When we moved to the old Funderburg farmhouse in
January of 1966 it seemed just a normal two-story house.
If only houses could talk, oh what a tale this one could tell.
The barn burnt down years ago and a large brick barn
replaced it.
January of 1966 it seemed just a normal two-story house.
If only houses could talk, oh what a tale this one could tell.
The barn burnt down years ago and a large brick barn
replaced it.
"But if Albert Frantz were tried today," some say,
"he never would have been found guilty. "
After Albert’s execution the laws ofOhio
so that no one in the state would ever again receive the
death sentence based entirely on circumstantial evidence.
"There's no doubt he shot Bessie Little," Albert’s cousin, Alvin,
said, "but I think that Albert blocked the murder out of his
mind. You know, the human spirit desires to confess wrongdoing.
Albert was brought up in a German Baptist Brethren home, and he would have admitted his guilt
if extreme fright had not caused him to obliterate the happening on the bridge from his mind.
He came actually to believe he was not guilty."
Emma Frantz Lynch, a relative of Albert, came to visit us after we moved to the farm. She old us
Albert Frantz’s parents had lived on this farm and that he had burned down the barn to destroy
the carriage after he had taken Bessie’s body to the river.
Roz Young wrote the story in theDayton
(Probably more accurate, who knows?)
Living in this house for thirty-two years I have always been interested in the falsely accused.
I am also a member of the Old German Baptist Brethren faith.
Since I write novels about relationships, is it any wonder that my writing tends to follow this trend?
"he never would have been found guilty. "
After Albert’s execution the laws of
so that no one in the state would ever again receive the
death sentence based entirely on circumstantial evidence.
"There's no doubt he shot Bessie Little," Albert’s cousin, Alvin,
said, "but I think that Albert blocked the murder out of his
mind. You know, the human spirit desires to confess wrongdoing.
Albert was brought up in a German Baptist Brethren home, and he would have admitted his guilt
if extreme fright had not caused him to obliterate the happening on the bridge from his mind.
He came actually to believe he was not guilty."
Emma Frantz Lynch, a relative of Albert, came to visit us after we moved to the farm. She old us
Albert Frantz’s parents had lived on this farm and that he had burned down the barn to destroy
the carriage after he had taken Bessie’s body to the river.
Roz Young wrote the story in the
(Probably more accurate, who knows?)
Living in this house for thirty-two years I have always been interested in the falsely accused.
I am also a member of the Old German Baptist Brethren faith.
Since I write novels about relationships, is it any wonder that my writing tends to follow this trend?
