Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-27

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others came there TO make some inquiries
into the circumstances connected with the
death Of his wifsjihe was then lying oplbe
'bed groaung; he simply replied, fsOh my
God, she - gone, " bat sball. i dblF Said
she took eIe hotsG lDedieine thd put in
the spichel by y'lniisiake 4 l,Nfmt in avery
short time after he did heard him groanipg
before Invent in; saw no veeping; went
out, and Nix went il again with mo and
asked Cole for the horse medicine which
his wife took by mistake: said II was IN the
bureau; gave me the KEY; unlocked the
dfnwet and found5a padelboatd box in one
corner; took mp vial ohtof the box CON
tainiug something resembling laudanum; he
said that was the one. Here follows his
examination rs an ''cxpert,n core'borating
thelestimony of other physicians, s,rs .,i-...
s. d. Mir. Reside at CbFgrin Falls;
druggist there; spw Hiram Cole next NOR
ning after the dealh Of bis wifi, al g. Eg-
geston's. fCorrdbora'es Dr. CudisS testi-
mouy an that part cular. Cole said he.ob-
td Ell The laudanum from my store; had
had the arsenic more than n year told. hinl
it was rather strange he should keep poison
with other meliclne nulabeled adoift re-
member any reply. J took possession Of
the botlle Of vife's medicine and deIhered il
to the foreman of Grand Jury; also n pa
per Of arsenic obtained from drawer of
standt and some salts from bureau. Arse
nc was lying open; should lhnk there WIS
All ". saw another pnckagein the hands
of Monroe Eggleston, On that morning.
Cole passed through dining room whore we
were, rather hurriedy--herd him groauing
before ! went in; he was reciniug partly on
the bed; saw no tears. Saw him again
next day; Esq. Howard called him out of
church aud suggested there should be amin
quest; said he Thought there was no need
Of it. Was asked if he was willing to have
it done; If itwas the citizens wish he would
not object The two vials contained
liquid nearly Of color, Chat is, wife's and
horse meicne,) and about the same degree
Of fullness; white sediment one-flnrth inch
thick in horse medicine; about that, should,
think. sa 7.a.sa 1ras f
ID A. Dd5is Reside at Chagrin Falls-was
at G. Eygicston's Cole putup Ills handkerchief
TO his f1ce a, he went through the door into the
room ; was not in his room ; next saw him at
Bupbrhge at residence uf Hurnee CUwIes saw
him come ont of Tie ouse and oct into his buggy
to g. % be funeral went to him and told hipr
we had come up TO investigate the death of his
wife asked III m tor vial of Nurse medicine (; lady
in the buggy with him said it was on the third
shelfiu he buttcry he asked her 10 90 aud get
it she did 81. Here witness recognizes the vi
NJ and culur of liquid in hands Of Pros Ait'y.)
Followed after procession 10 the Church was al
ed out by Esq. Howard. Saw him Afterwards in
Cleveland i'm charge of Williams took meal at
,yit him ia n and
started for Chagia Falls. VIII ANS asked if
knew any thing mure had been fund out before
Grand Jury I saw that Cole perceived the let
tiers were alluded to- ] asked him If he thought
wewould rob Uncle Sam TO find out his where
abouts. He s;lid, No, he had Ne should have
been more guar led in lis communications
Adjourned TO - o'clock. r..
AFrErEooS-FLFTH DAY.
James r.. Staqe-,.ccalild When Cole went
afer his wife 10 Cleveland. lie said. he thought he
should come right back tut he might 60 10 Can
ada. am acquainted with the handwriting Of
Hiram C6le; | saw him write; saw him sign our
contr CT received one letter irom him, aud lie
made some entries ia our account book. Here
Mr.. Riddle showed several letters TO witness, aud
herecosnized ilc writing as Cule's. Mi. Thipsl
er also showed some papers; witness thought
some We're Coles writing. Atthis point MIR. Rid
dle stated that lhPse letters would lie offered as
evidence ip tie casspow ending .
Cole one year ago lCst Gctpben; nrbe 18th
caus d his areet IN St. Louis BE had gol a sii-
uaIon IN SO as clerk procured pdIicrofli-
Ger and he arrested lin was conveyed TO the
poiceni examined thence aSCn 10 luck-up;
next day started with hun Tar ONO Ia police,
office | walked upto Cole, took himhy tile hand,
and said How dye do Mr.. @ l-?' He said
that was not his name; officer said " You are
mlsiaken--lhis is Ar. Hayden" then took his
likeness from my pockei and showed il TO him,
aud lie slid, fheu Im th4 man you're after;
hope you'll treat me well - Told him / certainly
should next day som after we starred he began
to inquire something about the way / found him
in 81 J ouis. ! todd him he had written five let
ters 70 Miss Wheeler, none OF which had reached
her,a FIRST one GA his way 10 Pittsburgh; second
one from LogauSl Ort, Ind. third and fourth
from kalapazon, Mich,--o with Mrs Gambler
fifth fun Hartford. Wis. (Here witness ideHt-
fed sntue letters shown lin bv Mr. Riddle rs
the several letters allndcd To aboye) He asked
me If there WAS anything IN hepF that would OPP
crate against him on his tTal told hIm thought
not. lie also asked where the original letters
were, copies ofswhIeh / sh0weSt him told him.
in the hands of Ootmt s(Reeognised two letters
found on ltis, person al S., LppiS When iakcn;
knew them by the enyelUpes,) These We're taken
flpm bis p,ckel by Cbicl Of Police al police of
fee. in MY. prestnee; also a paper which be
reached over and iusl-autLOt my memorandum
book and lore IN pieces lhls was between ST.
Luuis and Springfield, LII, lie did not ask me
did not Inform lin, for what afres,td him. Po-
lice officer asked me my authority sbowed. bIm
nay warrant and said had 80 requisithn from
Tia. Governor of li0.r- Cbie inquired IT he was
othigedto gu officer said he could keep him
confined 81 days, and duriug tlat lime a rcquisi-
iIgn e,uld he nblaaed. Cple said he wa, vii
ling To 90 with me he spoke OF being IN PHts-
'bprgh, Logaisporl, Kalamazoo aud Il,tlem WIss
spoke Or his arrest iit,'fc; ihelhdrdual who re-
ported hiiH was an old acquaintance m Lyons
that caused his arrest and lodgement IN iail.-
Sflld IN Chicago ~ hours n our way 10 Ullin
went 10 hotel where he escaped frUm officers who
arrested him IN Horicdn, Wis; poinied ot how
he escaped; showed me where he was sitting on
ass uear door leading to tie sirtet. Mr..
hjeh, one OF The officers, NisR the desk hguriHy
up his expenses; the other one was IN the bar
loom gOtupund went ont 10 q. street !; wHik-
ed on, and saw nothing of officers ~ pufs H. and
turne, iAlo q lane worked himself out ahaLt .
miles aui got into aparly fuisicFl I6ajse bcEfeS
the carpenters got there; went above aud siitid
il uoens while they were al dinner ltfT; went
info andher house near By and sad ill uiglt
lo1k lhe Railroad track uu 10 what lscalled inc
Mile Station bruke the chain thai connected his
handouts with a coupling-pn taken from a car
standing on the track slipped tie cuffs up under
his shirt sleeves and was three or four days before
he could gelhold Of n th.to get them off when
passenger tram camc along got ON beide il came
10 a slnp, al back dpOr of q car, and sat down
neiT 1t saw a man go through the car lookIng at
the pa,Spupprs mi .istIustpd Ia was lpuEints fir