Fred Laue murdered - found in his bed with a gun under his hand.
Spouse #2:
Allena Peltre m. 28 Mar 1922 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa[3]
Spouse #3:
Ellen (Anderson) Sundeen m. 7 Nov 1923 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
(Her parents are P C Anderson and Mary Anderson)[4]
Historic Nebraska Mug Shots
Frank Dinsmore
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Murder, life
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Frank committed a double murder which rocked the tiny town of Odessa, Buffalo County on the night of December 4, 1899. Lillian Dinsmore was found dead in the kitchen of the house in which she and her husband Frank L. Dinsmore boarded. Fred Laue, the boarding house owner was shot in his bedroom. The Dinsmores had been married only a year.
According to Fred Laue's wife, Mr. Dinsmore became obsessed with her and seduced her. Unhappy in his marriage, Dinsmore supposedly plotted to kill his young wife and murder Laue. After she was murdered, Lillian Dinsmore's brothers accused Dinsmore of using hypnotic powers on their vulnerable sister. After hearing the accusation, Mrs. Laue also claimed to be a victim of Dinsmore's hypnotic influence.
The Dinsmore case became a newspaper sensation. He vehemently denied all the charges even after the guilty verdict was read and he was sentenced to death by hanging. Dinsmore's lawyers appealed the sentence and Governor Dietrich stepped in to commute his sentence to life in prison.
Dinsmore posed for his mug shot at the Nebraska State Prison wearing a simple white cotton shirt, sack jacket, and striped prison-issue pants.[5]
In 1919 Dinsmore got lucky again when another act of executive clemency was awarded to him by Governor McKelvey and he was able to walk away a free man at the age of 53. After prison Dinsmore boarded with another couple while he worked at a paper factory.[6]
Fact: Residence (1870) Ohio, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Newton Township, Pike, Ohio, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Newton, Pike, Ohio, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Omaha Ward 12, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Fact: Pension (15 Dec 1931) Nebraska, United States
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ6K-M3F : 27 September 2017), W H Dinsmore in entry for Frank L Dinsmore and Ellen Anderson Sundeen, 07 Nov 1923, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing reference 412, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,476,881.
A Double Murder in Odessa: The State of Nebraska vs. Frank Dinsmore, By Ross Huxoll
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S6-2NW : 16 July 2017), Frank L Dinsmore in household of Elizabeth Dinsmore, Newton, Pike, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 127, sheet 85D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1058; FHL microfilm 1,255,058.
"Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5ZV-2J7 : accessed 16 July 2015), Frank L Dinsmore and Lillian Bloomfield, 20 Jul 1899; citing Odessa, Nebraska, reference 3101; FHL microfilm 1,941,493.
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