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1. Padlock - Padlock-Glencoe Jail

   Black padlock & two keys given to donor Heston Benson in 1935 by Alfred Biehoffer, Sheriff of McLeod County. Benson was told that the padlock was from the old McLeod County jail in Glencoe, which later became the Wadel residence. In addition, Benson was told it was from the jail cell that held Dorman Musgrove and Henry A. Cingmars, who shot Sheriff Joseph Rogers in 1896. An informational tag written by Benson is attached to the padlock. The...

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2. Print, Photographic - 2008 Oakland Cemetery tour

   Color photograph from the September 21, 2008 Oakland Cemetery tour. Bill Arndt portrayed his classmate Rodney Mosel. Bill is standing next to the Mosel headstoone that has a Hutchinson school FFA jacket draped over it. In front of the headstone is a newspaper and two Tiger yearbooks, one has the date stamped 1954. Rodney Mosel participated in football, FFA and was considered the funster of the Class of 1954. He was one of three who were slain in...

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3. Print, Photographic - Arthur Melichar

   Scanned photograph of Arthur Melichar, Hutchinson, indicted for slaying his mother, brother and neighbor youth. Newspaper clipping from the Minneapolis Star, February 22, 1953.

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4. Print, Photographic - Christopher Zierke

   Sepia toned photograph of Chris Zierke. Credited to Studio of N. Hassan, Glencoe, MN. Believed to be Christopher Zierke b. 1860, son of Christopher Zierke, b. 1819. His brother John Zierke married Hannah Rogers, sister of Fred Rogers & Mrs. E. F. Laible, in 1888. Hannah's father George Rogers was a brother of John Rogers and uncle of Sheriff Joe Rogers.

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5. Print, Photographic - Dorman Musgrove

   Color photograph of Dorman Musgrove who was lynched for the murder of McLeod County Sheriff Joseph Rogers in 1896.

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6. Print, Photographic - Dorman Musgrove & Henry A. Cingmars

   Scanned cabinet photograph of Dorman Musgrove & Henry A. Cing(q)mars who were indicted in the murder of McLeod County Sheriff Joseph Rogers in 1896. The two men were lynched and hung from the bridge at Buffalo Creek. Photo by N. Hassan, Glencoe.

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7. Print, Photographic - Franzesca Fajmon murder, Silver Lake, December 4, 1910 by Joseph J. Herzon

   Framed grouping of five black & white photographs, a revolver & bullet, and an explanatory sheet about the murder of Mrs. Franzesca Fajmon near Silver Lake on December 4, 1910 by Joseph J. Herzon along with his confession. Three photos taken by Jerabek, Silver Lake, show the Fajmon house and farm. A photo of Joseph J. Herzon is at center beneath the gun. Another photo taken outside the jail shows Herzon handcuffed to possibly Frank Klaus, Sheri...

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8. Print, Photographic - Harry August Nelson

   Digital black & white photograph of Harry August Nelson, Lynn Township, McLeod County. Unknown date. Harry August Nelson was born May 20, 1881, son of Mike & Ellen Krueger Nelson. Harry died June 17, 1932. He was married to Bessie Clark Hulett, who went to prison for her husband's murder in a romance triangle with Claude Forbes who was found guilty of killing Harry Nelson with an iron pipe.

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9. Print, Photographic - Jacob J. Johnson

   Sepia toned photograph of Jacob Johnson. Note on back: "who with Charles Beihoffer lynched Musgrove and Cingmars - murderers of Joe Rogers, McLeod County Sheriff". Jacob J. Johnson was born February 1857. He married Inez Walker in 1880. His son Jacob O. "Jake" Johnson married Jessie Beihoffer and daughter Ida married Elmer Beihoffer. His grandaughter Loretta married John Ziegler.

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10. Print, Photographic - James E. Chesley

    Black & white lithograph photograph of James E. Chesley. He reached Hutchinson on December 6, 1855 with Lewis Harrington, William Gosnell, R.H. Pendergast and others. James Ezra Chesley was born in Lee NH March 13, 1827, one of seven children of Thomas & Joanna Weeks Folsom Chesley. He belonged to the seventh generation of Chesleys in this country. He farmed and was a teacher in the winters. In 1855, having a desire to go west and continue...

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11. Print, Photographic - Joseph & Frances Fimon house, Silver Lake, MN

    Sepia toned photograph of the Joseph & Francis Fimon house near Silver Lake, MN where Mrs. Fimon was murdered on December 4, 1910. A woman dressed in black hat & long coat is visible at right as she walks to a buggy. A manual water pump can be seen behind the house and wood is stacked at right against the house. Penciled note in margin refers to the upper window from which Joseph Fimon jumped to seek help. Photo by J. H. Jerabek, Silver Lake, MN....

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12. Print, Photographic - Joseph "Joe" Rogers

    Sepia toned photograph of Joe Rogers, Sheriff of McLeod County. Note on back: " killed by highwaymen, June 24, 1896, Wednesday, 7:30p.m. Credited to Hassan, Photographer, Glencoe. Joseph "Joe" Rogers was born May 13, 1855 in Lake County IL His father John Rogers and mother Margaret Brauch Rogers moved to Glencoe in about 1878. For a while Joe worked in the livery business for Nelson & McCartney and afterwards as night watchman for the village...

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13. Print, Photographic - Joseph Rogers

    Scanned black & white photograph of Joe Rogers (Sheriff Joseph Rogers who was murdered in 1896).

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14. Print, Photographic - McLeod County Jail & MN State Militia, 1896

    Scanned black & white photograph of the McLeod County Jail, Glencoe in 1896. The Minnesota State Militia came following the murder of Sheriff Rogers.

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15. Print, Photographic - Minnesota Militia at jail in Glencoe, MN

    Photocopy of the Minnesota Militia, 1896 after the murder of Sheriff Rogers in front of the McLeod County Jail.

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16. Print, Photographic - Rose Jergens

    Scanned newspaper photograph of Rose Jergens of Hutchinson pictured holding the gun that Sheriff Joseph Rogers carried when he was shot and killed in Glencoe in 1896. The two men that killed Rogers were later lynched near Glencoe. The gun was given to Rose by her father who was a cousin to Sheriff Rogers. Photo appeared in the August 18, 1983 Glencoe Enterprise.

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17. Print, Photographic - Trial of Laura Miller

    Black and white photograph of the McLeod County Courthouse courtroom scene of Laura Miller (3rd from left) on the stand for the murder of Gordon Jones in 1950. Numbers are inked on the photo with identifications listed on reverse side. Judge Joseph J. Moriarty (#6) presided over the trial. Seated at Miss Miller's right is ___ Brindsmore (#7). Others identified are: Hubert G. Smith, McLeod Co. Attorney (#1); Charles Houston, Ass't. Attorney Ge...

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18. Transparency, Slide - Dorman Musgrove & Henry Cingmars

    Black & white slide transparency of Dorman Musgrove and Henry Cingmars, accused murderers of Sheriff Joseph Rogers, 1896. Slide is stamped Audio Visual Dept., Glencoe, Minn.

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19. Transparency, Slide - Street & Hangman's Bridge, Glencoe. MN

    Black & white slide transparency of the street and the modern bridge at the site of Hangman's Bridge, Glencoe, MN. Murderers of Sheriff Joseph Rogers were lynched and hung at the old Hangman's Bridge in 1896. Slide is stamped Audio Visual Dept., Glencoe, Minn.

    Record Type: Photo