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January 21, 1900
Wheeling Sunday Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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In Sioux Falls, S.D., Mrs. Van Horn confessed on her deathbed in Washington to the 1880 murder of her mother, for which stepfather Thomas Egan was wrongly hanged after a bungled execution.
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INNOCENT MAN HANGED.
A Woman on Her Deathbed Confesses a Crime for Which Her Step-Father Was Executed.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., January 20.-
Information has reached here that Mrs. Van Horn, who recently died in the State of Washington, confessed on her death bed that she murdered her mother, Mrs. Thomas Egan, near this city, September 12. 1880. For this crime Thomas Egan, the woman's husband was hung. although to the last protesting his innocence. Mrs. Van Horn was his step-daughter. Mrs. Egan was choked to death with a rope and her head bruised with a wooden picket. The clothes Egan wore were found in the barn covered with blood and this caused his conviction. The execution was bungled and he was dropped three times before death ensued. The first time the rope broke and the second it slipped. The physician at the hospital where Mrs. Van Horn died. took down her confession and sent it to Egan's relatives here.
A Woman on Her Deathbed Confesses a Crime for Which Her Step-Father Was Executed.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., January 20.-
Information has reached here that Mrs. Van Horn, who recently died in the State of Washington, confessed on her death bed that she murdered her mother, Mrs. Thomas Egan, near this city, September 12. 1880. For this crime Thomas Egan, the woman's husband was hung. although to the last protesting his innocence. Mrs. Van Horn was his step-daughter. Mrs. Egan was choked to death with a rope and her head bruised with a wooden picket. The clothes Egan wore were found in the barn covered with blood and this caused his conviction. The execution was bungled and he was dropped three times before death ensued. The first time the rope broke and the second it slipped. The physician at the hospital where Mrs. Van Horn died. took down her confession and sent it to Egan's relatives here.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Historical Event
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Deathbed Confession
Wrongful Execution
Murder
Hanging
Sioux Falls
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Van Horn
Thomas Egan
Mrs. Thomas Egan
Where did it happen?
Near Sioux Falls, S. D.; State Of Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Van Horn
Thomas Egan
Mrs. Thomas Egan
Location
Near Sioux Falls, S. D.; State Of Washington
Event Date
September 12, 1880
Story Details
Mrs. Van Horn confessed on her deathbed to murdering her mother, Mrs. Thomas Egan, by choking her with a rope and bruising her head with a wooden picket. Her stepfather, Thomas Egan, was convicted based on bloodied clothes and hanged despite protesting innocence; the execution was bungled with the rope breaking and slipping before death.