The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-12-16
VOLUME "A, NO. 80.
from n. ctnelnnatl liazette.


Murder---InVestig Before a
COrOnex's JurY---Bail Given in
$4,000.
Our citizens were startled yesterday morn
Eng by rumor that gentleman named Frank
8. M,Clure, we'll known in business circles, had
been killed the night previous in Front street.
q The police were on the alert to investigate the
matter, at an early hour; and Coroner Noble
was called to hold an inquest upon the body.
The facts as they appeared upon the inquest
are about as follows: Sometime during the al
ternoon Of Sunday, Mr.. Mcclure went to the
store of Messrs. Beattie g. Anderson for the
purpose oftalking over some business with Mr..
Beattie, and the latter gentleman testified b.
fore the Coroner's jury, that they were in con-
rersaticn an hour or more; they started towards
The door together, in conversation; that he sep
arated from Mcclure about the middle OF the
store, and had reached the counting room in the
rear, when he heard noise as of che closing oil
the front door; that he Immediately went to the
door, and found Mr.. Mcclure lying upon the
sidewalk. Mr.. Beattie Immediately raised him
up, and asked him what was the matter, when
Mr.. Mcclure said, "What did that?" Witness
aided the injured man in walking to coffee
house few doors below, and sent for carriage,
and had him conveyed to his boarding house,
No $40 Fifth street, nearly opposite the Hamil-
ton Depot. The occurrence took place about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, and deceased lived
until 2 o'clock next morning although uncon-
scious all the time.
Frank Macke, who lived next door to the
store of Mr.. Beatte, testified that about ten o. :
clock on Sunday morning he saw the deceased
at the store, who inquired of him if he had seen
Mr.. B., and desiring him to tell the latter when
he came that he Mr.. Mcclure, had been there;
that about o'clock the same afternoon he saw
deceased and Mr.. B., standing in front oft
store, laughing and talking, and that they after
wards went in together; that about Is minutes
past four, a little girl informed him that man
had just fallen out of the store door, upon the
side walk, Witness went to him Immediately
and found Mr.. Beattie raising him up. Heard
Mcclure say nothing except "Oh, Beattie, Beat
tie--O, my Godr' and that deceased was taken
q carriage and physicians. Witness in reply to
the Coroner said he heard no quarrelling noise
in the store during the afternoon.
Drs. Wood and Potter, who attended the dy-
ing man, testified that he came tohis death from
fracture Of the skull, extending from the base
of the left side of the head to the top, and from
behind the ear to the orbit of the eye; that i'm.
portant arteries Of the brain were ruptured, and
that large quantity Of blood had collected on
the brain.
The above is the substance Of the testimony
before the Coroner. The only external marks
upon the person Of the deceased, were small
hruise upon the upper angle Of the forehead, and
another Upon the nose. The Coroner's Jury
after short consultation, rendered verdict
that deceased came to his death by a fracture
Of the skull; but by what means the fracture
was produced the Jury are unable to determine
from the evidence"
The suppositon is that in passing out the
door Of the store the deceased caught his foot
in something that threw him to the pavement,
and the violence of the fall produced the inju-
ries which caused his death. Others entertain
adifferent hypothesis; but the testimony before
the jury gave no other explanation than that
death was caused by accident.
Mr.. Mcclure was about thirty years Of fage,
and leaves a wife and one child, tho latter abou
two weeks old Mrs. M. is still confined to her
bed by illness, and the sad bereavement falls
most heavily upon her Mr.. Mcclure was a
brother-in-law Of Mr.. Frazer, who committed
suicide in this city about year since, and o.
whose estate Mr.. M. was executor. He was
busily engaged in settling up matters connected
with that estate, and in the erection of large
sawmill near the junction of Sixth and Front
streets. Mr.. Frazer OF the time OF his death
was amember Of the firm of Bcattie & Frazer.
The death Of Mr.. Mcclure has thrown large
circle Of friends end acquaintances into mourn.
ing. He was generally loved and respected
and his mysterious and sudden death, in the
prime Of life and health, is severe blow TO his
family and relatives
Since the above was in type, another impor'
tant step has been taken in the matter Of the
singular death of Mr.. Mcclure. Yesterday af-
&,rnoon man named Samuel NJ. Mitchell coal
boatman, went before Mr.. Charles Smith, Clerk
of the Mayors Court, and made an affidavit, ac-
cusing Mr.. John Beattie, o. the firm of Beattie
& Anderson, Front street, with having caused
the death Of Mr.. NJ, by striking him upon the
heal with bar of iron. A warrant was there
ore issued, and Mr.. B. taken into custody last
evening, and conveyed to the Ninth street sta
tion house.
Judge Prudcn. examined the afillayit upon
which the arrest was made, and after hearing
the story Of Mitchell, admitted Mr.. Beattie ia
balm the sum of $4,000, for his appearance
this morning at o'clock. The bond wassign-
eddy ohas. J. w. Smith late Sheriff Of Hamil.
ton county.
The Story OF Mitchell is, that on Sunday az
ternoon he was passing up Front Street, when
he saw the accused break bar Of iron on the
curb atone, and with a piece remaining in his
hands, he struck the deceased three times on the
head, telling him to- the ground, and that anoth.
or man who was present, kicked him after be
was down. This is his statement in briefupon
which the warrant was issued.
It perhaps, but proper that we should give
some further particulars, which we gather from
the officers. Two policemen, 70 whom Mitchell
made the same statement, requested him to &