Victim: William “Billy” Fee
Perpetrators: Bert Rusk and John Keys
Date of Incident: 1890-08-25
Location of Incident: ??
On August 25, 1890, William Fee (alias Billy Moore) was shot while traveling by boat to the Kentucky shore across from Lawrenceburg, IN with his friends, Bert Rusk and John Keys, along with John’s new bride, Eva (Dickinson) Keys. William’s body was found at Big Bone Lick and initially buried in Hamilton, KY. It was later exhumed and moved to Old St. Joseph Cemetery in Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH. No one was ever convicted for his murder.
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