Catherine "Katie" J. Roose married Peter D. Cole Sept. 1, 1868, in Wyandot, Ohio.
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Part of the tragedy which unfolded is found on her husband's page & her daughter's page. All seem to have a bit different accounts of exactly what happened.
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"Judge no one as you do not know their struggles, their choices or their hearts."
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TIFFIN, O., May 26--The sinking of the schooner M. F. Merrick, off Presque Isle, last Saturday, and the drowning besides the crew, of Mrs. Kate Cole, of Cleveland, who was cook of the vessel, recalls a terrible tragedy which occurred eight years ago in which she was an interested party. In the little town of Deshler, Henry county, O., for many years lived neighbors Peter D. Cole and John Harmon. The former was a drayman and had a wife and little daughter. The latter was a wealthy liveryman and a wife and a number of children. Cole's wife was of a lively disposition and went out much, but her husband was quiet and stayed at home. Harmon and Mrs. Cole were frequently seen together and their intimacy became the talk of the town. Cole heard the talk and remonstrated but both his wife and Harmon declared there was nothing wrong. Later Harmon followed Cole one night and the later drew a revolver and shot in the air to scare him off. Harmon appeared before the grand jury the next day with a bullet hole in his boot leg, and had Cole arrested for shooting with intent to kill. The trial was a sensational one, and it was proven that Harmon had shot the hole in the boot leg from the inside. Cole was acquitted. One day in August 1881, Cole was passing from his house to the barn when he stumbled on a brick and dislodged a note which had been placed under it. He read the note and had proof of his wife's' infidelity, as it was an appointment between her and Harmon for that night. The brick had been their post office. Cole confronted his wife with the note and she confessed her guilt. Cole took his revolver and went down town. He met Harmon on the street and shot him through the arm. Harmon started and ran when Cole shot him a second time. He ran through Voght's dry goods store and was going out the back door when he was shot the third time. He again turned and walked to the front door and fell dead at Cole's feet. A postmortem showed that he had run twice the length of the store with one bullet in his heart and once the length of the store with a bullet hole through the centre[sic] of his heart. Cole gave himself up, and in February 1883, was tried for murder in the first degree, at Napoleon, O. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. He was there but ten months when he was pardoned out by Governor Foster and is now living in Central Ohio with his daughter. The petition for his pardon was signed by over ten thousand persons, a large part of whom were old soldiers, Cole being a prominent G. A. R. man. Mrs. Cole came to Tiffin and lived with a sister awhile, and then drifted to Cleveland, where she finally became cook of the schooner M. F. Merrick and has at last found rest in a watery grave.
--The Clyde Enterprise (OH) May 30, 1889
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Part of the tragedy which unfolded is found on her husband's page & her daughter's page. All seem to have a bit different accounts of exactly what happened.
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"Judge no one as you do not know their struggles, their choices or their hearts."
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TIFFIN, O., May 26--The sinking of the schooner M. F. Merrick, off Presque Isle, last Saturday, and the drowning besides the crew, of Mrs. Kate Cole, of Cleveland, who was cook of the vessel, recalls a terrible tragedy which occurred eight years ago in which she was an interested party. In the little town of Deshler, Henry county, O., for many years lived neighbors Peter D. Cole and John Harmon. The former was a drayman and had a wife and little daughter. The latter was a wealthy liveryman and a wife and a number of children. Cole's wife was of a lively disposition and went out much, but her husband was quiet and stayed at home. Harmon and Mrs. Cole were frequently seen together and their intimacy became the talk of the town. Cole heard the talk and remonstrated but both his wife and Harmon declared there was nothing wrong. Later Harmon followed Cole one night and the later drew a revolver and shot in the air to scare him off. Harmon appeared before the grand jury the next day with a bullet hole in his boot leg, and had Cole arrested for shooting with intent to kill. The trial was a sensational one, and it was proven that Harmon had shot the hole in the boot leg from the inside. Cole was acquitted. One day in August 1881, Cole was passing from his house to the barn when he stumbled on a brick and dislodged a note which had been placed under it. He read the note and had proof of his wife's' infidelity, as it was an appointment between her and Harmon for that night. The brick had been their post office. Cole confronted his wife with the note and she confessed her guilt. Cole took his revolver and went down town. He met Harmon on the street and shot him through the arm. Harmon started and ran when Cole shot him a second time. He ran through Voght's dry goods store and was going out the back door when he was shot the third time. He again turned and walked to the front door and fell dead at Cole's feet. A postmortem showed that he had run twice the length of the store with one bullet in his heart and once the length of the store with a bullet hole through the centre[sic] of his heart. Cole gave himself up, and in February 1883, was tried for murder in the first degree, at Napoleon, O. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. He was there but ten months when he was pardoned out by Governor Foster and is now living in Central Ohio with his daughter. The petition for his pardon was signed by over ten thousand persons, a large part of whom were old soldiers, Cole being a prominent G. A. R. man. Mrs. Cole came to Tiffin and lived with a sister awhile, and then drifted to Cleveland, where she finally became cook of the schooner M. F. Merrick and has at last found rest in a watery grave.
--The Clyde Enterprise (OH) May 30, 1889
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Catherine "Katie" J. Roose married Peter D. Cole Sept. 1, 1868, in Wyandot, Ohio.
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Part of the tragedy which unfolded is found on her husband's page & her daughter's page. All seem to have a bit different accounts of exactly what happened.
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"Judge no one as you do not know their struggles, their choices or their hearts."
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TIFFIN, O., May 26--The sinking of the schooner M. F. Merrick, off Presque Isle, last Saturday, and the drowning besides the crew, of Mrs. Kate Cole, of Cleveland, who was cook of the vessel, recalls a terrible tragedy which occurred eight years ago in which she was an interested party. In the little town of Deshler, Henry county, O., for many years lived neighbors Peter D. Cole and John Harmon. The former was a drayman and had a wife and little daughter. The latter was a wealthy liveryman and a wife and a number of children. Cole's wife was of a lively disposition and went out much, but her husband was quiet and stayed at home. Harmon and Mrs. Cole were frequently seen together and their intimacy became the talk of the town. Cole heard the talk and remonstrated but both his wife and Harmon declared there was nothing wrong. Later Harmon followed Cole one night and the later drew a revolver and shot in the air to scare him off. Harmon appeared before the grand jury the next day with a bullet hole in his boot leg, and had Cole arrested for shooting with intent to kill. The trial was a sensational one, and it was proven that Harmon had shot the hole in the boot leg from the inside. Cole was acquitted. One day in August 1881, Cole was passing from his house to the barn when he stumbled on a brick and dislodged a note which had been placed under it. He read the note and had proof of his wife's' infidelity, as it was an appointment between her and Harmon for that night. The brick had been their post office. Cole confronted his wife with the note and she confessed her guilt. Cole took his revolver and went down town. He met Harmon on the street and shot him through the arm. Harmon started and ran when Cole shot him a second time. He ran through Voght's dry goods store and was going out the back door when he was shot the third time. He again turned and walked to the front door and fell dead at Cole's feet. A postmortem showed that he had run twice the length of the store with one bullet in his heart and once the length of the store with a bullet hole through the centre[sic] of his heart. Cole gave himself up, and in February 1883, was tried for murder in the first degree, at Napoleon, O. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. He was there but ten months when he was pardoned out by Governor Foster and is now living in Central Ohio with his daughter. The petition for his pardon was signed by over ten thousand persons, a large part of whom were old soldiers, Cole being a prominent G. A. R. man. Mrs. Cole came to Tiffin and lived with a sister awhile, and then drifted to Cleveland, where she finally became cook of the schooner M. F. Merrick and has at last found rest in a watery grave.
--The Clyde Enterprise (OH) May 30, 1889
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Part of the tragedy which unfolded is found on her husband's page & her daughter's page. All seem to have a bit different accounts of exactly what happened.
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"Judge no one as you do not know their struggles, their choices or their hearts."
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TIFFIN, O., May 26--The sinking of the schooner M. F. Merrick, off Presque Isle, last Saturday, and the drowning besides the crew, of Mrs. Kate Cole, of Cleveland, who was cook of the vessel, recalls a terrible tragedy which occurred eight years ago in which she was an interested party. In the little town of Deshler, Henry county, O., for many years lived neighbors Peter D. Cole and John Harmon. The former was a drayman and had a wife and little daughter. The latter was a wealthy liveryman and a wife and a number of children. Cole's wife was of a lively disposition and went out much, but her husband was quiet and stayed at home. Harmon and Mrs. Cole were frequently seen together and their intimacy became the talk of the town. Cole heard the talk and remonstrated but both his wife and Harmon declared there was nothing wrong. Later Harmon followed Cole one night and the later drew a revolver and shot in the air to scare him off. Harmon appeared before the grand jury the next day with a bullet hole in his boot leg, and had Cole arrested for shooting with intent to kill. The trial was a sensational one, and it was proven that Harmon had shot the hole in the boot leg from the inside. Cole was acquitted. One day in August 1881, Cole was passing from his house to the barn when he stumbled on a brick and dislodged a note which had been placed under it. He read the note and had proof of his wife's' infidelity, as it was an appointment between her and Harmon for that night. The brick had been their post office. Cole confronted his wife with the note and she confessed her guilt. Cole took his revolver and went down town. He met Harmon on the street and shot him through the arm. Harmon started and ran when Cole shot him a second time. He ran through Voght's dry goods store and was going out the back door when he was shot the third time. He again turned and walked to the front door and fell dead at Cole's feet. A postmortem showed that he had run twice the length of the store with one bullet in his heart and once the length of the store with a bullet hole through the centre[sic] of his heart. Cole gave himself up, and in February 1883, was tried for murder in the first degree, at Napoleon, O. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. He was there but ten months when he was pardoned out by Governor Foster and is now living in Central Ohio with his daughter. The petition for his pardon was signed by over ten thousand persons, a large part of whom were old soldiers, Cole being a prominent G. A. R. man. Mrs. Cole came to Tiffin and lived with a sister awhile, and then drifted to Cleveland, where she finally became cook of the schooner M. F. Merrick and has at last found rest in a watery grave.
--The Clyde Enterprise (OH) May 30, 1889
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