The Murder of Francis Colvin

Summary:

A body was found floating in the Seneca River near Baldwinsville, NY in the summer of 1874,  After the body was identified, the question was, who would kill the Civil War veteran and hermit?

Sources for the show:

“11th Cavalry Regiment:: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/cavalry/11th-cavalry-regiment.

Allen, J. 1875. “Linsday v. People of the State of N.Y, 63 N.Y. 143.” November 9, 1875. https://casetext.com/case/linsday-v-people-of-the-state-of-ny.

“American Civil War Research Database.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1730094.

“Baldwinsville Homicide, The: Lindsay, Owen: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming:” n.d. Internet Archive. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://archive.org/details/baldwins00lind.

“Geneva Courier. (Geneva, N.Y.) 1831-1904, July 15, 1874, Image 3.” 1874, no. 1874/07/15 (July): 3.

“Eleventh New York Calvary.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2022. https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/application/files/2315/4894/2925/11thCavCW_Roster.pdf.

“The Baldwinsville Homicide.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2022.  http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2020/08/the-baldwinsville-homicide.html

Music:

"Comfortable Mystery 3" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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