Should the heroes look for any strange happenings in Chicago in 1894, when the library was entrusted to Metzler, they will discover an alarming number of murders in the spring.
Theodore Conaway, shot by Martin Leary in Leary’s home on April 2
Joseph Lambert, shot by Dennis Carpenter on April 3
Kenneth Christopher, found dead of exposure on Lakeside Dr on April 4
Shannon Anderson, stabbed by Keith McNealy at Anderson’s home on April 4
Bill Shaffer, shot by Lisa Preston at Shaffer’s home on April 5
Mike Jordan, stabbed by an unknown assailant on April 6
Paula Clark, drug overdose suicide in her own home on April 7
David Mayhew, shot by Jim Grice at the corner of Ogden and Harlem Avenues on April 8
Brenda French, stabbed by David Peters at 2419 High St, The Branding Iron grill on April 9
Steven Helton, defenestrated by Mary Helton at their home on April 10
James Hill, strangled by Tom Booth on April 11
James Gorman, shot by Eric Carrey at Gorman’s home on April 11
Mark Gates, stabbed by Angelina Gold at Marshall Field’s on April 12
Betty Click, strangled by Larry Click at Marshall Field’s on April 12
April Pearson, stabbed by Cheryl Pearson at their home on April 13
Angelina Gold, strangled herself while in jail on April 14
Charles Marston, shot by Geoffrey Marston at their home on April 15
Jessie Landers, shot by Robert Lewis in his home on April 16
Any one of these could have been a Society member.