In 1877, when the newly incorporated town of Georgetown was thriving, Robert Schmalz began his infamous spree of robberies and slayings.
Schmalz was caught in Las Animas, Colorado, and confessed to committing two homicides of his boss and Georgetown's beloved butcher, whom he robbed for $80. Then Schamle was returned to Georgetown, where a callous finale awaited him.
After the residents of Georgetown learned of his misdeeds and that he was now a prisoner in their local municipal jail, they decided to take the matter into their own hands and execute him themselves. Locals brought Schmalz out of his cell and hanged him from the frame of a neighboring dilapidated building.
Hundreds of Georgetown residents simply passed by while his body was still hanging throughout the following day without expressing any sorrow for the allegedly cold-blooded murderer. Numerous witnesses have reported that they have seen Schmalz's ghost around town. People who have seen him claim that he appears as a ghostly male figure but soon vanishes into the dark.
Jim Singleton
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