Murder and Mayhem in Mendon and Honeoye Falls
Murder and Mayhem in Mendon and Honeoye Falls
by Diane Ham, Lynne Menz
English | EPUB | 5.3 MB
by Diane Ham, Lynne Menz
English | EPUB | 5.3 MB
The Town of Mendon and the Village of HoneoyeFalls are today quiet western New York suburbs, but they weren’t always soidyllic. Inyears past, the village was a center of commerce, manufacturing and railroads,and by the mid-nineteenth century, this prosperity brought with it an elementof mayhem. Horse stealing was commonplace. Saloons and taverns were abundant.Street scuffles and barroom brawls were regular, especially on Saturday nights,after the laborers were paid. By Sunday morning, numerous drunks—like ManleyLocke, who would eventually go on to kill another man in a fight—were confinedto the “lockup” in the village hall. It was at this time that the Village ofHoneoye Falls earned the name “Murderville.” As the town and village turn twohundred, join local historians Diane Ham and Lynne Menz as they explore thepeaceful region’s vicious history.