The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-05-03
THE TRIAL OF THE WARDS.

Below we publish a few extracts con.
corning the trial Of these brothers for the
murder of MI. BUTLER, a School Teach.
or, for furnishing one of the children Of the
WARD family. That BUTLER was murder
ed every person comedies ; that the WARTS
went 10 The School room and there cody
and deliberately murdered him, no person
doubts-and yet a Kentucky Jury has
returned a verdict Of not guilty. Ken
lucky wealth stands higher than justice.
Matt. F. Ward only is on trial. Heisin
very feeble health and looks miserable.
Ono of his legs is all shrunk up with rhsu.
malism, he looks thin, pale, with a hectic
flush on his cheek. In addition, he IS now
suffering from a severe pain in his head, 10
which he has 10 apply wet cloths while in
The court ooin. He has evidently slep, on
no bed of roses for the past few months
His wife has evidently shared his sorrow
with him in the jail, and sticks by his side
ia the court room, with umistakahle marks
of anguish stamped on every feature Of her
countenance. Judging (romher appearance
she is full as miserable as Mrs. Butler,
since the melancholy event which sent the
husband of one 10 The grave, and oflhe other
TO The jail.
The entrance oflhe Ward family into The
court room, yesterday morning, wasa mo, I
touching scene. The sobs of the ladies'
brought tears into the slernesl eyes. All
the associations were the most melancholy
whether we consider The cause, the result,
or the past and present condition Of the
parties.
But four witnesses have as yet been ex-
amined. They were all boys in the school
and testify to The same general fac,s-lhat
Matt. f. and Robert j. Ward came in and
inquired for Mr.. Buller.-that Butler came
out Of his recitation room ard advanced 10.
ward liem,-thal Matt. F. made some in.
quiry of Butler, and Butler asked him into
his room and he would there EXPLAIN
that Ward refused to gc, and said the mat.
Ter must be settled lhere,-and alter one
or two more questions and answers, Ward
cilled Butler a liar,-lhal then Butler raj
ed his arm and made a step towards Ware
at the same time Ward fred a pistol But
Ter fell immedialely,-lha Mat. Ware
drew another pistol, aud Robert ]. Ware
a knife, and cried, "sland 0T,''-that tn
Wards then went out, Butler arose, slagger
ed a few steps was assisted by the boys II
adwelling near.
This reveals the point on which the de
fence will rest-self.delence. The raising
of Buffers arm will be construed into al
attack agains, which Ward had a right Il
defend himself.
The correspondent of the DemOcra
speaks as follows Of Mrs. Buffers appear
ance on the witness stands:
Many a moisiened eye reminded III
friends Of poor Butler, Of his tragical end
when his widow came into Court. lie
testimony was asked only on one point
as TO her husbands despair Of life. Th
counsel for the defence asued no question
on the defence. But there are hearts o
the other side, whose feelings i'll assoc
with the glowing beauties Of an April day
The crime OF murder, or homocide, an
Justice which follows in lis train, thro,
their appalling shadows all arounI them
The correspondent ofthe Courier write:
The attempt of the counsel for the de
fence thus far has been 10 prove tina, q
alteration took place in the school.roor
between Prof. Butler and Matt. Ward
that Prof. b. was a robust, strong man
that he struck W. who was a poor, weak
ly, infirm person, and might have kille
him had not the latter shot down B.
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