TWICE PUNISHED – WAS IT DESERVED?Genealogy Index: Please see massive index below with print large enough for us old folks to readClick here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions. TWICE PUNISHED – WAS IT DESERVED? By F. C. Marquiss as told to Lee M. Wells NEBRASKA HANGING MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING On all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount.Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. FACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR WESTERN TREASURES Folks, I never been to a hanging or, for that matter, witnessed one. In this Broken Bow, Nebraska story, the author was dragged by his mom along with the rest of the family to witness the execution of one Albert E. Haunstine – a local school teacher who had bushwhacked a couple of members of the Roten Valley School Board. Back in the old days, seems public hangings were kinda a special event. Folks dressed up. The carriage was hitched up, picnic lunches packed and all the family headed to the town square to watch the proceedings. It was a ritual many had attended several times. In ths one, even while the trial was going on to determine the guilt of innocence of the individual, one could hear the hammers banging away as the hanging scaffold was constructed. On the first attempt to hang Albert E. Haunstine – the rope broke. On the second attempt the hanging was successful. This is the story entitled: TWICE PUNISHED – WAS IT DESERVED? By F. C. Marquiss as told to Lee M. Wells Please read this. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about the hangings of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Here’s one of ‘em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY COLLECTION AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. TOM RUSSELL COLLECTIONFor more Information Please Visit:The Tom Russell CollectionIF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILL WRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive I hope you appreciate the effort. Folks, sooner or later – Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer’s dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, it’s worth all the time I spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Indians, my indexed listings will include all Indian names mentioned in the story from this time on. TWICE PUNISHED – WAS IT DESERVED? By F. C. Marquiss as told to Lee M. Wells ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1880s -1890 ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: NEBRASKA GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: ASHLEY, William - Member of the Roten Valley School Board – slain on November 6, 1888 along with his cousin Hiram Roten. BOYD, Governor of Nebraska who was notified that a sanity hearing was to be held. BRADY, Father and Priest GUTTERSON, C. L – One of team of defense lawyers from Broken Bow, Nebraska HAMMER, Judge who received notification that the defendant Albert E. Haunstine was acting strangely while awaiting trial. HAUNSTINE, Albert E. * - Nebraska farmer, homesteader and School teacher who was executed following trial declaring him guilty of murder of Hiram Roten and William Ashley on November 6, 1888. HUMPREY, A. R., – One of team of defense lawyers from Broken Bow, Nebraska JONES, Sheriff, succeeded Charley Penn as sheriff of Custer County MARQUISS, F. C., co-Author MARQUISS FAMILY * PENN, Charley, * - Legendary Nebraska Lawman pictured as Sheriff of Custer County who was instrumental in the hanging of Albert E. Haunstine. ROTEN, Eli, Brother of Hiram Roten ROTEN, Hiram - Member of the Roten Valley School Board – slain on November 6, 1888 along with his cousin William Ashley. ROTEN, Mrs. Hiram, widow of Hiram Roten who was murdered on November 6, 1888 SULLIVAN, H. M., Newly elected County Attorney of Broken Bow was appointed the prosecutor in the trial of Albert E. Haunstine which commenced in March of 1889. WALL, Judge – Highly respected lawyer and judge from Loup City, Nebraska who had been hired to prosecute the case against Albert E Haunstine. WELLS Lee M., co-Author PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1: Albert E. Haunstine was a well liked, community leader and school teacher. * Picture 2: Scene at the double hanging of Albert E. Haunstine in Broken Bow, Nebraska. * Picture 3: Sheriff Charley Penn brought in Albert E. Haunstine. * Picture 4: The reward notice posted for the capture of Albert E. Haunstine. * Picture 5: The Marquiss family on their homestead. * Picture 6: Albert E, Haunstine and his wife tried to escape justice but were tracked down. * Picture 7: The sod school in Broken Bow a year or so before Albert E. Haunstine’s execution. * PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE: Arnold, Nebraska Broken Bow “Republican” Broken Bow Jail Callaway, Nebraska Cleveland-Harrison Panic Columbus, Nebraska Courthouse, Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska * Custer County, Nebraska Insane Asylum at Lincoln, Nebraska Loup City, Nebraska Madison, Nebraska Marquiss Family Homestead * Mud Creek, Nebraska Reward Poster for Albert E. Haunstine * Roten Valley, Nebraskaoldtom80 Sod Schoolhouse in Roten Valley * South Loup River Supreme Court “The Republican Newspaper” of Broken Bow, Nebraska York, Nebraska TWICE PUNISHED – WAS IT DESERVED? By F. C. Marquiss as told to Lee M. Wells NEBRASKA HANGING MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING