The Columbus Journal, February 6, 1889
HAGERMAN--Schuyer, Feb. 5, 1889.--[Special to the Columbus Journal.]--At 3 o'clock this morning unknown parties forcibly entered the court house, broke the locks off the cell wherein George Hagerman (the man who stole John Craig's horses and set fire to his barn, which consumed same and contents, including 130 head of horses, cattle and hogs) was confined, forcibly dragged him from his bed, took him to a tree near by, and with a rope around his neck, tied him to an over-hanging branch so he could just stand on the ground. He was shot in the right temple and killed. This morning he presented a terrible sight, hanging there in his night clothes, (the same nearly torn off him). The coroner cut him down and will hold the inquest today. The facts are as above stated. The job was done up quietly and no one seen--no noise outside the one revolver shot being heard. This is the second lynching and hanging in our courthouse yard lately, the first being the man Lapour who killed the sheriff in January, 1885. The sentiment here is that Hagerman got what he deserved, but the lynching is denounced by all.
HAGERMAN--Schuyer, Feb. 5, 1889.--[Special to the Columbus Journal.]--At 3 o'clock this morning unknown parties forcibly entered the court house, broke the locks off the cell wherein George Hagerman (the man who stole John Craig's horses and set fire to his barn, which consumed same and contents, including 130 head of horses, cattle and hogs) was confined, forcibly dragged him from his bed, took him to a tree near by, and with a rope around his neck, tied him to an over-hanging branch so he could just stand on the ground. He was shot in the right temple and killed. This morning he presented a terrible sight, hanging there in his night clothes, (the same nearly torn off him). The coroner cut him down and will hold the inquest today. The facts are as above stated. The job was done up quietly and no one seen--no noise outside the one revolver shot being heard. This is the second lynching and hanging in our courthouse yard lately, the first being the man Lapour who killed the sheriff in January, 1885. The sentiment here is that Hagerman got what he deserved, but the lynching is denounced by all.
The Columbus Journal, February 6, 1889
HAGERMAN--Schuyer, Feb. 5, 1889.--[Special to the Columbus Journal.]--At 3 o'clock this morning unknown parties forcibly entered the court house, broke the locks off the cell wherein George Hagerman (the man who stole John Craig's horses and set fire to his barn, which consumed same and contents, including 130 head of horses, cattle and hogs) was confined, forcibly dragged him from his bed, took him to a tree near by, and with a rope around his neck, tied him to an over-hanging branch so he could just stand on the ground. He was shot in the right temple and killed. This morning he presented a terrible sight, hanging there in his night clothes, (the same nearly torn off him). The coroner cut him down and will hold the inquest today. The facts are as above stated. The job was done up quietly and no one seen--no noise outside the one revolver shot being heard. This is the second lynching and hanging in our courthouse yard lately, the first being the man Lapour who killed the sheriff in January, 1885. The sentiment here is that Hagerman got what he deserved, but the lynching is denounced by all.
HAGERMAN--Schuyer, Feb. 5, 1889.--[Special to the Columbus Journal.]--At 3 o'clock this morning unknown parties forcibly entered the court house, broke the locks off the cell wherein George Hagerman (the man who stole John Craig's horses and set fire to his barn, which consumed same and contents, including 130 head of horses, cattle and hogs) was confined, forcibly dragged him from his bed, took him to a tree near by, and with a rope around his neck, tied him to an over-hanging branch so he could just stand on the ground. He was shot in the right temple and killed. This morning he presented a terrible sight, hanging there in his night clothes, (the same nearly torn off him). The coroner cut him down and will hold the inquest today. The facts are as above stated. The job was done up quietly and no one seen--no noise outside the one revolver shot being heard. This is the second lynching and hanging in our courthouse yard lately, the first being the man Lapour who killed the sheriff in January, 1885. The sentiment here is that Hagerman got what he deserved, but the lynching is denounced by all.
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