The murders of brothers Jacob and Samuel Shockey during the 1920s. The saga began with the shooting death of Jacob on the public road at Beartown on South Mountain, probably as the result of a love triangle. His brother Sam was convicted of the slaying, but people still debate his guilt. Sam soon escaped from prison, and eventually his brother Christian found his body lying on a boulder in the woods near Beartown. He had been shot and axed in the head. No one was ever prosecuted for the second murder. 

The story is written about in “The Proceedings of the Potomac Street Irregulars” (2014) which is a study group in the Antietam Historical Association.

Sam & Jacob Shockey 21 Mar 1924, Fri Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 22 Mar 1924, Sat The Warren Tribune (Warren, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 22 Mar 1924, Sat The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 27 Mar 1924, Thu People’s Register (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 27 Mar 1924, Thu People’s Register (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 30 Apr 1924, Wed The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri The Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri The Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri The Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 02 May 1924, Fri The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Sam & Jacob Shockey 09 Oct 1924, Thu People’s Register (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 13 Feb 1928, Mon The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

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Sam & Jacob Shockey 17 Feb 1928, Fri The News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com