The Murder Next Door
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This page is an overflow from my initial research on the building I live in @ 3328 24th Street.
It holds ongoing research about the neighbors and events leading to July 4, 1872. There are visual timelines of the folks involved, PDFs of the collection of transcribed newspaper articles about the event, catalogs of same, photographs of a San Francisco orphanage and documents unearthed at the SFPL History Center… and a musical AI component to help tell the fascinating story.
Research & Findings
The Murder Next Door • PDF
All transcribed documents gathered & linked to their sources.
aka The Carr Murder Suicide
Update Coming Soon
Newspaper Clippings • PDF
Murder Next Door checklist spreadsheet with links to newspaper sources.
Orphan Asylum
Scans of Documents & Photos of the San Francisco Orphan Asylum • [Edgewood Records SFH 29] SFPL History Center
Timeline • Key Events
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Playlist in Progress
Lyrics
In progress exploration of a musical component to tell the San Francisco story of the Carr family that lived next door until 1872.
Well documented in newspaper stories of the time, there is mayhem, murder(s) and an inevitable tragic ending. Just one of the many stories in the the wild and wooly city of San Francisco.
I happened to move next door to the home almost 100 years after it transpired back in the 19th century.
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Images imagined by Midjourney. Lyrics and music created by Suno, massaged and coerced by Junior Hansen Jr.
Lizzie Haley • Lifetime Timeline • in Progress
Work in Progress: Recent {5.5.25} finds from records at SFPL’s History Center have revealed original indenture document with signatures of all parties, subsequent inconsistent birthdate, a larger family and sister, born in Illinois. Any influx of research from Kathy L has filled in details of her sale of 3330 24th Street home, husband,residence on Fair Oaks, sons, & life as a widow. More to come…
San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum • Photographs from Edgewood Records SFH29
SFPL History Center photographs include 2 postcard drawings of the Haight Street locations, a classroom of young children, girls in sewing class, girls and boys exercising, a group of children ready for a car ride in front of Haight Street building.
Inscription on reverse of large postcard : “Protestant Orphan Asylum.” Formally organized in 1851. In 1853 the two city blocks bounded by Haight, Herman, Laguna and Buchanan Streets were bought at public sale. In March 1854 the first building on this site was occupied. In 1863, with money donated by the Sansome Hook and Ladder Co. and the proceeds from the sale of a lot of ground given by Mr. James Lick, the addition was built known as the Sansome Wing. The building was raised in 1919. {5.5.25}
Lizzie & Sarah Haley • SF Protestant Orphan Asylum Timeline
Work in Progress: Recent {6.27.25} finds from Edgewood records at SFPL’s History Center have revealed a verification of birthplace in Louisiana (upon arrival?), an earlier birthdate, variants of her first [Francis, ELizabeth, Eliza, Lizzie], and surname [Haley, Healey], England-born siblings and sister Sarah, born in Illinois, Sarah’s many Indentures(s) before her own adoption/indenture from SFPOA. More to come…
The San Francisco Orphan Asylum Society • Elizabeth Haley Indenture Contract
Transcription
Elizabeth Haley's Indenture paperwork and signatures from the San Francisco [Protestant] Orphan Asylum.
Photographs, Documents, and transcription reproduced from the Edgewood Records SFH29:
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Inquest into the Trials of True Life Characters
Red border or text indicates a verbatim transcription from the original newspaper account.
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Created with Midjourney
Worst of all my wife was intemperate, drinking heavily for weeks at a time, which transformed her into a wild woman, often trying to kill me.
~ her husband, Nicholas Carr
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Created with Veo
Visuals at a Glance
Created with NotebookLM • 2.20.2026
The Tailor’s Shears
Create detailed intricate woodcut illustrations as described in the source material of “The Tailor’s Shears: The 24th Street Tragedy”. Each panel should be a slide in the deck and follow the narrative in the document. Additional slides can be added if the story demands it for clarity. Use the images designated for use in the Source files. The setting is 1872 San Francisco.
The Murder Next Door
Create storybook style illustrations in an intricate detailed woodcut style for each slide of this deck. It should tell the story of the events leading up to the events of July 4th, 1872 in the San Francisco home of Nicholas Carr and Ann Boucher. The detailed drawings can mimic the style of cartoonist Robert Crumb.
The Indentured Witness
Create a comic book story specifically about Lizzie Haley, the indentured daughter of the Carr’s in the style pf Jaime Hernandez. The illustrations should be in the clean style of Hernandez’s Love and Rockets. Include only Lizzie’s portrait, details from Lizzie’s timeline of her life, Lizzie’s court testimony. Other details of Lizzie’s life can be included to round out the story
The Tailor Who Murdered His Wife & Her Reputation
This webpage is a repository for my ongoing research. It also serves as the source for this NotebookLM generated conversation. Duration: 17 minutes
NotebookLM also generated the 3 slide shows to help visually summarize this convoluted story from long ago.