrence sentenced to 20 years at Detroit House of Corrections | 4 |
| 9 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Mrs. Lawrence taken to Detroit House of Corrections via Jackson Prison | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Returning from Jackson Prison, sheriff brings in VanProyen for grand larceny | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Frank Krupp and David Armock brought in for assault at Chester | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | 1896 | Grand Haven Crime | Gang of Burglars in Grand Haven / Attempted robbery of Bottje hardware store | 4 |
| 10 | 12 | 1896 | Grand Haven Crime | Public warning of Grand Haven gang of thieves / Attempted break-in | 4 |
| 10 | 13 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Krupp and Armock found guilty of assault in tavern riot | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Rumors that gang of thieves holding up in Highland Park cottage / Chester gangs | 4 |
| 10 | 14 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Georgetown hoodlums tearing down Republican poles and staffs | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / GH Jail History | History of jails in Grand Haven | 4 |
| 10 | 20 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Arend VanLee arraigned on Holland tannery fraud charges | 4 |
| 10 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | More developments in Holland tannery fraud | 4 |
| 10 | 22 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / GH History | Story of the 1881 Voscamp lynch mob | 4 |
| 10 | 28 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Various on-going cases (includes Capt. Bean assault case | 4 |
| 10 | 30 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Highland Park burglars arrested in Holland / Holland incendiary arrested | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | 1896 | Ottawa County / Holland Crime | Holland becoming notorious for crime / Recent Holland mob activity | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 1896 | Crime | Former G. Haven resident, Arie Koning, arrested in Grand Rapids for counterfeiting | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | 1896 | Ottawa Co. Crime / Lawrence Murder | Dr. Wetmore released from custody / Hunton appointed to represent Capt. Bean | 4 |
| 11 | 12 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Captain Bean found guilty / Aloys Bilz assault case | 4 |
| 11 | 17 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Capt. Bean swears revenge after sentenced to 90 days at Det. House of Corrections | 4 |
| 11 | 19 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | Chicago Record had a graphic description of old Voscamp lynch mob incident | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime History | Court Officer Murray recalls four murderers in Ottawa county jail at once | 4 |
| 11 | 21 | 1896 | Berlin Crime | The telephone gang have departed | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | First offender Wm. Wipple released from larceny charge | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | 1896 | Grand Haven Crime | Bold burglars rob dry good store and saloon | 4 |
| 12 | 18 | 1896 | Bigamy | John Hilers fourth wife sues for divorce | 4 |
| 12 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime History | Ottawa County crime worse 10-20 years ago / Most crime in 1881-2 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime History | Details on Voskamp lynch mob / Green murder recalled | 4 |
| 12 | 21 | 1896 | Bigamy | John Hiler tells of affection for 'Alice' | 4 |
| 12 | 22 | 1896 | John Hiler | Hiler having success with his latest work "Little Heart of Stone" | 4 |
| 12 | 28 | 1896 | Crime | Attempted assault on little girls ice skating at old log boom | 4 |
| 12 | 29 | 1896 | Ottawa County Crime | No development in case involving attempted assault of little girls | 4 |
| 1 | 11 | 1897 | Georgetown Crime | Jappinga liquor violation case | 1 |
| 1 | 13 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Jappinga found guilty in liquor violation case | 4 |
| 1 | 19 | 1897 | Crime | Andres Management of Cutler House Suit | 4 |
| 1 | 24 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime / History | Discovery of mysterious weighted body in Grand River 25 years prior recalled | 1 |
| 1 | 27 | 1897 | Bigamy | Rushed marriage proposal by John Hiler turned down | 1 |
| 1 | 27 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Robber Boet dies in Jackson Prison | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 1897 | Crimes / Illinois | Former Grand Haven man, Fred Hollman, may be executed in Illinois for murder | 4 |
| 3 | 8 | 1897 | Ottawa Crimes / Illinois | The Hollman Murder Case | 4 |
| 3 | 9 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Up coming circuit court cases | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | 1897 | Ottawa Crimes / Illinois | The Hollman Murder Case | 4 |
| 3 | 15 | 1897 | Ottawa Crimes / Illinois | The Hollman Murder Case | 4 |
| 3 | 19 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Umfri Dengolski found guilty for arson / Prize fight at local barn | 4 |
| 3 | 22 | 1897 | Crime | Sam Jones sentenced for rape / Dengolski sentenced for arson | 4 |
| 3 | 26 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Ed. McBride almost mistakenly sentenced for robbery | 4 |
| 3 | 26 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Local sheriff visits with John Verhoeks and Henry Sickman | 1 |
| 4 | 17 | 1897 | Hollman Murder / Illinois | Hollman murder trial | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime / History | Grand Haven 1883 jailbreak recalled | 1 |
| 4 | 24 | 1897 | Hollman Murder / Illinois | Hollman murder trial | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Two Georgetown men arrested for stealing wheat | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | 1897 | Hollman Murder / Illinois | Hollman the 'fiend'/serial killer | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | 1897 | Hollman Murder / Illinois | Fred Hollman executed | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | 1897 | Hollman Murder / Illinois | Fed Hollman's body given to medical students | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | 1897 | Horse Theft | Georgetown and Robinson officers in town on horse theft incident | 1 |
| 5 | 25 | 1897 | Manistee Murder (Late 1860s) | Murder of banking partner Herbert Field at Manistee in late 1860s recalled | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | 1897 | Ottawa County Criminals | Attempted jailbreak from Ottawa County jail | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | 1897 | Allendale | J. R. Pixley appointed postmaster of Allendale | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | 1897 | Ottawa County Criminals | More on attempted jailbreak | 1 |
| 6 | 14 | 1897 | Ottawa County Criminals | Henry Vos pleads 'guilty' to jailbreak attempt | 4 |
| 6 | 16 | 1897 | Ottawa County Criminals | Henry 'Foxy' Vos sent off to Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 6 | 18 | 1897 | Ottawa County Criminals | GH boy, Will Bell, held for larceny, tries to starve himself in cell | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1897 | Circuit Court | Will Bell guilty of larceny / Thieleman guilty of July 5 law liquor violation | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 1897 | Circuit Court | Will Bell guilty of larceny / Defended by David F. Hunton | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | 1897 | Crime | Wm. Claridge found guilty of sex with minor (DF Hunton defending) | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | 1897 | Crime | G. E. Miller of Chester charges H. C. Lachman with alienating his wife | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | 1897 | Bigamy | John Hiler continues bigamy escapades in Cincinnati | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | 1897 | Ottawa County Juvenile Fighting | Grand Haven boy whips the Reeder Gang over girl at Kirk's Junction | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1897 | Crime | Miller vs Lachman wife alienation trial proceeds | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Joe Littlewood and Harry Sill arrested after chase for theft of home in Olive | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Officer Klaver visits with John Verhoeks, Henry Sickman, Cheesbro at Jackson | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1897 | Crime | Miller vs Lachman wife alienation trial continues / Big crowd from Chester | 4 |
| 8 | 13 | 1897 | Crime | Miller vs Lachman wife alienation trial continues | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Murder of Nortonville frog hunter recalled / Ghost / GH woman can name murderer | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Another attempted jailbreak | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | 1897 | Ottawa County Bigamy | Hiler gains notoriety in two more marriage proposals | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | 1897 | Bigamy | Hiler goes to Indianapolis and explains his marriage record to governor | 4 |
| 9 | 13 | 1897 | Bigamy | More news from Cincinnati on Hiler bigamy | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | 1897 | Bigamy | Hilers bigamy escapades reported in Cincinnati Enquirer | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | 1897 | Bigamy | Hiler's swindle of sheet music in Jackson recalled | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | 1897 | History of Muskegon - GH Cannon War | Grand Haven theft of Muskegon cannon recalled | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | 1897 | Bigamy | Hiller returns to wife in Cincinnati | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime / History | Horse thief Norman Sweeney recalled | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | 1897 | Bigamy | Hiler sends copy of Richmond, Ind Register with article about him | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | 1897 | Ottawa County Jail | Proposal to build new Ottawa County Jail | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | 1897 | Ottawa County Jail | New jail should not be built on court house square | 4 |
| 10 | 27 | 1897 | Crime | Education should be used to combat state crime expense | 4 |
| 10 | 30 | 1897 | S+S (?) | Suspicion of murder in Holland | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | 1897 | Circuit court officers described | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | John Collins charged with rape - D. F. Hunton appointed to defense | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | D. F. Hunton prosecutes successfully for plaintiff Alta Forsyth in divorce case | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Brown goes hysterical by D. F. Hunton's cross-examination in 'negro' rape case | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Collins is the only man in Ottawa Co. to ever get a life sentence for rape. | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Ottawa Count has sentenced 3 men to life in 3 years - Cheesbro, Coates and Collins | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | One man fights three assailants in Grand Haven assault incident | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Boy accidentally shot during scuffle with brother over gun | 4 |
| 11 | 9 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Arthur Sheeler found 'not guilty' for rape. But charged with perjury | 4 |
| 11 | 9 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Taylor rape case progressing slowly | |
| 11 | 9 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | In one year Judge Padgham has sentenced Sam Jones for rape - 7years; Unifri | 4 |
| Dengolski for arson - 3 years; Ed Buckhout for larceny - 1 year, 3 months; "Foxy" | |||||
| Vos for burglary - 10 years; Will Bell for larceny - 3 years; Bert Ferguson forgery - | |||||
| 3 years months; Wm. Claridge for rape - 2 years; Henry Still for burglary - 3 years; | |||||
| T. Moorhead for burglary - 2 years 2 months; and John Collins for rape - life | |||||
| 11 | 11 | 1897 | Ottawa County Crime | Joe Littlewood to Jackson 3 years for burglary / Chas. George, clever one-armed | 4 |
| crook pleads guilty to jail-breaking in Holland / John Edding to Jackson 1 year for | |||||
| stealing bicycle / Ld. Taylor convicted of assault to commit rape | |||||
| 1 | 7 | 1898 | Ottawa County Jail | Argument to have new jail and remove city hall off court house square | 1 |
| 3 | 9 | 1898 | Ottawa County Jail | Contract for new county jail to Pauly Co. of St. Louis after heated discussion | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | 1898 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa County Jail | Many businessmen in Grand Haven to get new jail contract | 6 |
| 3 | 15 | 1898 | Ottawa County Jail | Ottawa County board of Supervisors here to work out details of new jail | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 1898 | Sheriff | History of Deputy Sheriff Francis E. Murray / Locked up 4 murderers at once | 4 |
| 4 | 23 | 1898 | Ottawa County Jail | Work commenced at tearing down old Ottawa Co. jail | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | 1898 | Pierce - Cheesbro Murder | Cheesbro murder accomplice, Mary Pierce dies | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | 1898 | Bigamist | John Hiler 'war story' told / Why there was never a Mrs. General Hiler | 4 |
| 7 | 16 | 1898 | Tallmadge / Cheesbro Murder | How murder accomplice, Mary Pierce turned to religion before she died | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1898 | Ottawa County Crime | List of Ottawa County convicts serving in Jackson Prison | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | 1898 | Ottawa County Crime | Voscamp, who narrowly avoided lynch mob, transferred to criminal asylum | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | 1898 | Tallmadge / Cheesbro Murder | Mary Pierce swears in death statement that the murder was not premeditated | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | 1898 | Georgetown Murders | Georgetown's Jesse Badgerow kills wife, her sister and himself with knife | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | 1898 | Ottawa County Crime | Ottawa Co. has recently had more sensational crimes than any other in the state | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | 1898 | Georgetown Murders | More on Georgetown murders / description of murder site | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | 1898 | Georgetown Crime | Photo of Georgetown murder house for sale | 4 |
| 9 | 27 | 1898 | Grand Haven Crime | Gang of hoodlums roam city streets vandalizing | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | 1898 | Georgetown Murders | Description of murdered Aylworth sisters / Funeral | 4 |
| 10 | 15 | 1898 | Ottawa County Crime | Qualifications for Ottawa County Jail inmates | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | 1898 | Jail | Description of new Ottawa County jail | 1 |
| 1 | 11 | 1999 | Grand Haven Crime | City fathers meet to discuss jail policies | 1 |
| 1 | 13 | 1999 | Ottawa County Jail | Ottawa County supervisors resolve to remove old jail and other procedures | 1 |
| 1 | 20 | 1999 | Cheesbro | George Cheesbro writes letter of apology from prison to city of Grand Haven | 4 |
| 1 | 20 | 1999 | Cheesbro Murder | Jesse Williams, 'colored man' in town petitioning for Cheesbro release | 4 |
| 1 | 27 | 1999 | Ottawa County Crime | No serious crime activity for some time | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | 1999 | Ottawa County Jail | County jail inspected / Crimes for past 6 months described | 4 |
| 3 | 28 | 1999 | Ottawa County Crime | Henry Sickman out on parole | 1 |
| 3 | 20 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | Decomposed murder victim found buried at Macatawa | 4 |
| 3 | 21 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | Coroner jury determines the cause of death of Macatawa corpse as murder | 4 |
| 3 | 22 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | Buried corpse identified as 'M. L. Smyzer' or Harry Phillips | 4 |
| 3 | 23 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | More evidence in Macatawa murder | 1 |
| 3 | 24 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | New murder suspect comes to light | 4 |
| 3 | 26 | 1900 | Macatawa Murder | Suspect, Henry Shapneck, arrested and denies charges | 1 |
| 3 | 28 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Boston Blackie' shot in Grand Haven's Van Toll Saloon. | 1 |
| 3 | 28 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Call to close down Van Toll Saloon | 1 |
| 3 | 29 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Boston Blackie treated for gunshot wound to the head / Blames Van Toll | 1 |
| 3 | 30 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Grand Haven has had many sensational crimes lately / Wants to return to normal | 1 |
| 3 | 31 | 1999 | Ottawa County Jail | The job of 'Shorty the Tramp' washing prisoners at the county jail | 1 |
| 3 | 31 | 1999 | Grand Haven Snow Removal | John Lock praised for his snow removal | 1 |
| 4 | 14 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Boston Blackie recovering in Big Rapids Mercy Hospital | 1 |
| 4 | 20 | 1900 | Sheriff | Derk Bottje praised as a good candidate for sheriff | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1900 | Temperance | Temperance leader Thos. Doutney, says saloon owners have rights too | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1900 | Boston Blackie Shooting | Boston Blackie nearly recovered from point blank shot to head | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | 1900 | Fighting on Washington St. | E. L. Fuller and James Hancock have fisty-cuffs on Washington St. | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 1900 | Saloons | 27 saloonists get Ottawa County 'red card' | 1 |
| 5 | 14 | 1900 | Grand Haven Crime | Street 'cure-all faker' nearly causes riot | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | 1900 | Grand Haven Crime | More on 'street faker' riot | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | 1900 | Tallmadge 1881 Murder | Voscamp lynch mob murder recalled | 4 |
| 5 | 26 | 1900 | Ottawa County Crime | Chas. Turner, Michigan board of pardons, talks about Coates and Cheesbro | 4 |
| 1 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Inquest into the murder of Humphrey Jackman at Georgetown | 4 |
| 1 | 10 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Inquest into Jackman murder continues | 4 |
| 1 | 11 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Evidence found in Jackman murder case | 4 |
| 1 | 12 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Bert Tibbetts arrested for Jackman murder | 1 |
| 1 | 14 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts in jail pleading his innocence | 1 |
| 1 | 15 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | More on Jackman murder | 1 |
| 1 | 21 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | More evidence on Jackman murder | 1 |
| 1 | 21 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Examination of Tibbetts in Jackman murder | 4 |
| 1 | 22 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts examination to move to Holland | 1 |
| 1 | 25 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Little progress made in Tibbetts examination in Holland | 1 |
| 1 | 26 | 1901 | Local Crime History / Jackman Murder | Local crime cases recalled / Detective says that Jackman not murdered | 4 |
| 1 | 30 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | More evidence sought in Jackman murder | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1901 | Georgetown / Jackman Murder | Witness saw Jackman day of murder | 4 |
| 2 | 4 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Examination of Tibbetts continues in Jackman murder | 4 |
| 2 | 6 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Examination of Tibbetts drags on with little results | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts arraigned before Judge Pagelson | 1 |
| 2 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Many of the people involved in the Jackman murder case are relatives of Tibbetts | 1 |
| 2 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Evidence considered in Jackman murder / Tibbetts to stand trial | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | County officers find Tibbetts was an avid reader of 'blood thirsty' novels | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Jesse Williams, trying to get release of Cheesbro, reports Cheesbro has typhoid | 4 |
| 2 | 16 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts 'black trousers' evidence discussed | 4 |
| 2 | 22 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Parole board meets on Cheesbro release | 1 |
| 2 | 23 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Parole board may act favorably for Cheesbro | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | More on parole board meeting on Cheesbro | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Parole board visits Grand Haven on Cheesbro release matter | 1 |
| 3 | 27 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Jackman murder case goes to trial | 4 |
| 3 | 28 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Bert Jackman, brother of victim, comes to Grand Haven | 1 |
| 3 | 28 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Big crowd as Tibbetts trial continues | 4 |
| 3 | 29 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | State gathers more evidence for Tibbetts trial / Photo of Tibbetts | 4 |
| 3 | 30 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Court adjourns in Tibbetts trail | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Prosecution rests its case in Tibbetts trial | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Evidence favors Tibbetts in trail | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Closing articles being made in Tibbetts trial | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Closing appeals made in Tibbetts trial | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts confession rumors questioned / Accomplice suspected | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts found guilty in the first degree | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Closing pleas of Hon. George A. Farr described | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Interview with Tibbetts | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Visit back to murder site / continued belief of an accomplice | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts sentenced to life / Boet gets seven years | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts confessed | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Georgetown causing sensation: Badgerow triple tragedy; Lowing assault case | 1 |
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| 4 | 11 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Jackman plot unfolds / McCoy implicated in murder | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy furnishes bail | 1 |
| 4 | 12 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | More of the Jackson murder case | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Testimony turns against States McCoy in Jackman murder case | 4 |
| 4 | 23 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy examination postponed | 4 |
| 4 | 24 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbros sentence commuted to ten years | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbro dying of consumption | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbro released from Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbro may be home with parents | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy not worried / Talks freely of case | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbro home with parents with 'touch' of consumption / Hopes to recover | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Important evidence expected in McCoy examination | 1 |
| 5 | 14 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy examination postponed again | 1 |
| 5 | 18 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Bert Tibbetts writes home to mother from prison | 1 |
| 5 | 28 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Preliminary examination of McCoy begins and adjourns | 4 |
| 5 | 28 | 1901 | Pierce Murder / Tallmadge | Cheesbro dies of consumption | 4 |
| 5 | 31 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetss back in court for McCoy examination | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts gives remarkable testimony in McCoy examination | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy Examination | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Question as to what will be done with States McCoy | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy held for the murder of Bert Jackman | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Sheriff takes Tibbetts back to Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Jackman murder trial covered in Grand Rapids Herald editorial | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts reported sick with typhoid fever at Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 7 | 31 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts reported OK / Trial to open up next week | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Jury formed for McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy trial begins / Jury listed | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Prosecution puts in evidence in McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Court adjourns until Monday | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Convict Tibbetts on stand in McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 13 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy trial draws large crowds | 4 |
| 8 | 14 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy trial going slowly | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Prosecution closes its case in McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Evidence discussed in McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 16 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | States McCoy testifies in Jackman murder trial | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Tibbetts returned again to Jackson Prison | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | Final arguments made in McCoy trial | 4 |
| 8 | 19 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy trial goes to jury | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | 1901 | Jackman Murder | McCoy found 'not guilty' in Jackman murder case | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | 1906 | Ottawa County Poisoning Case | Examination of Gilbert Isenhoff in poisoning case | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | 1907 | Grand Haven Crime | Robert Graves willing to enter guilty plea to 'simple' assault and battery | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | 1907 | Crime / Assault and Battery | Bob Graves on trial of assault on woman (Both African Americans) | 4 |
| 8 | 16 | 1907 | Circuit Court | Graves gets 60 days for 'simple assault' | 4 |
| 8 | 26 | 1907 | Circuit Court | Recent court activity | 4 |
| 8 | 27 | 1907 | Circuit Court | Court activity | 4 |
| 8 | 28 | 1907 | Crime Threat | Police crackdown of Chicago crooks may increase crime in neighboring cities | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | 1907 | Circuit Court | Recent court activity | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | 1908 | Ottawa County Crime | Railroad yards, car ferry and steamers searched for multiple murderer, John Ward | 4 |
| 8 | 22 | 1908 | Ottawa County Crime | Multiple murderer John Ward not in Ottawa County | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | 1908 | Ottawa County Crime | Fitch Cooper of Nunica shoots wife and kills himself | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime | Tracks of horses leads to arrest of robbers at Holland | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime | Circuit Court opens with a number of important cases | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Mrs. Ruth Kulos testifies against husband for shooting her in the back | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | William Kulos stands trial for shooting his wife | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Kulos jury visits shooting site at Dornbos building | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime | Holland Police chief to serve jail time for false imprisonment conviction | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Black Johnny' Donker in Circuit Court | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Ruth Kulos testifies that her husband shot her | 3 |
| 11 | 10 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | William Kulos claims wife shot herself | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | William Kulos found guilty | 2 |
| 11 | 17 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Kulos sentenced 20-40 years at Jackson Prison for shooting wife | 4 |
| 11 | 21 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Kulos goes to prison | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | 1911 | Ottawa County Crime / Greek Trial | Holland Ex-Mayor Bruss accused of bribery | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | 1911 | Court Cases | Findings filed in Stewart vs Story & Clark property dispute case | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Hudsonville | Zelma Hammond found dead hanging on to tree | 2 |
| 10 | 26 | 1913 | Ottawa County Crime | Corpse of Zelma Hammond near Hudsonville puzzles authorities | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | Officials baffled by Hammond death | 7 |
| 10 | 27 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | Belief that Zelma Hammond was murdered | 1 |
| 10 | 29 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | Atwood brothers in jail in Zelma Hammond murder case | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | No visitors to see Atwood brothers | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | Atwood brothers to be arraigned for the murder of Zelma Hammond (last page) | |
| 11 | 9 | 1913 | Grand Rapids Herald / Ottawa Co. Crime | Atwood brothers arraigned for the murder of Zelma Hammond | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 1914 | Grand Rapids Herald / Hammond Murder | Sensation may spring from Atwood trial | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 1914 | Grand Rapids Herald / Hammond Murder | Manslaughter case proceeding rapidly, may end soon | 4 |
| 2 | 6 | 1914 | Atwood / Hammond Murder Case | Attornys make pleas | 4 |
| 2 | 7 | 1914 | Grand Rapids Herald / Hammond Murder | Jury nears deliberation in Hammond murder case | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | 1914 | Atwood / Hammond Murder Case | Jury finds Moris Atwood Guilty | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | 1914 | Atwood / Hammond Murder Case | Closing pleas were strong | 2 |
| 2 | 14 | 1914 | Jailbreaking Case | Abraham Keyser sentenced to Ionia | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | 1914 | Hollestelle Hold-Up | Two highwaymen hold up Hollestelle Grocery | 1 |
| 3 | 20 | 1914 | Hollestelle Hold-Up | Grand Haven boys confess to Hollestelle Grocery hold-up | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 1917 | Kolberg Murder | Famer slays wife and shoots himself | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 1917 | Kolberg Murder | Kohlbeg waives examination on murder charge | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | 1917 | Vice | Campaign against vice to be opened in Grand Haven | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | 1922 | Liquor | Editorial on the dangers of drinking and driving | 2 |
| 7 | 29 | 1922 | Ottawa County / Grand Haven history | Moonshine is cause for work for officers | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 1922 | Ottawa County Crime | Nine distilling plants seized by sheriff during month | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1922 | Ottawa County Crime | Moonshine bottles displayed at county jail | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | 1922 | Grand Haven History | Records broken in moonshine cases | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | 1924 | Grand Rapids Herald / Fleming Murder | Molly Fleming murdered with ax in shed behind Big Spring school | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | 1924 | Grand Rapids Herald / Fleming Murder | Trial opens for "Happy Dyke" in the murder of Molly Fleming | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1926 | Grand Rapids Press / Braak Murder | Kenneth Campbell, convicted of killing Mr. and Mrs. Braak gets stay of sentence | 2 |