Blade has been ground down to dagger shape and guard has been added by twisting wire about hilt. Used by an Italian in Williamsport to murder his step-daughter.
86. BOWIE KNIFE. L. 10"
Old and rather crudely made. Wooden grip. Has seen Civil War service and is believed to have been taken from the body of a Confederate soldier.
87. DAGGER. L. 12-1/4"
Apparently home-made. Hilt made from the handle of an old Barlow pocket knife. Found in pocket of Lute Shaffer, murderer of Colby family, Clinton County, 1888.
88. TWO BUTCHER-KNIVES.
Crudely made, with wide blades and rough wooden handles. Used to dismember the body of a girl who was killed in a family quarrel. This was the "Pear Tree Murder", told of in Col. Shoemaker's "More Allegheny Episodes", Ch. II.
89. PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN HUNTING KNIFE. L. 13"
Made and used by John E. Smith, a famous Clearfield County hunter of the middle Nineteenth Century. Staghorn handle and pewter mountings.
90. SPANISH BULL-FIGHTER'S PUNTILLA. L. 9"