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ROLSEL, Louis
Roesel, a 22-year-old white man, worked for a time for James C, Pitts
a wealthy Summit, N. J., farmer. After he left the employ of Pitts,
he went to New York City where he met and became friendly with George
Manshanda where the two plotted to return to New Jersey and kill both
Pitts and his black houseReeper, Mrs, Mary Davis, before robbing the
premises, On thenight of Sept. 9, 1897, thezentered the Pitts home
where the elderly man was reading a newspap&r before the fireplace
in the kitchen. Mrs, Davis was sleeping on a couch in the same
roome Roesel bludgeoned Pitts to death with an iron bar and then
turned on Mrs, Davis who had been awakened. The blow that he dealt
her was defelected when it struck the wall first and he succeeded in
gashing her head only. She ran screaming from the room and made her
way to a neighbor's house where she reported the incident, Roesel
and Manshand@x were caphured a few weeks later and both confessed,
each claiming that the other had been the actual killer, The State
accepted Manshanda's version of the crime and he was allowed to
Give evidence against Roesel and received a 20O=year=prison term.
Roesel was cond
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onaemned to death and he was hanged in the Union County
ROESEL, Louis
Roesel, a 22-year-old white man, worked for a time for James C, Pitts,
a wealthy Summit, N. J., farmer. After he left the employ of Pitts,
he went to New York City where he met and became friendly with George
Manshanda where the two plotted to return to New Jersey and kill both
Pitts and his black houseReeper, Mrs, Mary Davis, before robbing the
premises, On thenight of Sept. 9, 1897, thezentered the Pitts home
where the elderly man was reading a newspapr before the fireplace
in the kitchen. Mrs, Davis was sleeping on a couch in the same
room. Roesel bludgeoned Pitts to death with an iron bar and then
turned on Mrs. Davis who had been awakened. The blow that he dealt
her was defelected when it struck the wall first and he succeeded in
gashing her head only. She ran screaming from the room and made her
way to a neighbor's house where she reported the incident, Roesel
and Manshandaa were captured a few weeks later and both confessed,
each claiming that the other had been the actual killer, The State
accepted Manshanda's version of the cri g
xe d 6 rs me Crime and he was allowed +t
give evidence against Roesel and received a 20-year~prison terme
Roesel was con Hs
was condemned to death and he was hanged in the Union County
ESEL, Louis
Roesel, a 22-year-old white man, worked for a time for James C, Pitts.
After he left the employ of Pitts,
ers
rk City where he met and becane friendly with George
where the two plotted to return to New Jersey and k
hs black housekeeper, Mrs. Mary Davis, before rotbing tho
ght of Sept. 9, 1897, theyantered the Pitts hone
ie eens ee newspap$
“Mrs, Davis vas sleeping on a ouch in ¢
both
i aticrs the Sicen)a0e
in the en same
Re and then
Davis who had beon awakened. The blow that he dealt,
her was defelected when it struck the wall first and he succeeded in
gashing She ran screaming fron the room and made }
se a peor house where she reported the incident,
anshand@a were captired a few weeks later and both confes
clatnng that the other had been the actual killer, The S St
accepted ishanda 's vers the ig
B evidence against Roses ahd Peeod Tt ah be ues, glow ai
el was condemned to death and he was hanged in the Union County
