The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20

er Of them since. Think / could give a de-
scription ofone in ten of the strangers who
stopped at Rogers. Have Difficulty in tel
ling when | have seen strangers. This
was in February or March of 1853. Know
the time from the fact that | was sick. Was
sick 2 or 3 days in February. got better and
had another spell in March, but can't tell
what time. Was sick in Feby. Couldn't
tell the time which intervend between my
sickness.
Rreramined-Don't tecollect whether
yo NO man said he had shipped pigeons To
New York, but that he intended to. He
was sworn ut Ankrum's uia, and did not
give it as his opinion that Ankrom was not
the man. He didn't know whether he was
asked whether he resPmbled the man. Ank-
ron didn'' refuse to stand up. am not
certain whether Ithen said | did not recog-
nize in Ankrom's features the man in CON-
p ny with the old man. Said the prisoner
resembled the young man with old man
very much. Couldn't say any more about
nathan what he had stated. Thought he
was correct in his description of hat, SAID
that if a man directed his discourse to ne
and WINS particular in his conversation 1
might notice him particularly. (This latter
question was put by the Pros. Atty.)
John KsdrnS StpOrn.-He resided in the
f%orefart OF the year 1853 on the farm of
Mrs. Polly Bienheamer, 7 miles east of
Circleville, ! mile this side OF the county
line and some distance from the gravelled
pike. Was at home at that season Of the
year. RecolIected Of two strangers calling
to see him in the field where he was suwing
clover seed. Though 1t was the las of
February or first of March-can'k yet tell
which il was. My recollection IS mot very
good. When they called to see me | was
sowing clover seed. Have studied about il
and now think il was on Saturday, 26lh of
February but was not certain, as it might
have been ear lier in February or later in
/ March. | recollect that when | sowed the
balance of the clover seed / told Mrs. Bein-
hpamer that the former sowing was coming
up, and from this fact | judged that when the
, strangers visited me in the fields must have
been some two or three weeks before. The
men were on the hunt Of sheep to buy. |
took one to be a middle aged man and The
other a young man Think the old man
: was As or SO years old. He talked about
sheep-cant recollect whether he wanted
fat or grain fed sheep. He was an Irish
5 man, had on a white hat and wore an over
= coat well worn. think it was Of a snuff
color or brown. told him Mr.. Ashbrook
I had sheep, Ashbrook lived northwest from
D the field. They came from the road. The
young man asked whether Lancaster would
d not be a good place to get fat sheep. The
young man did not look up at me at all, but
I kept moving his foot ba' kwards and for
d wards, Old man said they came from Cir
;. %cleville thut m"rning and should have TAX
I en- that road (the county line rpad.) | di.
g rected them to go to the woods, then 20
t east and they would strike Ashbrook's lnne.
e Woods are large, but can't say how many
e acres. They are tolerable thick in some
places. They started in thu direction | had
j pointed out, but | did not look round again
TO see where they went. Was present al
CorOner's inquest. saw white hat but
) don't r~ecollect anything about over alls nor
= pants. Hat found in woods very much re-
d sembIed the one worn by the old man. The
cloth in coat looked like the cloth in old
n mans coat. If he recoll 'cted right..the man
with the cd man had no whiskrrs, and he
S couldn't recognize prisoner as tie man, buI
5 said he was about the size of the man.
t Cross Erlmined.-F nix the Young man
had on a common black ha'. Think he had
on an over coat Of dark color, but can't
say whether it was black or blue. DONE
: remember about his other clothing. Our
= conversation was short, and held principally
| with the old man. IT, 20 to Ashbronk's
e they had to 90 through the woods, but ia
= go to Lancaster they had the plain highway,
d Don't know who led the way The young
I man ccrried nothing thut l remember
, neither did old man. The old man propos.
: ed going to Ashbrooks. Young man sal id
. nothing about going to Ashbr oks. The
old ma rs complexion was sandy aad hair
Igl;rbsIu rrau CnnI1nSt rn,,ll,,t ,.lo, -
\ eyes. Saw nothing striking about his np.
Q pearance. Think he was about 5 fee, Z
n in stature, rather heavy set.
h He was a tile stopped. Sowed last lot o.
n clover on March 10Th. rouad first lot com.
e ing ups supposed that the first lot was sowr
v some two or three weeks before. had
d fixed in my mind the 2Gth February as the
i day. but can't say for certain, was mile
from woods, aud about mile from where
i remains were found. Didn't know how
1 far remains were found from clearing -
Couldn't see out when foliage was on tht
trees, but could when (uliag was off. Suit
!. he didn't get a good view of young man.
9 Pros. Remains were found in the d.rec,
: ton | sent the men.
4 P0AV Binheimer ScOrn lin the spring &
winter of 1853 .sh' lived inClearcr elk town.
Il ship, Fairfield county, Ohio, on the rond tc
v CircIeville. That Mr.. Kearns lived there
# at that time and was sowing cloversetd d.
This was the last Of Feb uarg or the first o
t March, 1853. Remembered Of persons c.m
r. ing there at that time. One was an old ant
the ct era young man. Old man was chunky
# and had on a hite hat, pre- ~ much worn
- Had on brown overcoat aud cnrri d an um.
n brella. Had no conversation with them
= They passed by my house and went to Mr.
Keurne's door and talked with Mrs Kearns
d who directed them to the old man in the fell
II sowing clover seed. The field is on thu
north side of the road. They went to Mr.
Kearns, who was about six rods from tn
u bars. They then crossed the field, got int,
:. the second one and from that they got int
h the third one ,whi h led them from the road, i
ID then went in the direction Of the wood
where he clothes were found. Saw tser
l. go close to the dead tree where they were di
II rected to go into the woods. Couldn't sa
re whether she had seen the young man since
c. Here the evidence for the prosecution
closed. and as the counsel for defendant di
not wish to argue the cuse, it was submi,
Y ted to the court, when the prisoner was com
re mitted to await his trial before tho Ma
Us term Of the court Of Common Pleos.
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