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Title	Bach Family Photographs
Subject	Ohio Government Justice--Administration of Judicial proceedings
Place	Bowling Green (Ohio) West Milton (Ohio) Wood County (Ohio)
Description	This 4.75" x 7" (12.07 x 17.8 cm) collage of photographs shows the Bach family, which was involved in one of Bowling Green's most notable murder cases. Charles Bach, a German immigrant, was convicted and hanged for the murder of his wife Mary Bach in 1881. This collage may have been sold as a souvenir at his trial. A second photograph, which measures 5" x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm), is a portrait of Charles Bach. Charles and Mary Bach settled on a small farm in Milton Center, Ohio. The couple had difficulties from the beginning and Charles was physically abusive. One recurring problem was that Mary refused to sign the deed to sell their property. Charles was arrested and served time in jail. Mary filed for divorce in August 1881. Charles returned home, however, and lived in the barn. One day he left Mary with a list of chores to complete by nightfall. When he returned home and found that nothing had been done all day, he lost his temper and brutally murdered his wife with a corn cutter. The next morning, Charles Bach and the couple's children walked to a neighbor's house, where Bach gave the neighbor all of his money for care for the children. On the morning of October 11, 1881, Charles Bach walked into Bowling Green, Ohio and confessed to Sheriff T.C. Reid. Charles Bach was found guilty of murder in the first degree. His lawyers appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Ohio based on procedural errors at the trial, but Bach was again found guilty. He was hanged on Friday, October 12, 1883. This item is part of an extensive collection of materials relating to the Bach murder at the Wood County Historical Museum. Family letters, artifacts, and court transcripts document the murder and the trial of Charles Bach.
Date of Original	1881 circa
Collection	Bach Murder Collection
Source	Audiovisual material 2001.01.95 2001.01.94
Submitting Institution	Wood County Historical Center
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om998_1026160_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om998_1026160_001.tif
Image Height	4138
Image Width	2872
File Size	1168.644 KB

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