Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-12-04


cd the testimony for the prosecution Ed.
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TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE.
J. H. Sprague. Residedia GarrettstiIIe
in the season of 1857; kept drug store in
April, aud then went into other business
Cole resided at centre Of Hiram, and drove
hack to our place; he bought arsenic Of me,
think more than once, for his horses DR..
Lee succeeded me in drug store; arsenic is
quite commonly used as medicine for horses.
Never knew opium used ft horses.
Counsel for defence submitted statements
of witnesses, and admitted by Court. The
following is a synopsis: as
i. G. @. Norton. / resided in GaFretts-
vile, in same house in which defendant did:
think ] recommended arsenic to him for boF-
ses. He had a lot Of old "plngsp that he
was tnkering up DC. w
2. DIR. e. b. Lee. He at sometime had
conversation with aud was told by DR..
Stephens, of Twinsburg, that arsenic was
good for horses. Was acquainted with Hi
ram Cole; he was frequently in The store,
and may have told linn that arseac was
good for horses. ft
3. Ebenezer Lee states that Hiram Cole
bought from the store of his son I or. of
arsenic, about MAY, '57; it was put up in
kind Of paper used for that purpose and la
beled. sem F
2. Emory Force Hiram Co'e brought
from the stire of L. d. Mix lapd .uutn, or
some such medicine. 4e1A
$50 Jason Andreaos sworn. Reside in Balm
bridge. am acq, q nted with Hiram Cole;
/ his brother married daughter Of inine.-
Think Hiram Cole moved from Garretts-
vile TO Chagrin Falls al OF the 1st of July,
as near as l can recollect. He came to my
house frequently-came With horse ami
buggy; th nix be visited there oftener whsa
bis wife was there than when she was not;
think one horse he call d Tiger, another
Charlie; think learned something Of his
giving dope to his horses about the time he
moved from Garrettsyille to Cbagrin Fails
gave some to Charlie horse. Think his
wife came about 1st Aug; brought her to
my house in a day or two; Hiram brought
her; staid or 10 days. He brought her
there, and carried her away; paid her usual
attentions, as far as saw. t
Gross Examined / learned that be
was giving his horse arsenic and laudsnum
from Hiram and his brother: never did see
him feed his horse any. F
Royal Taylor made written statement,
which was received, stating that Hiram Cole
came to him about the first of Sept. last,
and manted him to assist him in procuring
fare tickets from the Falls 10 Cleveland, and
l agreed to meet him at Mr. Rhodes Office
in Cleveland, on Monday, Sept 7th, but
was prevented by being out of the State at
the time; that Mr.. Cole was very anxious
about the arrangement
Charles Il. Rhodes wrote a statement
which was received, stating that he was alb
sent from Cleveland en- the 9TH, eth and 9th
of Sept. last. 5
E. BosOorth. Reside in Chagrin Falls;
lived there summer of 1857-am aequaint-
ed with Hiram Cole; brought horses there
and kept Livery Stable; wen first to jim
Stage's-this was north of the Riyer-other ..
hotel south. Had a hack - besides
letting horses, he carried passengers to So
Ion. Am acqua nted with Walker Eggle,
ston; think Sd day of Sept attended dance
with him. He carried my self and another
gent man out with pair Of Colas LI,orses,
got there about 9 o'..!ccaask; first exercise was
to takc drink-took gia and sugar;
treated, and invited all hands up-.had a
good time; thought 'Walkn did, Don't
remember the time We left for home; felt
like " "Captains;" think WAX" did. Sup
pose l lost my hat, as did not have any
when got home; l laid on buggy seat
and went to sleep; don't know where
" Walk was. He walked ne about Z, and
told me that it was breakfast time. 4" Walk
was then in the habit of drink ng some.
CroSs-eT. think Wal was not
drunk; was not very drunk; one of our
was pretty vel swizzled, i tho'r.
G. r. Blaksles. Saw Dir. Lee, and Eb-
enezer Lee. Papers handed witness were
hose alluded to by those persons in their
statements. / WIS present at inquest at
Bainbridge-nam list of Do tors present
It inquest--was PIE ent at opening of the
body. Coffin was taken ON church, and
:arried to some distance; top Of coffin was
AIKEN off; only so m ch of The Ierson wai
exposed as to make an incisi n, in order TO
AXE out tie stomach; Dr. Vincent was
nearer than ten feet; no one ooked at tho
feet There were gleen tTea uI on The
surface of the body-as lie shIoud Was go
moved, LIE re ar&ed, "tl at lie arseni r
He tod me at disinterment, hat i was alse-i
lic. Was At second disi trnsnt Of body,
md recogn zed it as the one. DR.. Hami-
on took charge it, and removed 10 orl
nches of tie spine. The body was dry,
nd less purified than expoe cd; VAS
hriveed up; * n nearly natural; in some
arts dark; toes we've examined-slighdy
nrncd down. The mouth was open; DR..
ut his finger between the teeth; bowels
'ere very snail. | called once with Mr..
'hrasher at Horace Cowlts-Mrs. Cow,os
nswered very well for a while, then hesits-
ed. Mr.. Cowles said, " Mother, why don't
ou answerl" She said, have told all
now, and now they want me TO tell more"
AFTERNOON SESSION. ~
Court opened at 2 o'clock. ~,
N CHntoek II resided at CARROTS