1805-06-28 Death: Claus
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01156
- Source
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Execution of Claus (report from the Hackensack Register)
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Execution of Claus (report from the Hackensack Register), "Execution of Claus," True American, July 15, 1805, p. 2.
- Event Description
- Claus was executed on June 28, 1805, in Hackensack, where he was being held in the Bergen County jail during his trial for the murder of an enslaved man named Joe in Preakness. Two weeks after his conviction, Claus was executed by hanging in front of a large crowd of onlookers. Rev. James V. C. Romeyn, who had been visiting Claus in jail, addressed Claus before the execution and urged him to confess, but Claus maintained his innocence and denied killing Joe.
- Event Type
- Death
- Date
- June 28, 1805
- Location of Event
- Bergen County courthouse and gaol (jail), Hackensack
- Preceding Event
- 1805-06-14 Criminal action: Claus (murder of Joe)
- Primary Participants
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Claus (d. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02634
Role: Deceased Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Unknown
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Claus"
Comment: executed - Additional Participants
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James V. C. Romeyn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02577
Role: Clergy
Comment: attended Claus during his execution - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker