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Scrapbook

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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Scrapbook of Charles R. Frailey
Object ID
MG0434_Box103
Date Range
1890s
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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Scrapbook of Charles R. Frailey
Description
This scrapbook was originally the ledger of Charles' brother, Henry L. Frailey, for the Lancaster Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Henry may have also used it as journal for personal records and scrapbook.
Charles R. Frailey turned this ledger into a scrapbook in the 1890s with newspaper articles of noteworthy events and stories that related to crime and justice in Lancaster County. More importantly, the edges of the pages of the scrapbook contain notes, quotations and signatures, many of which relate to the various stories he collected.
Frailey's notes in the margins of the scrapbook provide an enormous amount of first-hand opinions and information about Lancaster events that are not captured in newspaper articles or in other official documents. The scrapbook provides a look at crime and crime prevention in the 1890s in Lancaster through the eyes of a former Police Chief. It is an important part of the history of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police.
This scrapbook and ledger also contain sketches of historic houses in Lancaster and a list of surviving members of the Lancaster Fencibles, 1898.
Admin/Biographical History
Charles R. Frailey was born in Lancaster in 1825. He married Sarah A. Baer in 1850, raised a family in Lancaster, and was a member of Friendship Fire Company. He was employed as a clerk and scrivener and taught penmanship. In 1865, Charles was elected city alderman and became the City of Lancaster's first Chief of Police.
In 1865, Mayor George Sanderson established the Lancaster City Police force. A man named Charles Frailey was the first Chief of Police. Officer Frailey oversaw 21-night policemen who successfully restored order. https://www.epsagents.com/security-guards/armed-unarmed-security-guards-lancaster-pa/
Date Range
1890s
Creation Date
Charles Frailey's Scrapbook, 1890-1902
Henry Frailey's Ledger, 1850-[1890]
Creator
Frailey, Charles R., 1825-1904
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 22
People
Frailey, Charles R.
Frailey, Henry Leonard
Other Creators
Frailey, Henry Leonard, 1826-1890
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Crime
Crime prevention
Lancaster (Pa.)
Law enforcement
Marginalia
Police
Police chiefs
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Architecture
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Crime
Crime prevention
Lancaster
Lancaster City Bureau of Police
Lancaster Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Law enforcement
Ledger books
Marginalia
Newspaper clippings
Police
Police chiefs
Police officers
Scrapbooks
Object Name
Scrapbook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0434_Box103
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Lancaster City Archives Collection (Records of Arrests; Police Dockets; Police Logs)
Notes
A few of the stories contained in the Frailey Scrapbook:
Murder of David Buckwalter Landis: Landis was president of Lancaster's Conestoga National Bank. The murderer, Ralph W. Wireback, was the tenant of a house that was owned by Landis. As part of the lease agreement, Wireback was allowed to occupy the house until Landis sold it. When Landis did sell the house and attempted to dispossess Wireback, Wireback sent his family away from the house and boarded it shut. A final confrontation between the tenant and the landlord on April 7, 1898 resulted in the murder. On August 24th, 1899, Wireback was found guilty of 1st degree murder and sentenced to death. His execution was set for June 7, 1893.
William E. Martin's escape: Although the LCPD began to use patrol wagons in 1892, officers often escorted criminals to the local prison on foot. This proved to be disastrous in the case of William E. Martin. On October 27, 1898, Martin haplessly attempted to sell a team of horses he had stolen to a city constable and was promptly arrested. As he was being taken to jail, Martin managed to overpower Constable Jacobs on East Walnut Street, and, threatening the constable with his (Constable Jacob's) own gun, he bolted.
Burglary at Lime Rock: A burglary was committed on December 9, 1898 in Lime Rock, a settlement at the intersection of the Reading and Columbia Railroads between Manheim and Lititz. The burglars entered the home of Albert Longnecker and demanded that he surrender his valuables to them. Longnecker, despite being rather elderly, attempted to fend off the intruders, but he along with his four other family members were bound. While the burglars rummaged through the house, one of the female family members wrestled free and ran to one of their neighbor's homes. She rang a bell which caused the burglars to flee, taking with them only $3 that they had found in the Longneckers' coat pockets.
In 1899, a bill was passed "to fix, regulate, and establish the fees to be charged and received by constables of this commonwealth." These fees covered such services as levying fines, serving executions, executing search warrants, etc.
In July 1882, George "Tid" Brimmer, who is associated with the infamous Buzzard Gang, allegedly set the Lancaster County Almshouse on fire on the same afternoon that the gang burned the barn of Samuel Ranck. The Almshouse had burned down three times previously, and was later rebuilt and burned down once again in 1900.
An article entitled "Changes of 40 Years: What an Old City Report Showed" from February 20, 1900 details how the LCPD transformed since 1860: "From one High Constable and four Ward Constables and night-watchmen, at an expense of $2,674, we now have a Chief of Police, 2 Sergeants, 18 policemen, and three patrol drivers and a turnkey, costing $19,820, supplemented with police patrol, patrol call boxes, police station house, etc…improvements scarcely dreamed of 40 years ago…"
James Burns, who was convicted of complicity in the Jacobs-Kendig revenue stamp counterfeiting conspiracy, was freed from the Eastern Penitentiary in 1900 after serving a period of one year and six months.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This scrapbook may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
This scrapbook may be photographed without flash. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2010.ClarkeHess
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
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The Lancaster Law and Order Society, 1912-1972

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Author
Cobey, Harry S.
Date of Publication
1991
and District Attorney Alfred C. Alspach. At this time the Law and Order Society agent declared that gambling and vice were under control.' There were strong rumors, in 1961, that the Mafia and organized crime had moved into Lancaster. At that time I was asked to join the Society by its president, Rev
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by Harry S. Cobey, Jr.
Author
Cobey, Harry S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1991
Physical Description
[112]-117 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 93, no. 4
Subjects
Twombly, Clifford G.
Lancaster Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Prostitution - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Crime prevention - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 93, number 4 (1991), p. 112-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.93
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A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials

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Date of Publication
1798. (Entered according to law)
Call Number
Book 606 1798
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Place of Publication
[Harrisburgh]
Publisher
Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth,
Date of Publication
1798. (Entered according to law)
Physical Description
[2], 163, [1] pages ; 8vo.
Notes
"The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.
Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Evans
Summary
This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]
Subjects
M'Manus, Charles, - -1798.
Hauer, John, - -1798.
Hauer, Elizabeth.
Donagan, Patrick.
Cox, Francis.
Shitz, Francis, - -1797.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Executions and executioners - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.
Crime.
Executions and executioners.
Murder.
Trials (Murder)
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
M'Manus, Charles,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 606 1798
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Troubled experiment : crime and justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800

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Author
Marietta, Jack D.
Date of Publication
c2006.
Call Number
364.9748 M334
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Responsibility
Jack D. Marietta and G.S. Rowe.
ISBN
0812239555 (alk. paper)
9780812239553 (alk. paper)
9780812239553
Author
Marietta, Jack D.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
x, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Early American studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-334) and index.
Subjects
Crime - Pennsylvania
Violence - Pennsylvania
Law enforcement - Pennsylvania
Criminal law - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Rowe, G. S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
364.9748 M334
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/2006042161.html
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Archive

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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Object ID
MG0062
Date Range
1868-1972
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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Description
Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers' reports, agents' expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents' on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.
Date Range
1868-1972
Year Range From
1868
Year Range To
1972
Date of Accumulation
1868-1972
Creator
Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Betts, Peter J.
Hager, William Henderson
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Business records
Crime
Gambling
Letters
Prostitution
Sex crimes
Sin
Search Terms
Business records
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Crime
Gambling
Law and Order Society
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Prostitution
Reports
Sex crimes
Sin
Vice
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
8 box, 76 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.
Physical Characteristics
Note: Many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2021-02-09
Object ID
MG0062
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions at this time. However, many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-62
Classification
MG0062
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was processed prior to 1997. Added to database 28 September 2017.
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Female crime and the courts in revolutionary Lancaster County

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Author
Rowe, G. S.
Date of Publication
1983
Female Crime and the Courts in Revolutionary Lancaster County By G. S. Rowe Historians have largely neglected the feminist experience throughout our history. This neglect has stemmed from insensitivity on the part of the male-dominated historical profession as well as from a dearth of sources
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by G. S. Rowe.
Author
Rowe, G. S.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
64-70 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 2
Subjects
Criminal justice, Administration of - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Female offenders - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 2 (1983), p. 64-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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The life and confession of Daniel Shaeffer, who was found guilty, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Lancaster, Pa. in November, 1831, of the murder of Elizabeth Bowers and sentenced to be executed on the 13th of April, 1832

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Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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Author
Shaeffer, Daniel ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Published by Peter Reed, Jr. and A.F. Osterlon ,
Date of Publication
1832.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Original document housed with Rare Books. (090 L244ro 1832)
Subjects
Executions and executioners.
Crime and criminals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
090 L244ro 1832
345.02523 S524
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Not in the cards

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Author
Broucht, Mary Lou.
Date of Publication
â„—â™­2015.
Call Number
929 L525b
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Responsibility
by Mary Lou Broucht.
Author
Broucht, Mary Lou.
Place of Publication
Place not identified
Publisher
Publisher not identified ,
Date of Publication
â„—â™­2015.
Physical Description
97 p. ill. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Leibold, Fanny Clio - 1866 - 1952.
Myers, Francis E. - 1866 - 1952.
Liebold family.
Myers family.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 L525b
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The serpent's tooth

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Author
Andersen, Christopher P.
Edition
1st St. Martin's mass market ed.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
364.1523 A545
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Responsibility
by Christopher P. Andersen.
ISBN
0312905416
Author
Andersen, Christopher P.
Edition
1st St. Martin's mass market ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
St. Martin's Press,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"A story of greed, sex, illegitimacy, drugs, betrayal, and matricide, this book discloses the true story behind the bombing murders of tobacco heiress Margaret Benson and one of her sons." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Benson, Steven.
Benson family.
Hitchcock family.
Benson, Margaret Hitchcock.
Crime - Florida
Murder - Florida.
Trials (Murder) - Florida.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
364.1523 A545
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Local history contained in the early quarter sessions' dockets

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Date of Publication
1922
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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Responsibility
compiled by a committee--read by Miss Martha M. Bowman.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922
Physical Description
81-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 3
Subjects
Jails - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Punishment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Additional Author
Bowman, Martha M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.26
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