Law & Order Archieven

A Border Incident

De Graafschapper, 18 September 1931

In 1931, a family tragedy unfolded in ‘t Dal.

led to the arrest of two dangerous gentlemen in 1926.

In 1921, H.J.J.’s skull was crushed with an axe by his brother-in-law while in bed.

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In May 1920, ƒ 14,000 was stolen from the butter factory in Aalten.

In 1918, the municipality of Aalten was defrauded of ƒ 60,000.

On 21 November 1909, a young man was killed in Aalten.

A talking bird gave a farmer a terrible fright (1907)

Bernard Bloemers was sent to a penal colony in Drenthe in 1896.

In 1887, the army and police had to maintain order between churchgoers

27 February 1880

The tragic fate of Gesina te Winkel (1799)

Family feud leads to murder and a gruesome execution (1770)

In 1729, ‘beggar and vagabond’ Klaas Nijman was executed on the Hollenberg.