Show TREE IS MONUMENT TO INNOCENT MAN A man hanged long ago for a crime he did not commit has as hla his monument the old tree under which he met in e t hla his death all of the tree which stands near fayette mo Is dead except the tha limb from which the man was hanged banged according to musty records in J june tine 1857 a man was killed kille in n a field and john chapman a neighbor was charged with the crime Despi too his protests of innocence he was found guilty and sentenced to death after the noose had been fastened around his neck and the rope thrown over the limb sheriff boyd mccrary asked the condemned man it if he ha wished to mako make a statement gentlemen you are hanging an innocent roan man replied chapman As lie he predicted years bears afterward another ddn man confessed the slaying clearing chapmans Chap mans name grit |