HART, Charles
Hart, an 18-year-old illiterate white youth, worked as a farm laborer
and at odd jobs in Paulding, Ohio. On Sunday morning, Nov. 1, 189,
he enticed9-year-old Ashley Good and his 7-year-old sister, Elsie, into
a wooded area, After binding Ashley, hands behind his back, to a tree,
he attempted to rape Elsie, He then bludgeoned both children to death
with a stick of wood, cut their throats, disemboweled them and attemt-
ed to destroy evidence of the crime by placing their bodies on a pile
of brush and burning them, The charred remains were found later that
day and Hart was taken into custody on suspicion, He promptly con-
fessed and he was taken to the Defiance County Jail to await his
trial because of the intensity of the feeling against him in Paulding
County. His conviction and the sentence of death were not appealed
and their was no Gubernatorial intervention , On April 12, 1895, he wa
hanged at the Ohio State Prison, He went to his death quaking and
trembling with fear, protesting his innocence and begging God for
forgiveness.
PALACE OF DEATH by Fogle, Pages 102-105.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 1895
Court Records, Paulding County, Ohio
HEART, Charles
Hart, an 18-year-old illiterate white youth, worked as a farm laborer
and at odd jobs in Paulding, Ohio. On Sunday morning, Nov. lh, 189h,
he enticed9-year-old Ashley Good and his 7-year-old sister, Elsie, into
a wooded area, After binding Ashley, hands behind his back, to a tree,
he attempted to rape Elsie, He then bludgeoned both children to death
with a stick of wood, cut their throats, disemboweled them and attempt-
ed to destroy evidence of the crime by placing their bodies on a pile
of brush and burning them, The charred remains were found later that
day and Hart was taken into custody on suspicion, He promptly con~
fessed and he was taken to the Defiance County Jail to await his
trial because of the intensity of the feeling against him in Paulding
County. His conviction and the sentence of death were not appealed
and their was no Gubernatorial intervention , On April 12, 1895, he wa
hanged at the Ohio State Prison, He went to his death quaking and
trembling with fear, protesting his innocence and begging God for
forgiveness.
PALACE OF DEATH by Fogle, Pages 102-105.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 1895
Court Records, Paulding County, Ohio
HART, Charles
Hart, an 18-year-old illiterate white youth, worked as a farm laborer
and at odd jobs in Paulding, Ohio. On Sunday morning, Nov. l, 189k
he enticed9-year-old Ashley Good and his 7-year-old sister, Elsie, into|
a wooded area, After binding Ashley, hands behind his back, to a tree,
he attempted to rape Elsie, He then bludgeoned both children to death
with a stick of wood, cut their throats, disemboweled them and attemt-
trial because of the intensity of the feeling against him in Paulding
County. His conviction and the sentence of death were not appealed
and their was no Gubernatorial intervention . On April 12, 1895, he wa
hanged at the Ohio State Prison, He went to his death quaking and
trembling with fear, protesting his innocence and begging God for
forgiveness.
PALACE OF DEATH by Fogle, Pages 102-105.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 1895
Court Records, Paulding County, Ohio
