Robert Rupp Hackman^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1921 - 1941  (19 years)

• Name	Robert Rupp Hackman
  Birth	12 Nov 1921	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Unexpected Death	12 Jan 1941
  	Murdered
  Death	12 Jan 1941	Union Grove, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Burial	Middle Creek Brethren Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I492	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bollinger, Hackman, Miller, Lane, Baer, Kenege, Royer 1, Bare
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Elder Charles Miller Hackman,   b. 30 Jan 1901, Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Jun 1981, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Emma Maria Rupp,   b. 12 Jan 1895, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 May 1946, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	c 1920	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert R. Hackman, 19, Beaten to death with hammer in hills of Brecknock Township. William G. Redcay, 23-Year-Old Truck Driver Of Union Grove, Admits Forcing Way Into Car, Attacking Youth Several Hours After Seeing Victim And Former Sweetheart Together, Assistant District Says. Far up in the hills of Brecknock township, a jack-of-all-trades on his way early Sunday to cut a neighbor’s hair found the horribly battered and burned body of Robert M. Hack- man, nineteen-year-old son of an Ephrata township farmer and preacher, besides the still smoldering ruins of his father's automobile. Fifteen hours later, Assistant District Attorney John L. Hamaker announced that William G. Redcay, twenty-three-year-old truck driver, of Union Grove, East Earl township,lad confessed murdering the young farm worker with a ball Hammer because Hackman had been going with his former sweetheart, Eva Martin, nine- teen, also of Union Grove. Redcay, Hamaker said, told of forcing his way into Hackman’s car as he stopped for a stop sign at the intersec- tion of the Union Grove road and the Reading highway (route 73) sometime after 2 a. m. Sunday; of fatally beating Hackman as they battled along lonely Laurel road, and then laying the body alongside the blazing auto, which, he said, was accidentally set afire. Redcay, according to the prosecutor, said that he saw Hackman and Eva in Ephrata about 8 p.m. Saturday and that it was then that he decided to beat up Hackman. TELLS OF FIGHT AT HOTELS A short time later, Hamaker said, Redcay went to the Fivepointville hotel where a party that followed pa fox hunt was in progress. Shortly before midnight, the prosecutor said, a free-for-all fight developed at the hotel and it was in that that Redcay at first insisted that he suffered his cut in his forehead and an injury to his right hand. From the hotel, Redcay confessed, Mr. Hamaker said, that he drove his car to a point on the Reading highway, about a quarter of a mile north of the point where the Union Grove road enters. There he parked his car on the east side, facing south and let the air out of the left front tire. From this point the roof of his home can be seen just over a hill. Eva’s home is just across the road from Redcay’s home. Then, arming himself with a hammer from his auto tool kit, he walked to the entrance to the Union Grove road, Mr. Hamaker said Redcay confessed, and waited for Hackman, knowing that Hackman would stop there for a stop sign. Partial of story Lancaster Intelligencer Journal

  
  

• Sources

  [S191] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301541/robert-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census (Reliability: 4). Robert Hackman&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Circa 1922 - Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1940 - Clay Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;Age: 18&lt;br&gt;Residence in 1935: Same House - Clay Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;Race: White&lt;br&gt;Marital status: Single&lt;br&gt;Parents: Charles Hackman, Emma Hackman&lt;br&gt;Siblings: Lloyd Hackman, Charles Hackman, Chester Hackman, James Hackman, Edna Hackman&lt;br&gt;Census: TownshipClay TwpEnum. District36-7Family341 CountyLancasterRollm-t0627-03528Line21 StatePennsylvaniaFrame00243 Date1940-00-00Page18A See household members&lt;br&gt;&lt;a id='household'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Household&lt;br&gt;Relation to head; Name; Age; Suggested alternatives&lt;br&gt;Head; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301539/charles-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Charles Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 39; &lt;br&gt;Wife; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301540/emma-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Emma Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 45; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301541/robert-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Robert Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 18; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301542/lloyd-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Lloyd Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 16; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301543/charles-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Charles Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 13; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301544/chester-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Chester Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 13; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301545/james-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;James Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 9; &lt;br&gt;Daughter; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10053-129301546/edna-hackman-in-1940-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Edna Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 6; [S175] Website: Geni World Family Tree, (https://www.geni.com/family-tree/html/start), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-388778887/robert-rupp-hackman-in-geni-world-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Robert Rupp Hackman&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Nov 12 1921 - Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Jan 12 1941 - East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: After Jan 12 1941 - Middle Creek Brethren Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>Elder Charles M Hackman</a>&lt;br&gt;Mother: <a>Emma Hackman (born Rupp)</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Lloyd Rupp Hackman</a>, <a>Charles R Hackman</a>, <a>James Rupp Hackman</a>, <a>Edna Rupp Stamy (born Hackman)</a>, <a>Chester R Hackman</a> [S193] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760815/robert-r-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census (Reliability: 4). Robert R Hackman&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Circa 1922 - Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1930 - Clay, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;Age: 8&lt;br&gt;Marital status: Single&lt;br&gt;Race: White&lt;br&gt;Language: English&lt;br&gt;Father: Charles M Hackman&lt;br&gt;Father's birth place: Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Mother: Emma Hackman&lt;br&gt;Mother's birth place: Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Siblings: Lloyd R Hackman, Chester Hackman, Charles Hackman&lt;br&gt;Census: TownshipClayEnum. District0007Line23 CountyLancasterSeriesT626Image31 StatePennsylvaniaRoll2056 Date1930-00-00Sheet13-A See household members&lt;br&gt;&lt;a id='household'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Household&lt;br&gt;Relation to head; Name; Age; Suggested alternatives&lt;br&gt;Head; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760813/charles-m-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Charles M Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 29; &lt;br&gt;Wife; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760814/emma-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Emma Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 35; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760815/robert-r-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Robert R Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 8; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760816/lloyd-r-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Lloyd R Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 6; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760817/chester-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Chester Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 3; &lt;br&gt;Son; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760818/charles-hackman-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Charles Hackman&lt;/a&gt;; 3; &lt;br&gt;Lodger; &lt;a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-239760819/howard-j-hilton-in-1930-united-states-federal-census?s=301571651"&gt;Howard J Hilton&lt;/a&gt;; 17; [S189] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-306889854/robert-rupp-hackman-in-familysearch-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Robert Rupp Hackman&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Nov 12 1921 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1930 - Clay, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Jan 12 1941 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;There seems to be an issue with this person's relatives. View this person on FamilySearch to see this information. [S3] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 002251-005250 (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138526822/robert-rupp-hackman.