In-state Murders
Out of the 17 stories from The Morning Appeal there were 12 in state stories. Out of the 13 stories from the Carson City Daily Appeal only 1 is a in state story.
The majority of the instate stories are from the west side of Nevada near Carson City and Reno, where the newspapers are based in. Most of the instate stories depicted crimes involving Native Americans. They were mainly depicted in The Morning Appeal. Stories mainly pertain to the killing of a female Native American by a male Native American or the trial of the murderer. In-state stories are usually sensationalized but on it has a handful such as the arrest of a Piute Native American that murdered his wife of three years and would preside to attack six other Native Americans. This story has the highest word count of in-state stories at 469 and the second largest word count.