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In the quiet hours of a Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 25, 1911, the life of Deputy Sheriff Clarence Woolman, a 33-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. He was not a resident of the city, but rather a lawman from Pottawattamie County, merely passing through on official business. His duty on this fateful trip was to transport a prisoner to the State Hospital for Inebriates in Knoxville. The two had stopped for the night, taking a room at the Kirkwood Hotel at 400 Walnut ...Read More
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Clarence Wool
Male
White / Caucasian
Des Moines
IA
1911-03-25
33
Clarence
Wool
11/05/2025
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I've been researching the unfortunate events surrounding Deputy Woolman's death, and one aspect that... ...Read More
10/18/2024
10/18/2024
I was doing some research on the tragic death of Deputy Woolman and stumbled across an interesting t... ...Read More
01/07/2024
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