American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-08

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himself employed. as hostlar.
The st intelligence OF the murder was
comm nicate BY McNamee himself, wi o
enMrei lie stsb'e Of Mr.. Whit his en-.
ployer. al-eut -four-o clock IN -the morning,
and with.hsEds raised Iuriiedly said to the
w4Iel.nlan upol the prs miss. pa!mer. my.
wifs IS dad -.
fziucr asked how itrcok place. r,'3
'.ItnnF Know; Evoke up and found
her.y.ea-t7-iue elesbsd this mofninG ss'5s-
PIlm~r imfdialely went TO the rooms
occupied hg McNsmes. and the -apperan.
eesal pnlf eaus~d him tolesve in 70! nation
At TIE ;Aoyth l'qllre Stsron opposite. Up.
oa wiiae eAant vast .ken into custody.
5 Tn GEonoF. was Immediately summon
eoswlo took chsrae Of the rooms. c
"a 4hel pdyl pfssentea a trtrbly .bruise1
naf ldiThtnrst Rpn aranee, There were
no, S9nlds4|snsia ing the skin. hut the
Gasr seF'aef pfsseRted'a perfect Ia 4 and
Ifiiles: a pseTapee, wlt in many places abra
tja9 0tlile skin. Tbereeare heavy contu
sioTs nlsesAhf he'd and especially On the
5pleAFad'nt psar ia. tsmplr; tie face and
NJ 4 ware coyerei. with blood. to which
ellaS masses q the dsbelvsd % hair. Tie
Npbys Epd Gontusionr. vera also upon the
tIpnl anil limbs, and "a number and oi
asnt tprsto stmpthe affair as one Of a hru
'sl "id sToronEsparppse of murder, per.
sstertiy ca Iieloul'in a work which mus
Aavs fAk'a ours,(of is accomplishment
attram he testimony in the csse W, are
led.tl sapFose that her desihewa the re
sGisni afi0HS noltinunus s.res Of beetinp,
yth nc hes wesponsfhsn the fSrs and
lest OF blm ShpsslGuj have been her pro
tett3r, uPon dss-c ing tire scalp, rorthc
pup 80 OF examining the skull ana brain \
most horrible sight was presented: with
the eEseP ion 'of,s Ptntl space IN the
.Gan feg o lo forehea the head was ont
mas sfQnsgalaltd blood. wli-ch hid 81 tiled
.bgpealh ihs sealp aud he homes to such ar
e%cr1gth9ltbe skin waSf4irty lousened, al
Iis re e.ieal boy woLlI loost the bark %
lIis wllow whis'le--by pounding il. i.. r
"a, The Murdered woman Lad nv her bus
band tyo shildrsnoa little girl ard boy
The 10y four years oil. was O. lIe As
NiLntss and gRvo testmony rs follows: g
safr.ylous 70 'he swearing of the lae,' Wit
neSs.1 iIirl'tLls boy was brought in and
icld his Story. He is very in,elliqen
F;tla AlfNnd told his tgla with an arTl4s
nsSs a9i sincerity that ca,riedy eonviclior
La;tlle heartof every one that heard il. Ir
thsrno oiog hslbad beon asked nv III,
coroner tthi' lstherhad whipped his moth.
fS. nRdrvphel "no.'' He afterwards told
ihsts.' Cuiion that .''hs daren't tell tltatmar
Iot l.a would toll his lather.n After ho wa,
eteNyh. in, bis attention was tirst drawn
20 hia phyihngs. until his tmiltv Aeinr
pversene, he told. ia lis childish lispinl
.pta e1how his father struck his mother
stid shsf,ll dawn: how tho blood ran an(
shp " 'kery siak" how he st4mpsd IN
On bers'ter she'ltyeA upon the floor a
the sine aimsg imiiatinlt with his tim,
toob7Ihecnloiion; how lis mother lav il
the hnik,rbon and was "sO bloody:" Row
ilia i''thrrdrew her forth by ihs hair o
iis lcead, and suiting tha action Of thu wor
ha gHsp'd both handsln the hair of III,
Sbrenel;how hi' mother tried To rat III
but coal5ruot, swinging bi4 little BODY {,
initiate the mother; how h. had no Dime
M lhr day iinls, for his mother was aslsal
on'Ins bel, hut his father got him some afte
dark; and his fathsrbut him to bed; thu
.itis mother WIS in bed.t tho time. nj
tl'adyby the tose, how she Law on uh,
bou,ls' (the 4 ,or with blood ali around
her; ho* his father wiped up the blood
with. tho dishrloth and put It in the pan;
howshi diiu'tsec W Y she didn't die before
for bis fT'hpr dill it very often AMI e
naliy when a'ked II HIS mother was drunk
he'diSindtly sud ono. bu, fader was."-
Al wHea scene long 10 he remembered b,
all who Heard him, in thu limo ,ence of hi
cbilnish conf lerce tell his tale, which no
he'rer could doubt not yet oil tnouyl
:" realE'ilis loss, or the dan ger he WA
ll'cing hi'ony remaining parent.
After listening TO the testimony, the ur
with avefy iew nom MS eonsulta ion, ro
turned = v'tdici that ihe woman cams /
her ica!h by blows !nficiei by her hus
rand and he was accordingly committee
10 sla,d his trfl fr the awful crime.