Fires into a Crowd of 5,000 People in The New York Times on August 14, 1903
Twigg Killed 6 Men in The New York Times on August 16, 1903
Collection: Gilbert Twigg
Title
Fires into a Crowd of 5,000 People in The New York Times on August 14, 1903
Twigg Killed 6 Men in The New York Times on August 16, 1903
Subject
The New York Times
New York, New York
Twigg, Gilbert A.
Winfield, KS
Description
There were 2 articles written in The New York Times that reported on the August 13, 1903 shooting by Gilbert Twigg at a band concert on 9th Avenue and Main Street in Winfield, KS. The August 14, 1903 article states that three people were killed, fatally injured three, and wounds twenty. The follow up article on August 16, 1903 states that a letter was found in Twigg's belongs that shows he planned the massacre days before he carried it out. He explained how he felt that the residents of Winfield dismissed his past troubles in life.
Creator
The New York Times, New York, New York USA
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, KS USA
Date
1903-08-14
1903-08-16
Rights
Format
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Type
Clippings
Citation
The New York Times, New York, New York USA, “Fires into a Crowd of 5,000 People in The New York Times on August 14, 1903
Twigg Killed 6 Men in The New York Times on August 16, 1903,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/222.
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FIRES INTO A CROWD
OF 5,000 PEOPLE.
Gilbert Trigg Kills Three, Fatally In-jures Three, and Wounds Twenty in Winfield, Kan. ---Policeman
Kills Him.
WINFIELD, Kan., Aug. 13.--Gilbert Trigg, aged thirty years, supposed to be insane, appeared on the principal street of this town to-night with a double bar-reled shotgun, and fired both charges de-liberately into a crowd of 5,000 people who were listening to a band concert. He killed three persons, fatally injured three, and shot twenty others, of whom six may die. Trigg was himself killed by a police-man.
The dead are: Sterling Rice, a carpenter; Dawson Tillotson, a barber and D. Bow-man, a carpenter, of Oxford, Kan. |
The injured are: Mrs. John Barnard, shot in the neck; James Clarkson, shot in the back and arm; R. E. Oliver, shot in the shoulder and back; Clyde Reed, shot in the hip; J. B. Story, shot in the chest and knee; William Wilkins, and Charles Thomas,
Partly, cloudy; southwest
winds.
In Greater New York. Jersey City and Newark.
TWIGG KILLED SIX MEN.
WINFIELD, Kan., Aug. 15.—Seven per-sons are now dead as a result of the maniacal deed of Gilbert Twigg, who fired into the crowd at a band concert here on Thursday night. Twigg and three of his victims died within a short time. Those who have since succumbed to their injuries are Port Smith, a farmer; Dawson Belli-tier, a carpenter, and Roy Davis, a school-boy
Elmer Farnsworth and Otis Garter are dying, while Claude Reed, Charles Thomas, and James Clarkson are in a critical con-dition. A score of others are badly hurt. A letter has been found among the ef-fects of Twigg which indicates that he planned the massacre some days ago. It appears that Twigg was disappointed sev-eral years ago in a love affair, and that he had brooded over it to such an extent that he was conviced the citizens of Win-field were making light of his troubles.
He wrote that he had harmed no man and had never violated the laws of his country and that the deed he was about to perpetrate was for the purpose of “getting even” With those who had shunned him and interested themselves unnecessarily in his affairs. He expressed regret that he settle his account with Lieut. My-ron C. Bowdish and Contract Surgeon O.
W. Woods of the United States Army, against whom he appears to have a grievance.
Quite a large sum of money was found upon Twigg's person, and it has been
learned that on Aug. 1 he remitted two drafts of $300 each to two brothers, who live in Pennsylvania.
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Title
Fires into a Crowd of 5,000 People in The New York Times on August 14, 1903
Twigg Killed 6 Men in The New York Times on August 16, 1903
Subject
The New York Times
New York, New York
Twigg, Gilbert A.
Winfield, KS
Description
There were 2 articles written in The New York Times that reported on the August 13, 1903 shooting by Gilbert Twigg at a band concert on 9th Avenue and Main Street in Winfield, KS. The August 14, 1903 article states that three people were killed, fatally injured three, and wounds twenty. The follow up article on August 16, 1903 states that a letter was found in Twigg's belongs that shows he planned the massacre days before he carried it out. He explained how he felt that the residents of Winfield dismissed his past troubles in life.
Creator
The New York Times, New York, New York USA
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, KS USA
Date
1903-08-14
1903-08-16
Rights
Format
text/plain
Type
Clippings
Citation
The New York Times, New York, New York USA, “Fires into a Crowd of 5,000 People in The New York Times on August 14, 1903Twigg Killed 6 Men in The New York Times on August 16, 1903,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/222.
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FIRES INTO A CROWD
OF 5,000 PEOPLE.
Gilbert Trigg Kills Three, Fatally In-jures Three, and Wounds Twenty in Winfield, Kan. ---Policeman
Kills Him.
WINFIELD, Kan., Aug. 13.--Gilbert Trigg, aged thirty years, supposed to be insane, appeared on the principal street of this town to-night with a double bar-reled shotgun, and fired both charges de-liberately into a crowd of 5,000 people who were listening to a band concert. He killed three persons, fatally injured three, and shot twenty others, of whom six may die. Trigg was himself killed by a police-man.
The dead are: Sterling Rice, a carpenter; Dawson Tillotson, a barber and D. Bow-man, a carpenter, of Oxford, Kan. |
The injured are: Mrs. John Barnard, shot in the neck; James Clarkson, shot in the back and arm; R. E. Oliver, shot in the shoulder and back; Clyde Reed, shot in the hip; J. B. Story, shot in the chest and knee; William Wilkins, and Charles Thomas,
Partly, cloudy; southwest
winds.
In Greater New York. Jersey City and Newark.
TWIGG KILLED SIX MEN.
WINFIELD, Kan., Aug. 15.—Seven per-sons are now dead as a result of the maniacal deed of Gilbert Twigg, who fired into the crowd at a band concert here on Thursday night. Twigg and three of his victims died within a short time. Those who have since succumbed to their injuries are Port Smith, a farmer; Dawson Belli-tier, a carpenter, and Roy Davis, a school-boy
Elmer Farnsworth and Otis Garter are dying, while Claude Reed, Charles Thomas, and James Clarkson are in a critical con-dition. A score of others are badly hurt. A letter has been found among the ef-fects of Twigg which indicates that he planned the massacre some days ago. It appears that Twigg was disappointed sev-eral years ago in a love affair, and that he had brooded over it to such an extent that he was conviced the citizens of Win-field were making light of his troubles.
He wrote that he had harmed no man and had never violated the laws of his country and that the deed he was about to perpetrate was for the purpose of “getting even” With those who had shunned him and interested themselves unnecessarily in his affairs. He expressed regret that he settle his account with Lieut. My-ron C. Bowdish and Contract Surgeon O.
W. Woods of the United States Army, against whom he appears to have a grievance.
Quite a large sum of money was found upon Twigg's person, and it has been
learned that on Aug. 1 he remitted two drafts of $300 each to two brothers, who live in Pennsylvania.
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