Monday, May 25, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 25

May 25, 1917 - The Ramsey County grand jury in St. Paul this afternoon returned indictments against Frank J. Dunn, Mike Moore, Joe Redenbaugh and Frank McCool, charging them with first degree murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn, whose husband is among those indicted.



McCool, Connery, Moore and Dunn1

Redenbaugh, confessed slayer of Minneapolis Patrolman and Mrs. Dunn, entered the state penitentiary in Stillwater late today, to begin serving a sentence of life imprisonment as Convict “No. 5569.” He will be assigned to work in the prison twine plant, but in just what capacity is not yet known.


Joe Redenbaugh2



Stillwater State Prison, Bayport, Minn.3


The Bismarck Tribune;”Redenbaugh Starts His Life Sentence”; May 26, 1917; p. 1.

St. Paul Daily News; “Redenbaugh Now Convict No. 5569. Arrest of William Hickey Held Strong Link in Dunn Murder Case.”; May 26, 1917; pp. 1 & 6.


1Reading Eagle; “The Nightmare Murder; Bad dreams at an end, this was reality: her sister being shot to death.”; Reading, PA; May 24, 1964; pp. 71 & 72.

1http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19640524&id=bSArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cZ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3914,4610516

2St. Paul Daily News, May 16, 1917; p. 1.

3Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 2-21-2013, as long as acknowledgement included.



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