 One of the earliest notable cases in the DeKalb County Circuit Court was the murder trial of Henry C. Atwood in 1866, in the second DeKalb Courthouse building.Atwood, 17 years old at the time, was charged with murdering his wife, Ada, then 15.The "Chicago Tribune" called the events "a thrilling tragedy enacted in the little town of DeKalb, in the county of DeKalb."