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The Ludington (Michigan) Record
Thursday, May 7, 1896
Volume XXIX

        PETER EGBERT, a Rockville, Ind., carpenter, 22 years old and un-
     married, Saturday morning, without apparent cause or provocation, shot
     and instantly killed MRS. HERMAN HASCHKE and two children, next door
     neighbors.  He then reloaded his gun, and, coming up town, saw Sheriff
     W. M. MULL and Deputy Sheriff WILLIAM SWEEM in the National Bank
     stairway.  EGBERT shot the sheriff in the back of the head, killing
     him instantly.  Deputy Sheriff SWEEM was shot in the right side of the
     neck, being instantly killed.  EGBERT then made his escape to the fair
     grounds, just outside of town.  A posse was immediately organized and
     started in pursuit.  Fifty or more men, armed with shotguns, rifles
     and pistols, surrounded the grounds.  When he saw escape impossible,
     the murderer killed himself.  MISS FLORENCE EGBERT, the sister of the
     murderer, when she heard the details of the horrible affair and that
     her own brother was the central figure of the various tragedies, be-
     came frantic and died immediately from the shock.  She was in bed suf-
     fering with typhoid fever.

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