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Leslie Frank Hathaway

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Leslie Frank Hathaway

Birth
Media, Henderson County, Illinois, USA
Death
2 Oct 1907 (aged 4)
Henderson County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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According to "Oquawka Cemetery Burials with Plots", which I located at the Henderson County, IL Public Library, there is no stone for Leslie Hathaway. Leslie Hathaway was actually listed in a specific part of the book, subtitled, "Plots with No Stones."

R. Sage (FAG# 48199283)

*The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram, Richmond, IN - October 3, 1907

Binds Boy To Tree; Burns Him To Death
Horrible Vengeance Of Tramp Who Was
Refused Food By Lad's Mother.
Enraged Farmers Search
A Posse Is In Pursuit Of The Tramp And If Caught,
He Will Be Lynched By The Same Method The Boy Died.
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Oquawka, Ill., Oct. 3 - Because he had been refused food, an unknown tramp took horrible vengeance, beating Mrs. Hathaway to unconsciousness and then tying her 4-year-old son to a tree and burning him to death.

Enraged farmers and citizens of this place are scouring the country today for the murderer, threating to execute him as he did the boy.
Mrs. Hathaway, whose home is two miles from here, lay unconscious for an hour after the assault of the tramp. The latter meanwhile took her son into the orchard, where he tied the lad to an apple tree, saturated the clothing with oil and set the garments on fire and then left. Recovering consciousness, the mother went in search for her child, finding him fearfully burned, but still breathing faintly. The child lingered till 9 o'clock last night when death came.

(*Article copied as printed.)

Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)
According to "Oquawka Cemetery Burials with Plots", which I located at the Henderson County, IL Public Library, there is no stone for Leslie Hathaway. Leslie Hathaway was actually listed in a specific part of the book, subtitled, "Plots with No Stones."

R. Sage (FAG# 48199283)

*The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram, Richmond, IN - October 3, 1907

Binds Boy To Tree; Burns Him To Death
Horrible Vengeance Of Tramp Who Was
Refused Food By Lad's Mother.
Enraged Farmers Search
A Posse Is In Pursuit Of The Tramp And If Caught,
He Will Be Lynched By The Same Method The Boy Died.
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Oquawka, Ill., Oct. 3 - Because he had been refused food, an unknown tramp took horrible vengeance, beating Mrs. Hathaway to unconsciousness and then tying her 4-year-old son to a tree and burning him to death.

Enraged farmers and citizens of this place are scouring the country today for the murderer, threating to execute him as he did the boy.
Mrs. Hathaway, whose home is two miles from here, lay unconscious for an hour after the assault of the tramp. The latter meanwhile took her son into the orchard, where he tied the lad to an apple tree, saturated the clothing with oil and set the garments on fire and then left. Recovering consciousness, the mother went in search for her child, finding him fearfully burned, but still breathing faintly. The child lingered till 9 o'clock last night when death came.

(*Article copied as printed.)

Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)

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