Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri

Murder in the Cornfield: The Wilson/Schulz Murders


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On a hot July morning in 1880, Andrew Wilson and his young, pregnant lover, Martha Schulz, were gunned down by an assassin hiding in the cornfield near Ware Church Road in Jefferson County, Missouri.  Could this act have been retaliation for the shameful way Wilson had treated his wife, Sarah, who was a descendant of several of the oldest families in the county?

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Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County, MissouriBy Mindy Hudson