1842 August 1, Death of Erasmus Chappel:

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Erasmus Chappel, along with Dennis Uel, Jordan Showard, and Augustice Brinson, went to the home of Jasper Hunt, an African American man, to "use violence on said Hunt and family or property." Hunt with a gun loaded with lead shot inflicted on Chappel "27 mortal wounds with large shot scattered from his breast to his knees... and wounded two others of the mob."

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