Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-29

md WI.I Ju-, tot thought that tue GUAR
man Of that omuiIIee bad done him great
injustice ~ thr rUUrSe he had taken ia he
Investigation, ard ~ drawing tb- TepO T..
A'ni hI1 stopped bin Tue 1hHd ume IN
reference 10 ,hr pIOc@rd!ugs Q the COM
uuIter, hr stated thar he had cOme TO IhIs
pace Tor The purpose o. preventing an M
yrElg CATION In,o The aftsirs OF the Lshigl
County bank: or that u an investigation
was had, bi- otject was 70 procure iavOr-
aJe rppOu IRON the cOiniul.lrr on btHks.-
The tilsI reason he gave lor wishing 10 pre-
vent an investigation was, that Ihr charg-
rs preferred against thai UaRk were untrue,
in fact, and which he thought he would Oe
aUe 10 reiule. Another reason wus, IhtI
it tue bank vas sustained, hc had an ar
rangsusnI with th5i bank TO assist hlm in
establishing, aud am not certain which,
tuI el:ner hank OF deposit or a b, Okrr'a
olhre, in the town oi CArolton. OHIO,
wh,re he resided.
Mr AcCook dad not relate 10 ne, that he
was determined to carry his object by Ihs
agency Of money, Uul a. be believed The
|cAArgrs against the bank 10 bs ualpundrd,
IN iacL hts determination vas 10 prevent
the investigation, or have d idyora lr report
from the committee, by s0ur means or 9TH
~. / would add 70 :Rai, / think be also
said minute OF Two Afterwards, IN sGdI-
ton to "bY some means or other" or BY
certain influences. He then commenced
detailing the transactions o. Monday nigh.
the 10Th. lie stated that he had gone n.o
Mr.. PIoI.el's rooro, at Mr.. P.'s request, and
after some conversation, Nj. P,Oiiet reiu-
sed TO take $3.50 and the note, endJrred by
any other person whom he might name, tor
$3.50, and the reason why he did nOI, or
would not, was thai the previous offer Was
a better one. He then Ltgan 10 have some
fears as 10 whether he had got his man or
not; he then stated to me the position OF Mr..
P and himself; Mr z. being on one side OF
the fire place, aud he rather in front oil the
fire. lie thought it was best then, tor the
purpose of avoiding the difficulty that he
might get INTO, provided he was mistaken
in his man, TO lake a survey OF Mr. P's
head and face. lie did so, and came TO the
conc Iuson, tom the particular shape oi
hS loreh ad, Ihut he could not possibly be
mistaken; tut for tear that he might be mis-
; taken. he said to Me-. Pio.lel that he had but
the $3.50 in his pocket, aud that il was ne
ces-ary tor bm to 90 TO Hers hotel tor lht
purpose OF ge.ting the other $3.50, TO con
, SumulSle the matter that night, He gave
, tbs A. an excuse to Mr.. PloIIet, in orde
{ that he uight consult three gentlemen, hi
friends, who were at Hers hotel, as &
Q whether he should risk the operation. H
J went and found those three genIIempDi h
gave Iue the name OF one OF them, whlcl
was Beach; the first name think was Asa
/ heI, but am not certain. lie SAID he reIa
i ted to them the nature Of the phenOlOg ca
j Developments of Mr.. Pi0el's head, and eX
pressed to them some DOUBTS as 10 whelhp
. he had his man ar not. One or Other Of tht
. three said to him that he should return i'm
mpdiatey and consummaIe the matter, a
he had no doubt he had got the right man
lie sill hesiiated, and expressed doubts
the same individual more emphaIlcally toll
him to 90 immediately back and cOnsum
: mate the matter. Under this lnstructlo
he determined to COnsummate it. Th
~. next morning he went into Mr.. Pio'let'
d room, and told him that he was prepare
TO consumnale the matter bv plylng S40C
aud that the 500 to make the $500, the a
mount agreed upon, he must wait for ur
:. I'll the report Of the committee was had
= He stated to Mr.. P. the reason why b
f. could not pay him the Sl00 at that tim
was that he hadn't it. lie then stated
" me his reasons Tor not paying The 500.
s Being somew hat fearful that he had M
h found the right man, and for fear Of bein
q betrayed. he thought 10y holding hack III
SlOO it would have tendency 10 keep NJ
r PioIet true to the needle, and that he La
i" the 500 in his pocket at the time.
n At this stage of the conversation he ST
4 ted something to me that he enjoned 81
;, crecy oD, and am not disposed to discIcs
: t without being required. 1.-THE couns'
q Tor the defendant asked it, HesIated tht
it on Monday morning following he Intende
o to have Mpssrs. PioIet, Laporte, Bu rel
and Jesse Miller, arrested for consprac!
y this was the secret.
lie narrated another transaction whic
e took place on Monday night the 10Th
!. February, prior to his going TO MIR. Ploet
room the second time; he here again e1
y pressed his fears as TO his having the rgt
man, and to prevent himself lrom gettn
/. into difficulty he had prepared plan b
:, whirh to have witness 10 the uansactlo
: between himself and Mr.. P; he went
Mr.. P.'s room and left the note which ha
y been spoken OF, requesting Mr.. P. to com
J. into No. %; he returned to his own ROOF
n where he had friend prepared to he a wi
ness in the case when Mr. P. should com
= into his room; he had put his Buffalo rob
h under his bed for the accommodation oi h'
# friend that he might make no noise Will
= Mr.. P. should come into his room; from th
. long delay in Mr.. P. coming to his room h
friend had come out of his hiding place
q and the two were sitting conversing togeti
i er when he heard some poison coming alor
n the hall. and surprising it to be Mr.. P.
immediately rose from his chair and tot
the candle in his hand, went TO the do