On December 10th, 1909, Eliza Gribble and her daughter Carrie Ohlander were discovered beaten to death inside their home located at 401 West Perry Street, in Savannah, Georgia. Not too far from them Maggie Hunter was found clinging to life, she was also beaten and her throat was slit. She died three days later at the hospital.
The house stood on the outskirts of Savannah in an unsavory neighborhood called Frogtown, close by the railroad tracks. Later some theorized the killer could have been a railroad worker who committed the deed and then left the area.