The Tragic Murder of Anna Wiese

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On Monday, August 26th, 1893, 20-year-old Anna Wiese was brutally murdered on her way home from a friend’s house. Coined ‘Atrocious Murder in Iowa,’ this crime is incredibly hard to get to the bottom of due to multiple factors: the time period, the environment, and lack of criminal analysis. We at Tea Time Crimes have a hunch on who did it, but we want to hear from you, too!

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Sources:

• Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases, ““None But a Frenzied Woman”: Murder of Anna Wiese 1893.” By Nancy Bowers, December 2010, https://iowaunsolvedmurders.com/the-murders/murder-of-anna-wiese-1893/
• “Atrocious Murder in Iowa.” Kansas City Journal, Mon, Aug 28, 1893, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1023501547/
• “The Murder of Anna Wiese.” The Sioux City Journal, Tue, Aug 29, 1893, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/416343636/
• “Isenhart Proves An Alibi.” The Sioux City Journal, Wed, Aug 30, 1893, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/416343776/
• “Still in the Dark.” The Gazette, Thu, Aug 31, 1893, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/550898120/
• Audubon Republican, Thu, Oct 26, 1893, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/897356835/
• “An Iowa Murder Mystery.” The Indianapolis News, Thu, Nov 16, 1893, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/34515994/
• “Traced By Her Hair.” Chicago Tribune, Fri, Nov 10, 1893 Page 11, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349828607/
• “The Gladbrook Mystery.” The Sioux City Journal, Sun, Sep 17, 1893, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/416347967/
• “The Bennett-Weise Tragedy.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Tue, Nov 14, 1893, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/571304010/
• “The Body of Anna Wiese Disturbed for the Third Time.” The Morning Democrat, Wed, Jan 17, 1894, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/299119378/
• Algona Courier, Fri, Feb 02, 1894 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/2319179/
• “The Weise Murder.” The Courier, Tue, Mar 20, 1894 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/356711136/
• “Wiese Trial.” The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Thu, Apr 05, 1894 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/550909705/
• “Trying to Prove an Alibi.” The Morning Democrat, Sun, Apr 15, 1894, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/299134797/
• “A Stricken Juror.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Sun, Apr 22, 1894, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/571297084/
• “The Second Trial.” The Gazette, Thu, Jul 12, 1894, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/550922456/
• “Ready To Hear Testimony.” Quad-City Times, Sat, Sep 08, 1894, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/298970244/
• “Mrs. Bennett Talks.” The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Wed, Sep 19, 1894, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/550811261/
• “Mrs. Bennett Goes Free.” The Sioux City Journal, Sun, Sep 23, 1894, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/416362325/
• “Clew to Anna Wiese’s Slayer.” The Sioux City Journal, Thu, Oct 04, 1894, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/416365141/
• The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Thu, Oct 04, 1894, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/550814070/