| Show MURDERED A WEALTHY FARMER CRIME FOR WHICH TWO MEN SUFFERED DEATH montrose pa jan 9 cornelius chaw and james eagen were hanged today the crime for which eagen and shaw suffered death on the gallows was the murder 0 john pepper a wealthy farmer of susquehanna county living in rush township on oct 9 1897 tor the purpose ot robbery arc alous to their trial both men made con sessions fes implicating susie graham eagens mistress in the plot to rob mr pepper the men walked from susquehanna to rush township a distance of thirty miles arriving at peppers farm they remained in biding inell night then as pepper went into the barn eagen followed him while shaw remained outside on guard eagen attacked the farmer with a whipple tree pepper was found some ume later and died the next day the murderers escaped arrest until january 1898 when upon information tur alshel by susie graham they were taken into custody |
