1999: Knife Attack Leads to Gunshot Murder at the Grand River
The widow of a Gallatin, MO, man found dead near the Grand River as well as her brother have been charged with first degree murder, joining three other suspects. Already charged in the Sept. 5, 1999, shooting of B.J. Stufflebean is Michael J. Holman, who was on leave...
1996: Historian Offers No Apology Nor Defense for James Boys
Gary Chilcote, speaking before the Gallatin Rotary Club in 1996, makes no apologies for Jesse James. Neither does he defend him. Mr. Chilcote simply notes that Missouri is most widely known for two historical realities: the Pony Express and Jesse James. “You...
1995: Gravesite Research Puts Jesse James Back in National Spotlight
History says Jesse James was living in St. Joseph under the alias of Thomas Howard when he was shot and killed by Robert Ford at his home on April 3, 1882. Or was he? Researchers are digging up Jesse James in hopes of getting enough evidence to begin DNA testing on...
1991: Noted Historian Milt Perry Debunks Jesse James Myth with Facts
Many people have contributed to keeping the history of Frank & Jesse James accurate and vibrant, including the late Milton Perry. At the time of his death in 1991, Perry was considered one of the world’s top authorities on outlaw Jesse James. He had been...
1982: Gallatin’s Little Jennifer Barden Was Never Found Alive
Even small pastoral communities like Gallatin, MO, cannot escape the most hideous of crimes. In 1982 an escapee from the Louisiana State Penitentiary abducted 9-year-old Jennifer Barden as she played on her family’s lawn just two blocks west of the public...
1982: Kidnapping, Fire ..and Now Murder in Gallatin, MO
Rosalyn Nelson, a 34-year-old slender, dark brunette whose 9-year-old daughter, Jennifer Barden, was abducted earlier just months before, was at the center of one of the most complex crime tales ever to unfold in Northwest Missouri. Sympathies turned into disbelief as...
1982: Double Murder-Suicide Stuns Gallatin (MO) Community
At a farmstead perched on a frozen hill outside Gallatin, MO, a young farmer hiding behind a brown ski mask unleashed his fury and pumped bullets into anyone standing in his way. Authorities say that George Page emptied his guns for revenge, but in the end all he...Husband-wife Quarrel Leads to Murder on Gallatin Square
In March 1970 a quarrel between a wife and husband outside the Submarine Tavern on the west side of the Gallatin business square ended in the street with the wife shot twice in the head and the husband facing the charge of murder. Dead was Betty Whiteaker, 43, of...
1933: Harsh 20-Year Sentence for $800 Bank Robbery, After Acquittal
Three days after a jury of 12 found Daryl Hillyard of Bethany, MO, guilty of robbing the Bank of Coffey in Daviess County in 1933, Judge Ira D. Beals sentenced Hillyard to 20 years in the state penitentiary at Jefferson City. But it was the acquittal of Hillyard from...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
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