was expected to make a complete confession, While he admitted the
justness of his sentence, he did not discuss the trime, but delivered
a religious oration, His last words were: "Farewell, vain world,
This is the way Jesus supports a man in my. condition," His neck was
not broken and he strangidd for 35 minutes before being pronnunced
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FARMINGTON EVENING PRESS, Farmington, Mo., Feb. 7, 1975
NATIONAL POLICE GAZEITE, Feb. 1h, 1880, page 10, Column 3,
was expected to make a complete confession, While he admitted the
justness of his sentence, he did not discuss the trime, but delivered
a religious oration, His last words were: "Farewell, vain world,
This is the way Jesus supports a man in my. condition," His neck was
not broken and he strang&dd for 35 minutes before being pronnunced
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FARMINGTON EVENING PRESS, Farmington, Mo., Feb. 7, 1975
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JARDIN, Charles k,
Hardin, a white man, was traveling eastward through St. Francois Co,,
Mo., when, on Oct, 26, 1876, he met Robert Ferguson and his 5-year-old
son, John, who were traveling from Kansas to Illinois with a wagon and
team and $350 in cash. They decided to travel together and that night
pitched camp 3 miles southeast of Iron Mountain, The child went to
sleep while the two men, sat around their cam-fire talking, Around
HXHA midnight, Hardin picked up a stick of wood obstensibly to stir
the fire and bludgeoned Ferguson to death, He dragged the body to a
nearby creek where he left it and then returned to the camp, awakened
the child and took him, Ferguson's team and wagon and other belongings
and left, Ferguson's body was found on Oct, 28 and indentified by
a letter found in his pocket and a Masonic card, Hardin and the child
were traced to Columbus, Ky., to which place they had shipped the
murdered man's horses after selling his wagon at DeLassen and Hardin
was placed under arrest, After his return to Farmington there was
considerable talk of lynching him and his trial was expedited, Con-
victed and sehtenced to die, he did not appeal and on Jan, 23, 1880,
he was hanged on a scaffold erected in the court house yard at Far-
mington. He made a thirty minute speech from the gallows in which he
HARDIN, Charles H,
Hardin, a white man, was traveling eastward through St. Francois Co.,
Mo,, when, on Oct. 26, 1876, he met Hobert Ferguson and his 5-year-old
son, John, who were traveling from Kansas to Illinois with a wagon and
team and $350 in cash, They decided to travel together and that night
pitched camp 3 miles southeast of Iron Mountain, The child went to
sleep while the two men sat around their camp-fire talking, Around
HXHA midnight, Hardin picked up a stick of wood obstensibly to stir
the fire and bludgeoned Ferguson to death, He dragged the body to a
nearby creek where he left it and then returned to the camp, awakened
the child and took him, Ferguson's team and wagon and other belongings
and left, Ferguson's body was found on Oct. 28 and indentified by
a letter found in his pocket and a Masonic card, Hardin and the child
were traced to Columbus, Ky., to which place they had shipped the
murdered man's horses after selling his wagon at DeLassen and Hardin
was placed under arrest. After his return to Farmington there was
considerable talk of lynching him and his trial was expedited, Con-
victed and sehtenced to die, he did not appeal and on Jan, 23, 1880,
he was hanged on a scaffold erected in the court house yard at Fare
mington. He made a thirty minute speech from the gallows in which he
HARDIN, Charles H,
Hardin, a white man, was traveling eastward through St. Francois Co.,
Mo,, when, on Oct. 26, 1876, he met Robert Ferguson and his 5-year-old
son, John, who were traveling from Kansas to Illinois with a wagon and
team and $350 in cash, They decided to travel together and that night
pitched cam 3 miles southeast of Iron Mountain, The child went to
sleep while the two men, sat around their cam-fire talking, Around
{iM midnight, Hardin picked up a stick of wood obstensibly to stir
the fire and bludgeoned pages to death, He dragged the body to a
nearby creek where he left it and then returned to the camp, awakened
the child and took him, Ferguson's team and wagon and other belonging
and left, Ferguson's body was found on Oct, 28 and indentifie
a letter found in his pocket and a Masonic card, Hardin and the gail
were traced to Columbus, Ky., to which place they had shipped the
rd
was placed under arrest. After
considerable talk of lynching hin and his trial was expedited,
victed and sehtenced to die, he did not appeal and on Jan, 23, 1880,
he was hanged on a scaffold erected in the court house yard at Far-
mington, He made a thirty minute speech from the gallows in which he
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