Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-09-03

self, and ct once made choice of blooded
sorrel Of the Majors Night had come
it was clear moonlight-the gate Of Fort
Wayne was thrown open, and out bounded
Col Sutton6eld with thespeed of deer
The eyes of the Fort were upon him as he
took the path down the Maumee and enter
"a the woo,is- The sound of rifles reached
the fort-the Colonel had again met the
willy chiofs at a new. encampment. His
clothes were perforated with lalls, but he
and his horse escaped witheut harm. The
next day the Colonel took from his boot
the dispatch of Maj Whistler and hasded
it to Gen. Harrison. But the end was not
vet. The Indian war was soon over and
the Colonel married an estmablc lady,
and settled in Fort Wayne, where first
became acquainted with him. The reader
will not ask me If he was a brave man. and
| will not stop TO say that he was strictly
honest. The Col. was positive man in
all that he said or did, aud of course had
some enemies. Among others lac had o
little squeaking neighbor. who had become
offended at the Cob. and in his absence at
indianapolis. spending few weeks at a
session of the legislature, fled an affidavit
before Robert Hand, justice Of the peace,
against the Col. for marking his old sow
with inteat to steal her The Col on ar
irving at home heard of it, and went to the
squire rea " for trial The squire only had
jurisdiction to hear the case. acquit or re-
cognizc, as the case might warrant. The
prosecutor was present. The Col. looked
upon him with perfect contempt. esquire
demand Jury" Justice. "Constable.
put Jury in the box" There are only
eleven jurors present" The Col. Put
the prosecutor on the jury" The prosccu-
tor took his seat in the box. The squire,
.How shall swear the iury?'' The Col.
" GU DO swear You will truly try and up
on your oaths say whether Col. William
Suttonfield marked the SOW with intent TO
steal her or not" The jury were sworn,
and the prosecutor examined. The Col.
'sNow squire, | demand the ayes and noes. ="
The Col. could neither read nor write
The squire. Each juror will answer as his
name is called, guilty or not guilty. Com
stable call the roll" The Jurors were
called and all answered ~"not guilty" till
the prosecutor was called. He hung down
his head and squeaked out guilty" The
Col gave him another look of contempt.
Eleven to one, acquitted almost unani-
mously." Squire Hood cit Is considered
that Colonel Suttonfeld stands unanimous
Ily acquitted. except by the prosecutor. who
the court considers was governed by malice
prcpcnse and forcthouSht.,'
TRIM OF SAWYER.
Monday morning came. Court met
Judge Eggleston, in fine health. on the
bench in the centre; Adam Nincl,ell on his
left and Samuel Holiday on. his right
Moses Cox at the clerks desk; Samuel
Long on the sheriff's platform, snd Col
John Berry. captain OF the quart, leaning a.
gainst the logs The grand jury were call
ell, sworn and charged, and court adjourned
for dinner. I'm the afternoon the evidence
of the main witnesses was heard. / had
prepared the indictments in my Office and
had them with me. The foreman signed
the bills on his knee, and they were all re-
turned into court before the adjournment.
That night Col. John johnson, the Indian
agent. called at nv room and offered me
hundred dollars on behalf OF the United
States. informed him that | was a State
officer and could not accept the money; how
ever tempting it might be under other cir
cumstances. The court met in the morn
ing. We agreed to try SAWYER first. for
shooting one of the sqnaws. The prisoner
was brought into court by the sheriff. lie
appeared so haggard and changed 10y his
long confinement that scarcely knew him.
The court room was crowded. Gen. James
Noble. Phillip Sweetzcr and myself for the
State: James Rariden, Lot Bloomfield,
William II. Morris and Charles ii. Test
for the prisoner. Judge Eggles:on. "Sher-
iff. call the petit jury Judge WincheIl,
"Sherifi. call squire Makcpeace on the jury.
he will be good juror; he viii not let one
of these murierers get away" Judge
Eggleston. turning 10 Judge Winchell,
This will never do. UIat, the court
pack jury to Try a capital case?' The
jury was soon en- annclcd. The evidence
was conclusive that the prisoner had shot
one of the sluaws at the camp with his
rifle, after the killing of Ludlow and Mingo
by Harper and Hudson In the woods
The jury were hardy. heavy boarded set
of men, with side knives in their belts and
not pair of shoes among the whole of
them: all wore moccasins. Mr.. Sweetzcr
opened for the State n strong matter Of
fact speech; that was his forte. He was
followed, il: able speeches, by Mr.. Morris,
Mr.. Test and Mr.. Rariden for the prisoner.
General Noble closed for the prosecution
with powerful speech. The General was
one of the strongest and most effective
speakers before jury or promiscuous as
sembly / have ever heard The case went
to the jury under an able charge from Judge
Eggleston, and Court a'llourncrlf for dinner.
At the meeting Of the Court in the after
noon. the jury returned verdict of guilty
OF manslanghter, two years hard labor in
the pcniten,iary Mr.. Rariden sprang to
his feet, If the Cont please, W, let iudg
ment go on the verdict and are ready for
the case of Sawyer for killing the Indian
boy at the camp" Ready for the State
The same jury was accepted on both sides
being in the box. They were immedi-
ately sworn. The evidence, was heard. a
gain conclusive against the prisoner. Gen.
Noble opened for the prosecution. and was