A Correct Account of the Trials Charles M’Manus, Patrick Donagan, John Hauer, Francis Cox, Elizabeth Hauer, And Others; At Harrisburgh—June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. for the Murder of Francis Shitz, on [...] 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the Whole Evidence [...].

“The Substance of All the Law Arguments in Those Celebrated Trials…”

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A rare account of the murder of Francis Shitz, the publishers proclaiming: “Among the many dreadful murders and assasinations, with the history and trial of which a considerable portion of the work just spoken of is taken up, there are few, if any, which appear to have been more cruelly and deliberately contrived than the bloody deed which will be detailed in the following sheets.” ([p3]) McDade writes that the “will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M’Manus and Hauer were hanged.” (McDade)

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