Jack Cooper, OH, 1866 April 27

of second degree murder which most people felt to be a
miscarriage of justice as the two men were evidently
equally guilty. Beery went to the penitentiary for

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of second degree murder which most people felt to be a
miscarriage of justice as the two men were evidently
equally guilty. Beery went to the penitentiary for
life whi@h Cooper was hanged a + Ravenna, Ohio, on
April 27, 1866, after having 38XE8 three times attempted
to escape from the County Jail,

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of second degree murder which most people felt to be a
miscarriage of justice as the two men were evidently
equally guilty. Beery went to the penitentiary for
life whidh Cooper was hanged a t Ravenna, Ohio, on -
April 27, 1866, after having ERIKS three times attempted
to escape from the County Jail,

History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885
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Gooper, ‘whosé*rea 1 ndme w as Simul Wittum, was born in
_Hrie “org Pas, on Och, 22,1837, During -his-travels, he—
fad been accused of gambling, counterfeiting amg horse

theft and murder and had. supposedly served a sentence in
the Missouri Penitentiary, —On the afternoon and evening
of Oct. 2h, 1865, he and Joel. Beery were drinking with —
56-yearsold John Rhodenbaugh, a well=to-do auctioneer at
Kent, Ohio. When Rhodenbaugh-left- to return to his farm —
home, Cooper and Beery follow d and beat him to death with
~a-club; stealing the money that Rhodenbaugh had in his
possession. The two men were apprehended the next—day—and
both stood trial. Cooper was convicted ¥& inst Or First _
~Degree Murder-and- sentenced to hangs Beery was convicte

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COORER, Jack. . tae
Cooper » whosé*rea 1 ndme was Simuel Wittum, was born in
Erie Co., Pas, on Och, 22, 1837, -During-his-travels,—he
had been accused of gambling, counterfeiting fat _horse

theft and mrder and had ‘supposedly served a sentence in

the Missouri Penitentiary, —On-the- afternoon and evening
of Oct. 2h, 1865, he and Joel Beery were drinking with
56=yearsold John Rhodenbaugh, a well=to-do auctioneer at
Kent, Ohio. When Rhodenbaugh left to return ‘to his farm
home, Cooper and Beery followed and beat him to death with
a-club, stealing the money that Rhodenbaugh had in his
possession. The two men were apprehended the next-day—and
both stood trial, Cooper was convicted ¥& first of at st
Degree Murder-and-sentenced to hang. Beery was convicte

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COOPER, Jack

~do auctioneer
return to his farm
lowed at him do death with
that, Rhosonbayeh, had in hie
prehended. the next -day-and
Cooper Kas convicted XE first of First
Degree Murder-and-sentenced to hang. leery was convic!

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