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William Tratebas

Case from Chesterton, IN dated Aug 15, 1895

Victim Details

William Tratebas

Male

Chesterton

IN

1895-08-15

19

William

Tratebas

07/11/2026

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In the late summer of 1895, a long-simmering property dispute in Chesterton, Indiana, erupted into a shocking act of violence that claimed the life of 19-year-old William R. Tratebas. The young man, a resident of the small town, was fatally shot on the morning of August 15, 1895, inside a local blacksmith shop. The man responsible for his death was 25-year-old Alonzo Leiben Powers, with whom Tratebas and his family had ongoing disagreements.

The fatal encounter was the culmination of risi ...
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  • Newspapers.com: 1939 Obituary Alonzo Powers
  • Porter County, Indiana, GenWeb - Obituary/Death Notice for William R. Tratebas - The Chesterton Tribune, August 16, 1895
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