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A large crowd of sightseers pose at a garage where two women and three children were murdered by Harry Powers. Powers was convicted and executed for the killings.

1. Crowd at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048458
Title:
Crowd at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
A large crowd of sightseers pose at a garage where two women and three children were murdered by Harry Powers. Powers was convicted and executed for the killings.
Serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke in this ditch on his own property. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.

2. Man Underneath Structure Along Ditch at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048466
Title:
Man Underneath Structure Along Ditch at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke in this ditch on his own property. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.