Thomas Christopher "Chris" Hahn
Birth: 23 Dec 1874 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, United States
Death: 29 May 1899 - Burnet, Burnet, Texas, United States
Parents: Charles Henry Hahn, Mary Caroline Clements
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The following was copied as it was printed.
Contribution by FAG member Sue Lilley. Original photocopy work by Jeff Jackson.
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
JUNE 9, 1899

SUICIDED BY HANGING.

Chris. Hahn, of Burnet County, Found Hanging in a Thicket Near Lometa.

About 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, June 1, the little mountain town of Lometa was startled by the spreading of the report that a man was found hanging in a thicket about a half mile a little northwest of the depot. The discovery was made by Oscar Hunt, the 14-year-old son of A. A. Hunt. The boy was horsehunting, and before he knew it his eyes fell on a man's body dangling in the air. He put spurs to his horse to spread the news, and said he ran because he couldn't fly. Justice McGuyer was notified and a crowd soon gathered. The question was asked over and over again, 'Who is he?' but nobody could place him.

There were no papers to reveal his identity, but his pocketbook contained $28 and some odd cents. The body presented a horrible appearance, being badly swollen and rapidly decomposing. The question of his identity was still enshrouded in mystery.

The Monday preceding a young man answering the description of the dead man was around the stockpens at Lometa, where several trains of cattle were being shipped out. He was very reticent, but told a party he lived eight miles north of the town of Burnet, but never gave his name. This, together with the fact that a pair of spurs with a Burnet saddler's name on the straps and a saddle and bridle made by J. H. H. Berry, of Lampasas, were found not far from the body, was pretty good evidence that he was a Burnet county man. Our officers communicated these facts to Sheriff Arbuckle, of that county, and requested that he make inquiry if anybody was missing in his bailiwick. He went promptly to work and early Saturday morning telephoned over that he was satisfied the dead man was Chris. Hahn, (and such it proved to be), a son of Mr. Charles Hahn, a prominent and well-known farmer, who lives on the North Gabriel, about sixteen miles southwest of Lampasas. Later on in the day the father and another son came over and identified the rig and coat as belonging to Chris. Hahn.

Deceased was about 24 years of age. At times his mind was flighty, and it is supposed that in one of these spells he took his own life, having purchased a 30-foot piece of rope in Lometa, presumably for that purpose, on the evening of the 29th.

The body was buried near where it was found hanging, and later on will be removed to the family burial grounds on the Gabriel.