statement to that effect and when the man was able to
prove that he was in Cincinnati the night of the murders
Coovert was sentenced to five years for perjury. When
sufficient evidence was discovered to charge him with
the crime, he was returned to Lebanon, convicted and
sentenced to hang. Coovert protested his. innocence
until the end, but he was hanged a t Lebanon on
August 2hy 1866, !
History of Warren County, Ohio, ‘published 1882 by the
We He Beers Co.y Chicago, Page 717
statement to that effect and when the man was able to
prove that he was in Cincinnati the night of the murders
Coovert was sentenced to five years for perjury. When
sufficient evidence was discovered to charge him with
the crime, he was returned to Lebanon, convicted and
sentenced to hange Coovert protested his. imnocence
until the end, but he was hanged a t Lebanon on
August 2), 1866,
History of Warren County, Ohio, ‘published 1882 by the
We He Beers Co.y Chicago, Page 717
statement to that effect and when the man was able to
prove that he was in Cincinnati the night of the murders
Coovert was sentenced to five years for perjury. When
sufficient evidence was discovered to charge him with
the » he was returned to Lebanon, convicted and
sentenced to hang. Coovert protested his. imocence
until the end, but he was hanged a t Lebanon on
August 2h, 1866,
History of Warren County, Ohio, pub:
We He Beers Co., Chicago.
lished 1882 by the
Page 717
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COOVERT, Samel a! HNer1ge Var.d
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Coovert, a former resident of Deeffield, Warren Co, Ohio,
was employed in Middletown as a sawmill worker, On the
night of Dec. 26, 186, he went to the Deerfield home of
John W. Roosa, freasurer of Union Township, who was away
in a mental institution and killed Jesse Cozzens, an aged
farm hand, and three of Roosa's daughters with a dull
hatcheté He struck Mrs. Roosa over the head twice and
left her for dead. Coovert was under the impression that
there was a large sum of money at the house, but he ac-
tually found only $20, He was originally suspected when.
he appeared at the County Prosecuthrs office with a stary
that m man from Cincinnati had told him that he had killed
Cozzens and the Roosa girls, He was asked to sign a
Aug. 24, 18¢6,
COOVERT, Samuel at1ge Cag
left her for dead. Coovert was under the impression that
there was a large sum of money at the house, but he ac-
tually found only $20, He was ori inally suspected when
he appeared at the County Prosecutirs office with a story
that m man from Cincinnati had told him that he had killed
Cozzens and the Roosa girls. He was asked to sign a
Aug. 24, ee G
COOVERT, Samel. Lae : Gest
Coovert, a former resident of Deeffield, Warren Co, Ohio,
was employed in Middletown as a sawmill worker, On the
night of Dec. 26, 186), he went to the Deerfield home of
John W. Roosa, freasurer of Union Township, who was away
in a mental institution and killed Jesse Cozzens, an aged
farm hand, and three of Roosa's daughters with a dull
hatcheté He struck Mrs, Roosa over the head twice and
left her for dead.
that a man from Cincinnati had told him that he had killed
Couzens and the Roosa girls, He was asked to sign a
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