WAGNER, Wilson
Source: Weekly Argus News Aug 26, 1893 p 7
A posse of excited citizens are scouring the woods in the vicinity of
Hillsboro for one, Wilson Wagner, and if their search is successful a
first class lynching bee is guaranteed. Wilson put in his appearance at
Waynetown yesterday morning and made arrangements with Drs. Hamilton &
Hurt to take their bichloride of gold cure for the whiskey habit. He has
been on a prostrated spree, it seems and while sauntering around in the
woods yesterday met little Maggie Parker, the 8-year-old daughter of
George Parker, who lives near Waynetown but quite a distance from the
public road. The little girl was playing with her six year old brother
when they were accosted by Wagner, who made himself familiar and was
soon taking improper liberties with the little girl. The frightened
child began to cry and scream and her little brother ran toward the
house screaming for assistance. Fortunately it was near at hand and the
drunken brute became frightened and desisted before he had succeeded in
accomplishing his hellish designs. Maggie's clothes were badly torn and
she was frightened almost into convulsions. When apprised of the fact
the father's rage knew no bounds and hastening to Hillsboro he organized
a mob and started in pursuit. They declared no court would be needed
and that nothing could save the lecherous brute if he fell into their
hands. At noon today nothing had been heard from the avenging posses.
Source: Crawfordsville Review 26 August 1893 p 1
A correspondent from Waynetown to Wednesday’s Journal says: “Yesterday a man by the name of Wilson Wagner, formerly from near Alamo but now of Silverwood was here trying to make arrangements with Drs. Hurt and Hamilton to treat him for drunkenness. After loading up with a fair sample of what our hell holes have to sell he started to hoof it home by the way of Snyder’s mill and from there across the fields. When near the residence of George Parker in the country he found little Maggie Parker and her brother playing. He attempted to outrage the girl and would have succeeded but for the arrival of help. He ran southwest through the fields. Mr. Parker went to Hillsboro and got a warrant out for the brute and he with a posse of men broke out after him fully determined to bring him back, dead or alive. This man Wagner is a son of Henry Wagner and is a son of Henry Wagner and is about 25 or 30 years of age. He is tall, well built, with a dark complexion and boasted while here that he had lots of good blood in him and for the sake of his father and other blooded relatives he wanted to take the Keely cure. Up to the hour of going to press we have not heard of him being caught. – kz
THANK YOU :) - this one is scary ---typed by kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Review 2 Sept 1893 p 4
A special to the Journal from Waynetown on Wednesday says that Wilson Wagner, the brute who attempted to commit a rape on little Maggie Parker last week was caught at Danville, Ill on Monday and was brought to Covington Tuesday where a preliminary trial was held, which resulted in the court binding him over under the sum of $1,000 which he was unable to give and now he languishes in the county jail. If the jury does its whole duty when the final trial comes off and sends him to Michigan City for about five years he will not need the Keeley treatment which he was so anxious to take when here last week.
Source: Crawfordsville Review 14 Oct 1893 p 6
Wilson Waggoner the brute who attempted to rape little Maggie Parker near Waynetown recently, a full account of which appeared in the Review at the time was sentenced to three years in penitentiary at Covington last week. The sentence should have been for life.