Arrested on Murder Charge. Jacksboro, Term., July 25. — Silas McNeely and Marion Moses, two well known young men, have been arrested and held for trial without bond for the murder of the two boys, Mynatt and Major Hatmaker. whose horribly mutilated bodies were found in a mill pond near here last Sunday. McNeely fled after the coroner's inquest but was captured. The excitement at the preliminary trial was intense, but violence was prevented by the officers. The men are confined in jail here. Source: Coshocton Daily Age, Coshocton, Ohio, 7/25/1901

Thank you Angela, this has puzzled me for a long time. I heard that Silas McNeely got out of this, never knew the other person's name. These would be great Uncles of mine. Thank you once again, Charlsie Gatlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <AngelaMeadows3@aol.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:47 AM Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Hatmaker Boys Murder, 1901 > Arrested on Murder Charge. > Jacksboro, Term., July 25. — Silas > McNeely and Marion Moses, two well > known young men, have been arrested > and held for trial without bond for the > murder of the two boys, Mynatt and > Major Hatmaker. whose horribly mutilated > bodies were found in a mill > pond near here last Sunday. McNeely > fled after the coroner's inquest but > was captured. The excitement at the > preliminary trial was intense, but violence > was prevented by the officers. > The men are confined in jail here. > > Source: Coshocton Daily Age, Coshocton, Ohio, 7/25/1901 > > > ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== > Do not spam or send derogatory comments to any other subscriber to this > list. > >