BP) Frank
Ept 4 | journeyman tailor who was bern in Bavaria in 182, had worked
in the Coshocton, Ohio, clothing store of Isaac Wertheimer for a
period of three years. On the pretense of being sick, he gained ad-~
mistanee to the store on the night of Nove 21, 1875, from Werthein-
er's 20=year-old son, Abraham, who slept on the premises, He killed
the young man with a dull hatchet and a tailor's goose and attempted
bo break open the safe, Unsuccessful, he stole some new clothes
from the stock of goods, his victim's pistol and watch, and attempte
to escape by train, 4s the train was delayed, he commenced walking
down the railroad track until he was captured the next morning. His
defense counsel pleaded him insane, claiming that he was a homicidal
maniac, but the jury decided that he was both sane and guilty and
he eee sentenced to hange He was hanged at Coshocton on Sept. 29,
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HISTOCIAL COLLECTIONS OF COSHOCTON CO., Ohio, 1776-1876.
William E, KaRMXHHKE Hunt. Pages 18 ils ee i i a
EPT, Frank
Epty-a journeyman tailor who was born in Bavaria in 182, had worked!
in the Coshocton, Ohio, clothing store of Isaac Wertheimer for a
period of three years. On the pretense of being sick, he gained ad-|
migtanee to the store on the night of Nove 21, 1875, from Wertheim-
er's 20-year-old son, Abraham, who slept on the premises, He killed
the young man with a dull hatchet and a tailor's goose and attempted
bo break open the safe. Unsuccessful, he stole some new clothes
from the stock of eeoce » his victim's pistol and watch, and attempte
to escape by train, 4s the train was delayed, he commenced walking
down the railroad track until he was captured the next morning. His
defense counsel pleaded him insane, claiming that he was a homicidal
maniac, but the jury decided that he was both sane and guilty and
ne ad sentenced to hang. He was hanged at Coshocton on Septe 29,
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HISTOCIAL COLLECTIONS OF COSHOCTON, CO., Ohio, 1776-1876.
William E, HRAKXHRKE Hunt. Pages 181-183” ieee
EPT, Frank
Epty a journeyman tailor who was born in Bavaria in 182, had worked|
in the Coshocton, Ohio, clothing store of Isaac Wertheimer for a
period of three years. On the pretense of being sick, he gained ad-|
miétanee to the store on the night of Nov. 21, 1875, from Werthein-
er's 20-year-old son, Abraham, who slept on the premises, He killed|
the young man with a dull hatchet and a tailor's goose and attempted|
to break open the safe, Unsuccessful, he stole some new clothes
fron the stock of goods, his victim's pistol and watch, and attempte|
to escape by train, As the train was delayed, he commenced walking
down the railroad track until he was captured the next morning. His|
defense counsel pleaded him insane, claiming that he was a homicidal|
maniac, but the jury decided that he was both sane and guilty and
he yas sentenced to hang. He was hanged at Coshocton on Sept. 29,
1876.
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