Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State August 26-1893 " ILLEGAL FISHERMEN CAUGHT. A quartette of Alabama men accused of fishing illegally in Oak Orchard creek in that town were captured Thursday night by George M. SWARTZ of Rochester, State Game and Fish Protector, assisted by George AMES of Wheatville. The men were Ira HOWLAND, Alexander HALE, Charles HALE, and Richard WEST. " ------------------------- Oh I just can't RESIST commenting on this one! Poor Ira Howland!! Wonder if this is the son or the father? Can't locate my file at this second. Ira senior dies in 1893. His body turns up missing from his grave when the insurance company goes to exhume him. There was some question on what he died of. A year later his body is found in a the back of a corn field by a farmer. Turns out the wife had paid a couple guys to dig him up out of the cemetery to hide his body from the insurance men. She eventually did get his death benefits from the policy. Very wierd story......... -- Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ Experience the town of Alabama in Genesee County, New York. History, tombstone inscriptions, census records, history of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians and the Iroquois. Enjoy a good murder mystery? Read about the murders of Polly Frisch. APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys/ Genesee County, NY website. Includes History Department, (under "Historian") http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The Genesee Area Genealogy Society lists the names and addresses for all the Genesee & Wyoming County Historians http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygags/hist.htm