Peter is famous for one thing only...a 1867 murder. He ran from the crime and was found in Leavenworth, Kansas after a relative turned him for a $200 reward.
1870 census in Joliet Penitentiary
1880 census same
Pardoned in 1893 after only serving 25 years of a life sentence.
Not located on 1900 census but was listed in 1910 as a single, alone, 70 yr old farmer in Copeland, Bonner county, Idaho, the last record found.
The brutalized Keller family are all buried in Scales Mound Illinois
Peter is famous for one thing only...a 1867 murder. He ran from the crime and was found in Leavenworth, Kansas after a relative turned him for a $200 reward.
1870 census in Joliet Penitentiary
1880 census same
Pardoned in 1893 after only serving 25 years of a life sentence.
Not located on 1900 census but was listed in 1910 as a single, alone, 70 yr old farmer in Copeland, Bonner county, Idaho, the last record found.
The brutalized Keller family are all buried in Scales Mound Illinois
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