EP 65: Boy Genius
In this week's episode Kate and Paul take us to a town outside of Pittsburgh in 1902 where multiple murders take place in a single-family home. The suspect is caught in the act. But did they act alone?
Sources:
“Boy Maniac Killed Mother and Sister” (The Pittsburgh Press) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141930944/
“The Cawley Murders: Boy Genius Slaughtered Family with Axe” (Pennsylvania Oddities) 2018.
http://paoddities.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-cawley-murders-boy-genius.html
“Crazy Boy Kills Mother and Sister” (Wilkes-Barre Leader) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/425940356/?terms=cawley&match=1
“Wholesale Murder at Pittsburg” by Wes Keat (Sausalito News) 1902.
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SN19021018.2.8&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
Homestead, Pennsylvania (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead,_Pennsylvania
“Alleged Boy Murderer Insane” (Wikes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record) 1903.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/390502391/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“Charles Cawley Held” (Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86205867/?terms=charles%20cawley%20italian&match=1
“Cawley Near Wealth When Brain Gave Way to Terrible Strain” (The Pittsburgh Press) 1902.
“Cawley Was Ready to Say He is Guilty” (The Pittsburgh Press) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141934070/?terms=charles%20cawley%20italian&match=1
“History of Homestead” (Homestead Borough)
https://homesteadborough.com/visitors/homestead-history/
“Thinks Murder Charge is a Joke” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/168422604/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22%20italian&match=1
“Must Give $5,000 Bond” (Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette) 1904.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86266178/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“To Die At His Home” (The Pittsburgh Post) 1904.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86377502/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“Cawley To Be Removed” (Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette) 1904.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86223336/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“Local” (Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86216578/?terms=Charles%20cawley&match=1
“Tri-State Items (The Mountaineer-Herald) 1903.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/994699573/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“Death of Harry Cawley Recalls Tragedy” (The Pittsburgh Press) 1907.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/142171783/?terms=%22charles%20cawley%22&match=1
“Explainer: Cities, boroughs, and townships oh my! Pa. municipalities clarified” by Irina Zhorov (WHYY) 2016.
https://whyy.org/articles/explainer-cities-boroughs-and-townships-oh-my-pa-municipalities-clarified/
“Site Plan, 1965 - U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA Drawings from Survey HAER PA-200”
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.pa2223.sheet/?sp=2
“Local” (Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette) 1902.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/86217448/?terms=Charles%20cawley&match=1