surrounding the jail yard in order that they might wiew the spectacle,
On the morning of his execution, Langfeld first requested that the
sentence be carried out as quickly as possible but he then changed his
mind and asked that the execution be delayed to the last possible
moment, He made a brief statement from the gallows in which he pro-
tested his innocence for the last time and said that his life had been
sworn.away by fifteen witnesses who gave false testimony, .
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surrounding the jail yard in order that they might biew the spectacle,
On the morning of his execution, Langfeld first requested that the
sentence be carried out as quickly as possible but he then changed his
mind and asked that the execution be delayed to the last possible
moment, He made a brief statement from the gallows in which he pro-
tested his innocence for the last time and said that his life had been
sworn.away by fifteen witnesses who gave false testimony,,
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surrounding the jail yard in order that they might wiew the aia,
On the morning of his execution, Langfeld first requested that th:
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made a brief statement from the gallows in which he pro=
ed his innocence for the last time and said that his life had been
sworn.away by fifteen witnesses who gave false testimony.
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LANGFELD. Charles
Langfelda white man of German descent, was born and raised in France
where he served in the Army. By trade both a shoemaker and a baker,
he emigrated to the United States from La Havre in 18)B, Landing in
New Orleanse. He lived both in Memphis, Tenne, and in St. Louis, Mo,,
before going to Philadelphia in 183 and obtaining work as a cobbler,
A few weeks after his arrival there, he was arrested and charged with
the robbery of Zion Church, Following his conviction, he was sen-
tenced to serve four years in the astern State Penitentiary and he
swore at the time that he would have his revenge on those who had
testified against him after his release, In 188, Mrs, Catharine
Rademacher who had lived in the same house as he and who had testi-
fied at histrial was killed by having her throat cut as she lay
asleep in bed. There was circumstantial evidence linking Langfeld
to the crime and he was arrested and charged with the murder. He
maintained his innocence at the time of his arrest, throughout his
trial and up until the time of his execution, but he was convicted
and sentenced to die, There was no appeal and he was hanged in the
yard of the jail at Philadelphia on October 20, 188, Curious per-
sons who wanted to witness the execution placed ladders on the walls
“LANGFELD. Charles
Langfelda white man of German descent, was born and raised in France
where he served in the Army, By trade both a shoemaker and a baker,
he emigrated to the United States from La Havre in 18)B, landing in
New Orleanse. He lived both in Memphis, Tenn., and in St. Louis, Mo,,
before going to Philadelphia in 183 and obtaining work as a cobbler,
A few weeks after his arrival there, he was arrested and charged with
the robbery of Zion Church, Following his conviction, he was sen-
tenced to serve four years in the Fastern State Penitentiary and he
swore at the time that he would have his revenge on those who had
testified against him after his release. In 188, Mrs. Catharine
Rademacher who had lived in the same house as he and who had testi-
fied at hist rial was killed by having her throat cut as she lay
asleep in bed. There was circumstantial evidence linking Langfeld
to the crime and he was arrested and charged with the murder. He
maintained his innocence at the time of his arrest, throughout his
trial and up until the time of his execution, but he was convicted
and sentenced to die, There was no appeal and he was hanged in the
yard of the jail at Philadelphia on October 20, 188, Curious per-
sons who wanted to witness the execution placed ladders on the walls
“LANGFELD. Charles
Tangfelda white man of German descent, yas born and raised in France
where he served in the Army, By trade both a shoemaker and a baker,
he emigrated to the United States from La Havre in 16l,3, landing in
New Orleans., He lived both in Memphis, Tenn,, and in St. Louis, Mo.,
before going to Philadelphia in 18]3 and obtaining work as a cobbler,
A few weeks after his arrival there, he was arrested and charged with
the robbery of 7ion Church, Following his conviction, he was sen-
tenced to serve four years in the Fastern State Penitentiary and he
swore at the time that he would have his revenge on those who had
testified against him after his release, In 16)8, Mrs, Catharine
Rademacher who had lived in the same house as he and who had testi-
fied at his trial was killed by having her throat cut as she lay
asleep in bed, There was circumstantial evidence linking langfeld
to the crime and he was arrested and charged with the murder, He
maintained his innocence at the time of his arrest, throughout his
trial and up until the time of his execution, but he was convicted
and sentenced to die, There was no appeal and he was hanged in the
yard of the jail at Philadelphia on October 20, 1848, Curious per-
‘sons who wanted to witness the execution placed ladders on the walls
