Es geschah am helleichten Tag.
In a sensational trial in 1908, the "lust murderer Franz Hesse from Falbecke" was accused of murder. Franz Hesse is said to have murdered a 15-year-old girl on November 25, 1907. The murderer Hesse applied to the court to summon Franz Anton Baroth from Glinge as a witness for the defense. At the time of the trial, however, Franz Baroth is 6345 kilometers further west, in Erie, Pennsylvania. His brother Kaspar Baroth testifies in court on the fourth day of the trial, October 16, 1908: "... that his brother has been in America for a long time ... " and "... that Hesse knows his brother, who is 58 years old, or has corresponded with him, I doubt it". He hands over his brother's address.
The first-born son of Franz Anton and Elisabeth Baroth, Franz Josef, born on December 18, 1878 in Rönkhausen, commits suicide on March 8, 1940 in his home at 127 West 15 Street 3 in Erie, Pennsylvania. According to his death certificate, he strangled himself by hanging due to a mental disorder. The son had already become conspicuous beforehand. He spent some time in prison.
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