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| Date: | 08 24 1961 |
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| Description: | Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc... |
| Date: | 08 24 1961 |
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| Description: | Captain Harry Wyatt, left, and Deputy Sheriff Mike Spencer bring prisoner Lawrence Nutley, of Chicago, to the Dane County jail in Madison. The prisoner was... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Jailer Max Koons pointing to the hastily-repaired ceiling in the lobby of the Dane County Jail which two inmates tried to claw open during an attempted esc... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Jailer Ralph Chesemore examining the control room buttons that were pushed to unlock a series of doors leading to the Dane County Jail lobby in an unsucces... |
| Date: | 02 08 1962 |
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| Description: | Richard Nickl and William Welter appear in court after being accused of slaying Patrolman James Jantz, Baraboo and wounding Lake Delton Police Chief Eugene... |
| Date: | 03 02 1962 |
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| Description: | Sauk County Policeman Fred Bayer, in uniform, using a pointer stick while testifying at the trial of William Welter, Lawrence Nutley, and Richard Nickl. Th... |
| Date: | 03 22 1962 |
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| Description: | The original photo caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. William Welter Sr. watch intently as their son takes the stand." Their son, William Jr., along with Lawrenc... |
| Date: | 03 23 1962 |
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| Description: | William Welter demonstrates for his attorney, Vaughn Conway, how he handed his driver's license to Policeman James Jantz before the shooting started. Willi... |
| Date: | 03 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Accused police slayer Richard Nickl ducking photographers as spectators crowd the door to watch him leave Circuit Court. His left leg in cast was fractured... |
| Date: | 03 30 1965 |
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| Description: | Front page of the "Wisconsin State Journal" on April 10, 1865 headlining Abraham Lincoln's assassination. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Barbara Hoffman sitting in an office and speaking with her defense attorneys, including Don Eisenberg in the plaid jacket, after she was indicted for murde... |
| Date: | 09 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph image of the body of Schuyler Gates near the mouth of Hurlbut Creek. The body is laying between the ruts of a rugged dirt road. |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | A group of white men are posing along a pile of cinder blocks. In front of the blocks, and partially obscured by shadows, is the body of a black man. Capti... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Darrell MacIntyre, attorney for the defense in the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, who was accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary att... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the jurors in the jury box. These men and women served jury duty for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock d... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Members of the jury for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary attempt, are standing in front of the A&P Super... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Winifred Ottum, one of the jurors who are experiencing restrictions to their personal freedom during the long murder trial of Ralph O'Dell. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Circuit Judge Edwin Wilkie who presided over the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell. |
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