Subject: Murder

Resolution passed by the Lancaster, Pennsylvania City Council on February 22, 1839, offering a $300 reward for information leading to the conviction of the murderers of Lazarus Zellerbach. The document includes correspondence from Baltimore police regarding the arrest of suspects Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Wilman.

Manuscript resolution from the Lancaster, Pennsylvania City Council, dated February 27, 1839, requesting the Mayor inform the Governor of Pennsylvania about the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach. The document includes a reference to a letter from Baltimore police regarding the arrest of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Wilman, suspects in the murder.

Letter dated April 2, 1839, from the Baltimore Police to the Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, informing him of the arrest of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Wilman, suspected murderers of a Jewish peddler. The letter requests further information from Lancaster for the suspects' final commitment. The event generated sufficient interest to warrant a pamphlet account of the trial printed in Lancaster in 1839. Lazarus Zellerbach, a Pittsburgh resident and one of five known Jews in Pittsburgh in 1839, is mentioned.

Issue of the New-York Spectator newspaper from June 5, 1811, reporting on the killing of Richard Bowden by Samuel Myers in New York City. The article details the circumstances surrounding the event, including the role of Bowden's father, Moses Myers, and the location of the incident in Norfolk, Virginia.

Book published in Philadelphia by Barclay in 1875. Purporting to be the autobiography of Anson Bunker (1818-1873), a convicted and executed serial killer, this book recounts numerous murders, including that of Benjamin Nathan, a prominent New York City Jew. While presented as a factual account, the book's accuracy is questionable; the murder of Benjamin Nathan, a significant event covered in the New York Times, remains unsolved, and no one named Anson Bunker was ever implicated. The book also describes Bunker's purported participation in the Canadian Rebellion and the American Civil War. This edition is unlisted in Singerman, not located on OCLC, and not in McDade. Wright 3337a. Other printings from the 1870s and 1880s exist, all considered rare. This book is significant for being possibly the first published in the United States to detail the murder of a Jewish person.

Pamphlet reporting on the trial of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Willman for the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach, a Jewish peddler in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by Forney, Printer in 1839. The pamphlet includes Kobler's confession to Willman, the Attorney General's speech, and the judge's charge to the jury. Zellerbach, described as a German peddler with limited English proficiency, was found murdered. Musselman was captured in Baltimore and convicted, later executed. Willman, Musselman's servant, turned state's evidence. Fellow Jewish peddlers testified. McDade 708. Cohen 12898. Not in Singerman. OCLC 3211424 [7], as of January 2018. American Imprints records an additional 15 pages after page 56, but all other sources end at page 56.