Everett is the son of Isiah and Mary Catherine Mcneal Koon. He was convicted on May 29, 1928, of killing Henry Foos, aged farmer, when Foos caught him robbing his home. When Koon was 20 he killed and Athens County man and robbed him of 55 cents. He was sentenced to the reformatory but was paroled in 1925. Shortly after his release he was sent back to the penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons, serving three additional years until expiration of his sentence in 1928. Less than a week later he was arrested and charged with the killing of Foos. It was during the three years in the Ohio Penitentiary that Koon became friends with another inmate, a distant relative of Foos. During casual conversations between the two Koon learned that Foos kept large sums of money about his person.
THE MESSENGER, ATHENS, OHIO
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929
MANY SEE BODY OF ELECTROCUTED MAN
Steady Line of Persons View Koon's Body.
NELSONVILLE, Feb. 18 - From 11 o'clock Saturday morning until 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of humanity viewed the body of Everett Koon, Doanville, at Stout's Undertaking Rooms, Fayette Street, this city. Koon was electrocuted in the death chair at Ohio Penitentiary Friday night, paying the extreme penalty for the murder of Henry Foos, aged Marion County farmer, last May. The flow of people, curious to view the body, was checked for a few hours after 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, but until the funeral hour yesterday the line of visitors was unbroken.
Seats for about 100 were available in the chapel at Stout's were simple services were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All the seats were occupied. The Rev. C.P. Pridgen, pastor of the Pilgrim Holmess Church, Chestnut Street, was in charge. His topic was, "The Wages of Sin is Death." He reviewed briefly the life of Koon, and read paragraphs from a letter received here from Koon a few days before he was electrocuted, in which he said that he had made peace with his Maker and was ready to die, expressing the hope that his life might prove a lesson to others, and especially the young people.
Isaiah Koon, his father, was unable to attend the service, having suffered a fractured leg in a fall several days ago. He viewed the burial at Greenlawn, where several hundred people had congregated. A request that the casket be opened at the grave was unheeded by members of the family.
THE MESSENGER, ATHENS, OHIO
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929
MANY SEE BODY OF ELECTROCUTED MAN
Steady Line of Persons View Koon's Body.
NELSONVILLE, Feb. 18 - From 11 o'clock Saturday morning until 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of humanity viewed the body of Everett Koon, Doanville, at Stout's Undertaking Rooms, Fayette Street, this city. Koon was electrocuted in the death chair at Ohio Penitentiary Friday night, paying the extreme penalty for the murder of Henry Foos, aged Marion County farmer, last May. The flow of people, curious to view the body, was checked for a few hours after 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, but until the funeral hour yesterday the line of visitors was unbroken.
Seats for about 100 were available in the chapel at Stout's were simple services were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All the seats were occupied. The Rev. C.P. Pridgen, pastor of the Pilgrim Holmess Church, Chestnut Street, was in charge. His topic was, "The Wages of Sin is Death." He reviewed briefly the life of Koon, and read paragraphs from a letter received here from Koon a few days before he was electrocuted, in which he said that he had made peace with his Maker and was ready to die, expressing the hope that his life might prove a lesson to others, and especially the young people.
Isaiah Koon, his father, was unable to attend the service, having suffered a fractured leg in a fall several days ago. He viewed the burial at Greenlawn, where several hundred people had congregated. A request that the casket be opened at the grave was unheeded by members of the family.
Everett is the son of Isiah and Mary Catherine Mcneal Koon. He was convicted on May 29, 1928, of killing Henry Foos, aged farmer, when Foos caught him robbing his home. When Koon was 20 he killed and Athens County man and robbed him of 55 cents. He was sentenced to the reformatory but was paroled in 1925. Shortly after his release he was sent back to the penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons, serving three additional years until expiration of his sentence in 1928. Less than a week later he was arrested and charged with the killing of Foos. It was during the three years in the Ohio Penitentiary that Koon became friends with another inmate, a distant relative of Foos. During casual conversations between the two Koon learned that Foos kept large sums of money about his person.
THE MESSENGER, ATHENS, OHIO
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929
MANY SEE BODY OF ELECTROCUTED MAN
Steady Line of Persons View Koon's Body.
NELSONVILLE, Feb. 18 - From 11 o'clock Saturday morning until 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of humanity viewed the body of Everett Koon, Doanville, at Stout's Undertaking Rooms, Fayette Street, this city. Koon was electrocuted in the death chair at Ohio Penitentiary Friday night, paying the extreme penalty for the murder of Henry Foos, aged Marion County farmer, last May. The flow of people, curious to view the body, was checked for a few hours after 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, but until the funeral hour yesterday the line of visitors was unbroken.
Seats for about 100 were available in the chapel at Stout's were simple services were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All the seats were occupied. The Rev. C.P. Pridgen, pastor of the Pilgrim Holmess Church, Chestnut Street, was in charge. His topic was, "The Wages of Sin is Death." He reviewed briefly the life of Koon, and read paragraphs from a letter received here from Koon a few days before he was electrocuted, in which he said that he had made peace with his Maker and was ready to die, expressing the hope that his life might prove a lesson to others, and especially the young people.
Isaiah Koon, his father, was unable to attend the service, having suffered a fractured leg in a fall several days ago. He viewed the burial at Greenlawn, where several hundred people had congregated. A request that the casket be opened at the grave was unheeded by members of the family.
THE MESSENGER, ATHENS, OHIO
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929
MANY SEE BODY OF ELECTROCUTED MAN
Steady Line of Persons View Koon's Body.
NELSONVILLE, Feb. 18 - From 11 o'clock Saturday morning until 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a steady stream of humanity viewed the body of Everett Koon, Doanville, at Stout's Undertaking Rooms, Fayette Street, this city. Koon was electrocuted in the death chair at Ohio Penitentiary Friday night, paying the extreme penalty for the murder of Henry Foos, aged Marion County farmer, last May. The flow of people, curious to view the body, was checked for a few hours after 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, but until the funeral hour yesterday the line of visitors was unbroken.
Seats for about 100 were available in the chapel at Stout's were simple services were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All the seats were occupied. The Rev. C.P. Pridgen, pastor of the Pilgrim Holmess Church, Chestnut Street, was in charge. His topic was, "The Wages of Sin is Death." He reviewed briefly the life of Koon, and read paragraphs from a letter received here from Koon a few days before he was electrocuted, in which he said that he had made peace with his Maker and was ready to die, expressing the hope that his life might prove a lesson to others, and especially the young people.
Isaiah Koon, his father, was unable to attend the service, having suffered a fractured leg in a fall several days ago. He viewed the burial at Greenlawn, where several hundred people had congregated. A request that the casket be opened at the grave was unheeded by members of the family.
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