The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1856-01-10
[FoR THE JACKSON STANDARD.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9th, 1856.
MEssRs. EDITORS, SIRs -

MEssRs. EDITORS, SIRs -
AS you requested me to give you syn
opsis of the testimony before Esq, Jones,
in the case ofthe State OF Ohio, vs.. Will
liam Multner, and as your notice of the
case in the last " Standard, misrepresen-
ted the matter somewhat, will give you
all the testimony that has been taken.
The first witness examined was John
Rife, who testified that the first difficulty
that took place, was at the time that he
took the Multners up stairs, to show them
where to sleep. There was no vacant bed,
but there was one man III each bed. Bul
n } one aOaS drunk.
The Multners refused to 60 to bed un-
less they could sleep together. They then
all went down stairs, when the Multners
attempted to go into the room occupied by
the family, when Rife told them that they
had no business there that there was no
spare bed in that room, and that they must
leave. Rife then opened the front door,
and showed them out. They then asked
him to come out. He did so, not in the
least expecting to have fight with them.
AS soon as he got out side Of the door,
John Multnor seized him by the throat,
when he caught the old man and threw
him down, when William commenced stab
bing him. Rife called out that he was
stabbed, when the Multners left, and Fred
erick Aul, the murdered man came out
and pursued them to near the bridge, when
William stabbed him, then he called for
Jacob Cramer to come to his assistance
that William was stabbing him. Cramer
then ran tof the house and towards the
bridge, when William stabbed him. No
man touched John Multner but Rife, and
that was at the door, and no man was out
Of the house at that time but the two Multi
ners and Rife. This is the substance of
John Rife's testimony.
Jacob Cramcr testified the same as Rife,
until the time the Multners were put out of
the house, when he heard William ask
Rife to como out. Rife went out, but he
did not hear any fight or scufflo at the
door, where he was cut. Aul then ran out,
and presently he heard him calling on
him, { (Cramer, for assistance, that Will
liam was killing him.
Cramer then ran out of the house, and
towards the bridge, but did not see either
Rife or Aul, but met William, who imme-
diately stabbed him. He did not see John
Multner at that time, nor did he touch him
that night, nor did he have any difficulty
with either Of them, until William stabbed
him.
John Multner testified that Rife told
them that he could find lodgings for only
one Of them, and they concluded that they
would both leave, but that Rife did not or
der them, neither did either of them ask
him to come out. After they had started,
William, who was a little in advance, told
him to run, as some one WAS coming, af-
ter them. tie being old, could not run,
but turning his head to look back, some
one struck him in the forehead, knocking
him senseless, and when he recovered he
saw no one but his son. He found a cut
in his forehead, hurt on his wrist, and
on his hip. lie had no difficulty with
Rife at the door-saw no one-saw no
club, but took hat away with him, which
afterwards proved 10 be John Rife's.
So you see the story about three men
boating the old man with a fence rail, is
entirely unsupported, even by the old man
himself