Son of Joseph B. Clemmer and Lydia Yerger.
James A. Clemmer was hanged in Norristown on May 18, 1899, for the murder of Mrs Emma Kaiser on October 28, 1896, to collect insurance money along with Emma's husband who later committed suicide in jail, and "Lady in Black", Lizzie DeKalb, who was James' mistress. Upon his arrest in Newark, New Jersey, a year later, James proclaimed his innocence, but met his doom.
In the May 20, 1899, Kutztown Patriot, on page one, "The body was sent to Douglassville, this county, by train. It was met at the station by Clemmer's father and brother and taken to his father's farm nearby, from where the funeral will be held. He was born on that farm and left it an innocent boy, only to be brought home as a fruit of the gallows"
His burial place remains unknown but I strongly believe that he was buried at Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery in Bally where his parents and most of his family were interred.
In 1900, Lizzie De Kalb was freed after spending two years in jail. She also proclaimed her innocence. She wrote the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and later disappeared.
James A Clemmer married to Johanna Neville of Ireland in Philadelphia in 1885. They had five children.
James A. Clemmer was hanged in Norristown on May 18, 1899, for the murder of Mrs Emma Kaiser on October 28, 1896, to collect insurance money along with Emma's husband who later committed suicide in jail, and "Lady in Black", Lizzie DeKalb, who was James' mistress. Upon his arrest in Newark, New Jersey, a year later, James proclaimed his innocence, but met his doom.
In the May 20, 1899, Kutztown Patriot, on page one, "The body was sent to Douglassville, this county, by train. It was met at the station by Clemmer's father and brother and taken to his father's farm nearby, from where the funeral will be held. He was born on that farm and left it an innocent boy, only to be brought home as a fruit of the gallows"
His burial place remains unknown but I strongly believe that he was buried at Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery in Bally where his parents and most of his family were interred.
In 1900, Lizzie De Kalb was freed after spending two years in jail. She also proclaimed her innocence. She wrote the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and later disappeared.
James A Clemmer married to Johanna Neville of Ireland in Philadelphia in 1885. They had five children.
Son of Joseph B. Clemmer and Lydia Yerger.
James A. Clemmer was hanged in Norristown on May 18, 1899, for the murder of Mrs Emma Kaiser on October 28, 1896, to collect insurance money along with Emma's husband who later committed suicide in jail, and "Lady in Black", Lizzie DeKalb, who was James' mistress. Upon his arrest in Newark, New Jersey, a year later, James proclaimed his innocence, but met his doom.
In the May 20, 1899, Kutztown Patriot, on page one, "The body was sent to Douglassville, this county, by train. It was met at the station by Clemmer's father and brother and taken to his father's farm nearby, from where the funeral will be held. He was born on that farm and left it an innocent boy, only to be brought home as a fruit of the gallows"
His burial place remains unknown but I strongly believe that he was buried at Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery in Bally where his parents and most of his family were interred.
In 1900, Lizzie De Kalb was freed after spending two years in jail. She also proclaimed her innocence. She wrote the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and later disappeared.
James A Clemmer married to Johanna Neville of Ireland in Philadelphia in 1885. They had five children.
James A. Clemmer was hanged in Norristown on May 18, 1899, for the murder of Mrs Emma Kaiser on October 28, 1896, to collect insurance money along with Emma's husband who later committed suicide in jail, and "Lady in Black", Lizzie DeKalb, who was James' mistress. Upon his arrest in Newark, New Jersey, a year later, James proclaimed his innocence, but met his doom.
In the May 20, 1899, Kutztown Patriot, on page one, "The body was sent to Douglassville, this county, by train. It was met at the station by Clemmer's father and brother and taken to his father's farm nearby, from where the funeral will be held. He was born on that farm and left it an innocent boy, only to be brought home as a fruit of the gallows"
His burial place remains unknown but I strongly believe that he was buried at Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery in Bally where his parents and most of his family were interred.
In 1900, Lizzie De Kalb was freed after spending two years in jail. She also proclaimed her innocence. She wrote the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and later disappeared.
James A Clemmer married to Johanna Neville of Ireland in Philadelphia in 1885. They had five children.
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