Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-03-03
News of. the Neiohhnrhnnd-

ticle in the last Akron Beacon.
The people of Hudson were excited to
a degree quite unusual by the discovery,
last week. that Nelson Pinkston, a ciii-
Zen hitherto Of fair standing. had made
complete and careful preparation to set
IRE TO the store owned and occupied by
him as a boot and shoe store. on the West
side of Main St. The burning Of this
would in all probability have evolved
the entire row upon that side of the st.
for a considerable distance. The dwell
ling house OF HikstOn, owned also BY
him. next North, and a few feet distant
from The Store /; OH the South. the Store
adjoins a double frame building also
owned by him. occupied By the Book
Sore OF Mr. Judd, and the Jewelry
Sore of Mr.. Knight.
Suspicion having been awakened. the
premises were examined. Two holes
had been male through The flor OF the
sales o apparently with a knife. one
at the north west anal the soulh-ea>terlv
part of the room Through these. and into
the cellar, waxed threads and combusti
bles had been pushed. connecting with
shavings aud paper placed in the sales
room in positions where they were out
of observation. The upper shelf on one
side, covered with wall paper as il vacant.
was filled with light scraps of paper and
combustibles, and the ceiling had been
broken and pierced above. and the hole
filed with quick combusiibles. covered
over with dry partition boards DC. The
other side was arranged in a manner
nearly similar. In the ridge. near the
chimney where The stove pipe enters it,
were found similar light articles, a bun
die of waxed ends fastened by a stick so
as TO insure the connection.
We have. not room for the details Of
the testimony.
A. A. Brewster. Egg. testifi ID in sub
stance. that at the request of Mr.. Buss,
he went with him, Mckinney aud others
on Friday morning to Hinkston's store to
make An exlmination-entertained no
suspicion against II. at the time-told
f., their errand. who seemed surprised
went into the ceilar-ssw a loop Of
waxed, ends extending up into the pile of
shavings above. &c. (Mr. B. described
infinitely preparations in different parts
of the buildiDg.) When he had seen
the whole and was told and satisfied that
HI. was the party who had done it, he
fel. as if he should fall to the floor. He
returned to his store, hut at the instance
OF the persons there, he and Mr.. Bunnel
went again to Hinkston's. Mr.. B. told
him that eve came to him as his friends
that his best course was TO confess the
whole matter and remove all possible
suspicion from persons who were innocent
that the community was so strongly
satisfied Of his guilt that he could never
expect 10 hold up his head again in Hud
son, but he had better assign his property
for the benefit of his creditors. leave
town and leave the country. repent and
begin answ! II. burst into tears, and
said. II kadRt The heart TO do IL. ThiS
has come upon me one day TOO soon. To-
day al these things ,Uoutd hare been re-
mored. Inerer skould hzUe done IT,"
Mr.. Buss confirmed Mr. Brewster as
to the preparations. Mr.. Beeb3 also,
saw and examined the trains which have
been described. from cellar TO garnet but
could add nothing
Mr.. Bunnel was with the party who
made the examination and saw the whole
as described though he felt as ii he
could not. look ut it & could hardly speak.
so much was he shocked. He narrated
the conversation with ainkston subs,an-
tally as Mr.. Brewster had done. Mr.
Bunnei told II "we don't want you to
acknowledge. The thing is too plain. you
are n guilty man. Says he, II never
should have burned my building. had
not the heart to do it. 3 told him he
must be a consumate fool to be making
preparations two years for a thing he did
not intend 10 do. He answered, II mHy
Look curious, but n day more would
have removed all this. l should never
have burned my buildings"
It was shown By the testimony Of Mr.
Messer, that Hinkston was insured upon
his buildings and sock S47O0; most OF it
in Eastern companies; probably some
thing over its value.
Hinkston was arrested and held to bail
for trial. His course. applied for a hG
5eas corpus, on the ground that the facts
proved constituted no offence under the
statue, and he was discharged by the
Probate Judge Of Summit County.
CouNTERFEITER CAUGHT The Paines-
vile Adcert;ser tells the following of a
fellow named Phineas Shotwell, who
goes in for increasing the specie circula-
ton. The 1dveraser says:
ShotweIl provided himself with a good
supply of the %"coin," and with the name
of a new customer, written on a piece Of
paper, proceeded to the Grocery and
Provision Store OF Hitchcock q Green,
and supposing be mas in the right place,
and finding Mr.. II. alone. he presented
the piece Of paper containing the name
of his "new customer" and asked Mr..
H. with a knowing look. if he knew that
man; Mr.. H. smslliny a mice" assum-
ed a look cf understanding. and replied
that che shouldn't wonder" This reply
satisfied Shotweil that everything was
20 K" and he immediate presented
some of the bogus coin TO Mr.. H., tell
ing him that he would sell it to him fer
40 cts. on the dollar. Mr.. H. then in
vited bis ''friend" to sit down and eat
some oysters. which invitation was &C
cepted, and while the bogus man was
eating. Mr.. H. called in some of mis-
ueigtIbors. and had the necessary steps
taken TO secure the arrest Of Shotwell -
The oysters being eaten. Mr.. Albert
King happened to arrive, when Sbotwell
received a knowing wink from Mr.. H.,
that Mr.. K. was ''all right" and imme
diately struck up a trade with him-of-
fering him the bogus coin at 40 cts, on
The dollar. BY the time the trades we're
fully made. some gentleman stepped in
and placed in Mr.. Hitchcock's hand a
,anar ub;cb raDar Mr. IT road IN Shot-