Bessie Amy Bacon Hagerman, a 61-year-old woman, met a tragic and violent end on the evening of February 7, 1949, in her hometown of Medina, New York. A lifelong resident of the area, Bessie was born in the Town of Ridgeway on August 10, 1887. She had been a widow for about a decade, her husband Andrew having passed away some ten years prior. In the years following her husband's death, she supported herself by working at the R. H. Newell Co. She was an active member of her community, belonging to
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