Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Negro Slayers Are Hanged. [ARTICLE]

Negro Slayers Are Hanged.

George Ward and James Jones, colored, were hanged at Washington, Pa., Wednesday. The crime for which they were executed was the murder of Samuel Wustlich, an aged German of Stockdale, Pa., on the night of Sept. 29, 1899. The two men entered Wustlich’s house for the purpose of robbery and were surprised by Wustlich and his wife. Wustlich was shot and almost instantly killed and his wife was seriously wounded, but recovered. About 300 persons witnessed the execution, while outside the streets surrounding the jail were black with curious people.