The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-02

Richland, by the nai
who took lis meals
lodged in his store, taking
His wife always supposed that he was the
murderer, and the dark deed so preyed
upon her mind that she became insane and
was sent to the Lunatic Asylum where
she remained some years. She is still
insane and lives in Richland county.
In 1859 he murdered peddlcr who
stopped at his tavern for the night The
Blade says:
The circumstances of this murder were
even more atrocious than those attending
the murder of Hall. He was an utter
stranger, " ard lighted him to bed as he
saws, without thinking to dohim any harm,
He ,hcn went to bed himself and slept TIL
midnight, when, on awaking, the thought
f struck him that the podder might have
money. lie Immediately arose and went
M to his room opened the door, went to
his bedside and found him sleeping sound
: )y. lie then went down stairs and got an
axe and returning struck him blow on
+ the head which soon put sudden end to
his existence. He then took dry goods
box which he had in the yard and pack
= inc the dead man in it put it under his
= he'd in his own room and went to bed
b Two days after he took the box IN " one
horse wagon some GO miles and threw Ii
II into the Huron River He was never pub
n HcIy charged with this murder but since
t. his conviction it has generally been be-
k Heyed that he put the peddler out OF the
wav. AS the rewards Of his crime nc
possessed himself Of the sum OF S5O anc
IS = few Goods which be dared not use
=" Shortly after the murder of the peddle'
he moved to Shelby where he married
. SUSAN REESE; she, soon after marriage
=, died, he, in n short time proposed mar
?, riaoe with Mrs. OLIVE DAVIS, and sh
accepted his proposal and they were mar
ried. This is the wife he murdered lie
children were a great source OF annoy
"' ance to him and they had frequent qnal
III res. She finally quit him and went hon
j" to her friends. lie followed her an
IL brought her back. Her object in goln
" :. back was to get some clothing she ha
III left with him. BY her own confession
&c" found out this to be her purpose and
~ made up his mind that she should neV
'"' leave his house alive. Accordingly
- the morning of Feb 4th 1857, he sI'pp
-ne behind her, and struck her on the he
'Weu W with a smoothing iron, such a blow II
DC she never spoke afterwards, and died wit
~ in fifteen mintucs
WARD has made full confession of thc
atrocious murders and they differ SON
.;n what from the newspaper reports Th
- represent that it was done in 'tho heat
" Wv passion lie says he had fully
solved to murder her, but had not ma
m any calculations as to what disposition
Who would make of tho body. His chaact
uts sl;c seems to be SecretiueaCsS. The BII
SAYS, 'ho had wonderful power to P
will and execute in secret and to keep
,ver own counsels. lie certainly was
of the most dangerous murderers that
country has ever produced. Ills muir
of Hall and Of the peddIer are two OF
Ihae most remarkable murders on record,
oo'' eynce GOODNESS, a want OF senslOl
lnsei and want Of conscience which 1t IS
''a'e to find in any human being Since he
been in Jail he has shown the same Pc
liarties. 1t was easy to excite his S,
yorl pathes easy to make him weep by re
cna rino to his situation or to his friends; G
no to make hinr acknowledge that his
,rrn tence was just and that his country HI
zlsaakrht to take his life; but he evincot
cling of penitcnco for his crimes
sged no sympathy for his Victims
no remorse of conscience for wh'
elone. Whatever of feeling or
le exhibited was for his own S
land not on account of any wrong
NJ committed. Indeed, he see
Ahat he WAS hardly dealt by,
- A. s,.r.l.,.. sn,nN Court had no right to CO.
ndml him on such slender testimony; ant
,ckcr. tho very day preceding his execr
.orpor spoke of his situation as great hard
state but consoled himself that he and hi
yior both had to suffer on Friday
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