Homicides in Wayne County

Local Homicides

Some Known Murders/Homicides Wayne County, Ohio – 19th Century
Date of Crime	Offender	Victim	Cause
February 1856	Jacob Ambruster	Wife
March 1856	Jacob Wile	William Anderson	Stabbed with dirk
21 March 1877	Jacob Wetzel	Wife and son	Shot
2 October 1879	John Callahan	John Tormie	Blow to the head with a cane and billy
5 April 1884	Marshal J. L. Niman	William Cowell	Blow to the head with a mace
6 March 1885	Robert Dowty	John Schaaf	Shot
7 January 1887	Frederick Roth	Laura Roth, wife	Knife

Some Known Murders/Homicides in Surrounding Counties Where the Victim had Ties with Wayne County, Ohio – 19th Century
Date of Crime	Place	Offender	Victim	Cause
March 1883	Massillon, Stark Co, OH	George Bruner	Francis Hunter	Shot and blow to head with blunt instrument
25 March 1883	Polk, Ashland Co, OH	George Horn and William Gribben	Harry Williams	Ax
28 September 1885	Mansfield, Richland Co, OH	James Winans and John Cromer	Clara Melissa Hough	Shot