Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-10-13
which. having carefully unrolled the
he read as follows
Montgomery, Ala, Oct. Is, ia.

Wmcn, having carelully unIoueu the
he read as follows
Montgomery, Ala, Oct Is, 1a-.s
"This city on the evening of the 49,
inst, was thrown into great excitemen
by the arrival of the body of Hor
James Eaton, one of our most exten
sive merchants, and a member of on
city Legislature. The body had bee
found in a small Pine-wood Copse,
little to the left of the road leading from
here to Monticello-the usual rout
adopted by Mr.. E., when going to hi
residence. The unfortunate gentlemal
was shockingly mangled, and wher
found was quite dead. At the time o
his death, he must have had on his per
son no less sum than $4,000, having
just received several payments in the
city, whose aggregate whole would
amount to about that sum.
Two very respectable looking stran'
gers, who have for the last three weeks
or so, been staying at the Independence
Hotel, are suspected as being the per-
petrators of the horrible tragedy, as
they were last seen in Mr.. Els company
and left the hotel shortly after he did
without returning since.
The tallest of the two, who is proba-
bly, about five feet ten in height, has
dark brown hair and whiskers, a high
broad brow, and singularly white and
even teeth. One of the waters also
asserts that he can take his oath that the
top part of his left ear is wanting. His
address is pleasing and gentlemanly
and his voice bland and mellow.
His companion stands about FIVE feet
six or seven; has light hair, and wears
moustache of the same color; dresses
rather snowy, and like his coadjutor,
has fine set of teeth. He is strongly
addicted to interlarding his conversation
with oaths.
Oct. 21.-0ne of the suspected men
has been apprehended. He gives his
name as Charles Wainwright Moth
ing could be found either on or about
him at the time of his capture that
would in the slightest degree criminate
him. He cannot, however, give salts
factory account of the manner in which
he has spent his time since the evening
of the fifteenth.
Nov. 12.-The prisoner, Wainwright,
received sentence to-day-ten years in
the State prison. When asked for the
last time if he wished to say anything,
he again repeated his former assertion,
yiz:-'that he was not present when the
deed was committed, and that's true,
you know, Jack, for l was keeping a
pretty sharp lookout in the road, while
you were engaged in the copse-but
was only cognizant of the fact. He
appeared quite calm and collected. Not
the slightest intelligence of the real
murderer has been obtained, although
several of our most expert detectives
are out
There, jack said Wainwright,-for
such was his real name-when he had
finished reading, that's what l call ex
plicit. You are changed considerably
in outward appearance, since l last saw
you, but know very well if that long
hair of yours was pushed back, your
left ear would still be found minus its
top part. Changed as you are, howe
yer, at once knew you when l saw you
enter store in New York about a
month since. After you left l went in
and learned your name, which, by the
bye, think is vast Improvement on
plain John Randall, and also where you
lived. 1 was unfortunately nabbed, as
l was extracting wiper from swelPs
coat pocket, and so put on the shelf for
month; but as soon as l got out has
tened down here, expecting of course
that you would be overjoyed to see me,
and that we should have fine times in
talking over the past
During the delivery of this speech
the wretched Melvyn had sat still on
his chair, without evincing by outward
signs at least, the slightest intimation
that he lived. His very breathing
seemed restrained, so intensified were
his emotions. When the speaker had
finished, however, he quietly rose from
his seat, and saying in a clear, distinct
voice
Wainwright, just wait here a minute
or two, 1 will be back directly and
turned on his heel and left the room.