Complete Source List for Untying the Knot: An Iowa True Crime Story
1 – “Grand Jury Nearly Done.” The Des Moines Register, 4 Dec 1900.
2 – “Detectives Tell Story.” The Des Moines Register, 18 Oct 1900.
3 – “Asks For Her Freedom.” The Des Moines Register, 10 Jul 1900.
4 – “Wants Parent With Her.” The Des Moines Register, 12 Sep 1900.
5 – “Richardson Denies All.” The Des Moines Register, 7 Dec 1900.
6 – “Brother Against Sister.” The Des Moines Register, 8 Dec 1900.
7 – “Ordinance is Sustained.” The Des Moines Register, 14 Dec 1900.
8 – “Brother Against Sister.” The Des Moines Register, 8 Dec 1900.
9 – “Case Approaches An End.” The Des Moines Register, 13 Dec 1900.
10 – “Shooting A Mystery.” The Des Moines Register, 13 Dec 1900.
11 – “Detectives Cease Work On Case.” The Des Moines Register, 16 Dec 1900.
12 – CPI Inflation Calculator.
13 – “Bishop Grants a Decree.” The Des Moines Register, 25 Dec 1900.
14 – “Wives Sue for Separation.” Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep 1902.
15 – “Faints When Her Husband Triumphs in Divorce Case.” Chicago Tribune, 27 Jun 1903.
16 – “William E. Richardson Gets Divorce.” Chicago Tribune, 1 Jul 1903.
17 – “Asks to See Children.” Chicago Tribune, 10 Jul 1904.
18 – “Woman Battles For Right to Visit Her Children.” The Inter Ocean, 17 Jul 1904.
19 – “Wife Wants Him Punished Because He Spoke to Her.” Chicago Tribune, 27 Jul 1904.
20 – “Mother Fights For Children’s Custody.” The Inter Ocean, 12 Apr 1908.
21 – “Denies Children Are Abused.” Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr 1908.
22 – “Not to Call Her ‘Mother’.” The Inter Ocean, 12 Jul 1908.
23 – “Cousins Grilled in Court.” Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb 1909.
24 – “Richardson Contest Ended.” Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb 1909.
25 – U.S. Census Bureau 1925. New York State Census.
26 – U.S. Census Bureau 1940. United States Federal Census.
27 – “Meyers.” Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 22 Nov 1951.
28 – “Her Own Daddy First Johnny to Send Roses.” The Day Book, 28 Jan 1914.
29 – “Ten Good Acts at Henderson’s.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 Aug 1916.
30 – “Plays and Players.” The Brooklyn Citizen, 28 Oct 1916.
31 – “Ziegfeld Follies.” The Buffalo Times, 3 Feb 1918.
32 – “Stage Whisperings.” The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer, 12 Aug 1920.
33 – “Weds Magnate on Divorce.” The Decatur Daily, 25 May 1927.
34 – “Coming Shows at Local Theaters.” The Buffalo Enquirer, 2 Mar 1918.
35 – “Gems Worth $100,000 Adorn Actresses In Fashion Drama.” The Ithaca Journal, 30 Sep 1915.
36 – New York, Marriage Indexes, 1907-2018.
37 – “Motor Executive Dies at Work.” The Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1943.
38 – National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas.
39 – “Dorothy R. Millard.” The Golden Rain Seal Beach Leisure World News, 16 Mar 1989.
40 – “Brownlee Man Dies Suddenly While Curling.” The Leader-Post, 16 Jan 1935.
41 – “George H. Kern.” The Redondo Reflex, 25 Mar 1949.
42 – “Mrs. Agnes Kern.” The Los Angeles Times, 28 May 1953.