The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-18
THE MURDERER OF POWELL LOH-
MAN SHOT DEAD WHILE RESIST
ING ARREST.


On the night Of January 81, 1878, as
the south-bound passenger train on the
Cleveland & Toledo railroad stopped at
Upper Sandusky, two men got aboard
from the side opposite the depot, and
without any preliminary arrangements,
stretched themselves on the seat, and
apparently were asleep when the con-
duCtor came through, At the small sta
ton of Prospect, few miles north Of
Delaware, at 10 p. NJ, they were observ-
ed to get up and go into the smoking car,
where they were soon interested in a
game of cards with stranger, who sub
sequsntly turned out to be Powell Lob
man, resident of Toledo, and at that
time engaged as travelling So esman for
Huber & Co., 2l2 South Ford street, st.
Louis, Mo. The two men had been play
ing but a few minutes when a dispute
arose between them, and Lohman was
heard to charge one Of his companions
with cheating him out of $65 in money.
One word led to another and a quarrel
was imminent from the excited Condi-
ton Of all parties. The brakeman was a
silent spectator, but powerless to quell
the disturbance. One of the two strang.
ers rose in his seat, with revolver in his
right hand, roll OF money in his left,
and exclaimed: "If you open your mouth
or squeal I'll blow a hole through your
id carcass" and at the same time firing
off his revolver, the ball passing through
the lapel of Lohman's coat.
A general scramble took place, in
which Lohman was thrown into the isle,
a revolver placed at his head, and bali
sent crashing into his brain. Passengers
attempted to stay the flight of the two
assassins, but we're unsuccessful, and as
the platform was reached Conductor
Neville came from the other car, and by
the light from his lantern recognized one
of the men ss he jumped from the train,
some two hundred feet north of the de.
pot, in Delaware, as Lew Hauk, q noted
gambler and desperado, who frequented
the road occasionally, and made his
head quarters at Columbus, where he is
well known.
The wounded man was taken off at
Delaware, his wounds attended sufficient
to send him on to Columbus on the same
train from which he was removed to the
Exchange Hotel, at which place he died
at $40 a. m., on January 29d. An exam
ination sh owed that the ball had entered
the cheek, about one inch above the
right jaw.bone, just where the teeth end
passing round the skull and lodging near
the base Of the brain.
Hauk's companion proved to be one
Frank Houghton, who was arrested in
Mt. Vernon the next morning, having
boarded freight train on the Cleveland
and Mt. Vernon road at Centerville, a
way station few miles south of Mt.
Vernon. He was taken to Delaware
tried, and on May l, 1873 sentenced to
two years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Authorities have been yigilant in hunt
ing Hank up, but without success. The
following telegram was received from
Galveston, Texas, at Delaware, dated
August I'd. 1881. 1t reads as follows:
GALVESTON, Texas.-Dan Wilson, alias
Lew Hauk, was shot dead while resist
ing arrest at CorsiCans, Texas, on the
Goth ult. l have had him in sight seVer'
al times, but he slipped me, Happy am
l that he received his just dues.
Nv. D, Howe"