[CBQ] Could CBQ trains have been ridden by the 1912 Villisca axe murderer?

["johnwvn" <johnwvn@hotmail.com>]

In June, 1912, eight people--six of them children--were bludgeoned to death in 
their home.  The murderer has never been found.  Among the suspects was Andy 
Sawyer, a pile driver who spoke to and even slept with his axe.  In many ways 
he was a most compelling suspect, but he was dismissed from consideration early 
on.  Why?  In part because investigators never figured out how he might have 
left Osceola around 9 the night before the murders were discovered, arrived in 
Villisca, did his deeds, then left Villisca to arrive in Creston by 6 or so the 
morning after.  I do not have access to train schedules for freights or 
passenger trains, but this itinerant train worker would probably have known how 
to hop around well enough to cover his tracks.  Does anyone have access to old 
timetables or train schedules that would help me construct scenarios for how he 
might have fooled everyone?

PS--There were many murders along the railroad line extending from Chicago 
through Kansas City and finally to Colorado Springs during this time period.  A 
person savvy with how train schedules worked could be America's first serial 
murderer.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Best--Dr. John Van Ness
      Churdan, Iowa



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