Traveling Through Time With the Shelby County Historical Society

Law & Order
The methods by which one determines a person's guilt and the types of punishment meted out for those 'crimes' may have changed significantly throughout the years, but the need for a stable and lawful community has not.  These stories, told from a variety of perspectives, detail the circumstances and events that led up to various crimes and the eventual capture, imprisonment, release or execution of the criminal.  Return to Archives Home Page
  • Frank Earl:  Man Executed After 1907 Sidney Murder
  • Complaints About Juries Have Long History
  • Chief O'Leary:  A Fixture in City Law Enforcement for 60 Years
  • Rumley Man Convicted of Killing Girl, Only Person Publicly Executed Locally