Hans Hut was led to the Saviour through the ministry of Hans Denck. On May 26, 1526, he testified to his faith by receiving believer’s baptism. Immediately his manner of life changed; he was a new creature in Christ. Soon he was traveling about Bavaria and Austria, preaching the gospel. This brought about his arrest only fifteen months after his conversion. He was severely tortured on the rack, but he refused to recant his faith. On December 6, 1527, a fire was started in his cell, and he died as a result. Technically, it might be argued that Hans didn’t die a martyr’s death, but most likely it was. And without doubt his unnamed daughter did die such a death.
The speed with which these events took place, means that Hans’ daughter must have been saved only weeks after her father. Then while he was away she was arrested as an Anabaptist. Even under torture, she would not disavow her faith in Christ alone. On this day in 1527, about a year before her father’s passing, this young lady was put into a bag; weights were attached and she was tossed into the Ragnitz River.
Source – “This Day in Baptist History III” by David Cummins