Crime of Sioux City By: Caitlin McEntaffer

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Crime of Sioux CityBy Caitlin McEntaffer
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Here is a list of some of the major crimes and
criminals in Sioux City in the 1800s.

• George Throut was getting mad at his partner Ed
  Hatch because he was winning a game of faro. So
  he pulled out a revolver and killed Ed Hatch.
  Throut was given a life sentence in jail but was
  soon pardoned by the governor.
• The second crime was committed when a homeless
  person was hitting a door and a townsperson
  named, Tom Mace came up and shot him down.
• Reverend Haddock was killed because people
  thought that they should keep gambling and
  drinking but Haddock wanted people to live by the
  bible instead. Henry Peters grabbed Haddock and
  it is assumed that the second man, Arensdorf,
  came to Haddocks left side and shot him in his
  neck with a revolver.

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The Main Areas Where Crimes Were/Are Committed
In Sioux City.

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• Near the Soudan area which is at the bottom of
  Prospect Hill.
• Near the Sioux City Stockyards which is where
  Home Depot is now.
• Now
• Between Hamilton Blvd and Floyd Blvd.
• Between the two hospitals which police call
  Midtown.

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What did they do if jails were full in the 1900s?

• They kept adding more and more criminals to the
  jails because there were no laws about how many
  people could be in a jail at one time.

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Design another way to arrest people.

• Using paper and pencil draw another way to arrest
  people with handcuffs and rope.

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Solve the following crime.

• Jerry was attacked by the same mugger twice. The
  first time he stole his briefcase. The second
  time, he stole nothing.
• Hint The mugger took only the briefcase which
  held important business documents.
• Answer The mugger, hired by a business rival
  accidentally switched pagers with Jerry during
  the first attack. He had to mug Jerry again to
  switch them back.

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Is it fact or opinion that Sioux City was called
Little Chicago because of the amount of crime?

• Fact FACT insert.ppt
• Opinion Opinion insert.ppt

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Identify the 3 most popular crimes that were
committed in Sioux City in the 1900s.

• Robbery Answerrob.ppt
• Gambling Answergam.ppt
• Vagrancy Answervag.ppt
• Murder answermur.ppt
• Assault answerassa.ppt
• Motor vehicle theft answermvt.ppt
• Arson answerars.ppt

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Imagine how you would act innocent when you are
really guilty for a crime you committed in the
1800s.

• If you you could act like you are innecent when
  youre guilty would you say I saw him do it or
  would you say I was over at the bank.

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This is a Venn Diagram of how they solved crimes
in the 1800s and now.
Now
1800s
to 1900s
Fingerprints Sketch artists DNA Forensics Evidence
Cameras Witnesses
Evidence Witnesses Fingerprints
Evidence Fingerprints Witnesses
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Decide who committed the crime in Sioux City in
1933.

• On July 15, 1933 a robbery was committed on
  Fourth street. The evidence was a footprint, a
  bloody pillow case, a hat, and a clean shirt. The
  DNA found on the pillow case was from a man
  named, Alex Zanner but it was not his pillow. A
  very expensive dress shirt that had recently been
  sent to the drycleaners to be washed and pressed
  was owned by a woman named, Cecila Conners. The
  DNA from the hat was from a man named Jake
  Ofelia, and the DNA from the footprint was from a
  rare European shoe. The owner was named, Alisha
  Alickson who also worked at the dry cleaners. So
  try to figure out who should go to jail and
  should not. Answer.ppt

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Judge if one of the suspects should go to prison
or should both go to prison.

• Judge if both or one of the suspects should go
  to prison for murdering a 21 year old man one of
  the suspects name is Daniel Basket and the other
  is his girlfriend named Natalie Kikoson.
  Witnesss say Natalie was holding the victim
  and Daniel was holding a gun to the victims neck
  and in one minute Daniel shot the victim in the
  neck.

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Design a way to distract a police officer in
Sioux City now.

• What would you do if a cop was chasing you but
  you could not surrender?

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Design a way to act like you are innocent when
you are guilty in Sioux City in the 1940s.

• If you could design a way to act like you were
  innocent what would you say ?

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Please use a piece of paper and summarize three
things you have learned from this PowerPoint.

• Thanks for watching my PowerPoint.