Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-11-26

sdfove me 10 despair and wretchedness
"and came here 70 scttlc tho matter, some
way, 10 have nm end Of il. talked the
smsttsr over and tried TO lot him have some
"nosss. June said that he would not buy
sthcm then, but SET time when he would
"bay them. told Isaac after we had
"talked the mattel over, thst I had come
sthere 10 commit murder aud suicidc.'---
He asked mo, ado you suppose he will die r
and snid he "wished 10 God he might, he
"would willingly dance on che gallows Ths
"woald. I can't say that he said anything
ucse nbout Il at that time. Shuts came
in sbeat that time. After We took him u
The Justices I went back 10 Junes. Jafne.
had basket with straw, glass, powder ant
matches in IL. asked him what he wa,
going to do with themi He said that i
any Of yunc's troupe came in during the
trscss he wonld blow il up. When / wen
iaso the room James had n basket in hi,
right hand and a match in his left june
had hold Of James right hand. / took the
bssket and threw il back, | saw the powder
first, saw no cover 10 the basket, was none
there. / did not see them until l got int;
the room, saw no powder on the floor unit
1 threw down the basket. AS came into
the room James had match in his hand
and June was making grab at il; from
what little saw should say that James
was trying to light it and juno was pre-
venting him. Mrs. June followed me in
and Shuts her. Can't say that Mrs. june
came into tho room-think sho met juno
at the doer and went back with him. juno
let 90 of James when l went in. l saw 9
little shoe knife in Shuts hands before We
went to the Justice-knifo was sharr
pointed shoe knife, broke of from tho haedle
saw nothing Of pistol or rcvolYcr-did
not soc key of door.
Cross ExAMrNEp.-I reside about forty
rods from June; was about fifteen or twenty
rods from my house, going 10 Clyde, when
l heard the out cry, and fifty or sixty rods
from Juue's; heard Barber cry first; saw
Mrs. June on the porch, and she directed
me where TO 60. James did not have hold
Of June when went upstairs, but June
had hold Of him. June stood on the right
Of James, had hold of his right arm and was
trying to knock the match out of James
left hand; did not see James attempt to
strike the match, don't think he had time.
James said at tho stable that if ho could
sell the notes he would leave tho county
he said juno had prevented his selling the
notes in different places. James made no
resistance to me at any timo. did not
sec James have hold of June; no person d.
rected me to kick open the door; don't know
that thero was any person at the door when
l kicked it open; don't think Mrs. Juno was
there. was directed to get license in
name Of Ann Eliza Farmer and Isaac June,
by Isaac Juno.
DANIEL G. SHUTS. Know Isaac
June; did not know James prior to last May
Saw them at Junc's house on the 18th May
last heard the cry and went in, was about
8 o'clock in the morning. Wilcox went in
ahead, Mrs. Juno next and after them.-
The first l saw after getting into the room
was James, juno and Wilcox. James
had basket on his arm when I got to the
head Of the stairs, saw Wilcox jerk it away
from him and throw it dowr. l do not re-
member Of seeing Mrs. June; do not think
she was in the hall. Wilcox had no more
than time to lay his hands on James before
had bold of him; when l had hold of
James, June said "James has stabbed me-"
and put his hands to his stomach, and said
his bowels were running out into his pants.
James was present, he gave right up and be-
gan to tell how juno had abused him. When
June had said what he did, lie turned and
went down stairs. James was standing:
did not let him sit down until / had searched
him. Saw part Of bunch Of matches on
the floor after had been down stairs and
come up again--some had been burned
Don't reccollect seeing any matches before
l took James down. Remained alone in
the room with James soms five or ten min
utes, wnile Wilcox was with June down
stairs. Found powder. blade of shoe-knife,
basket and glass, and matches; knife bro
ken in the shank, blade worn down TO a
point-was shoc-knife. The lock was
locked, found the key on the floor. Saw
pistol, it had been shot of, tho ball lodging
between tho chamber and barrel. While
James was at ESQ. Clark's hc said that
juno had brought him to that, that ho did
not intend to kill June, but TO kill himself
in james presence, so that juno might wit
ness what ho had brought him to. asked
James what he had locked the door for 2
he said he did not want any one to como in.
I asked him about the matches and he de-
MED trying to light them; said ho had a
bunch in the basket. Had conversation
with James on the ovo Of tho same day
hs said il June had cashcd two notes Of
800 each, for $50, It would have saved his
life. Said that juno had injured him, and
he wished the stabs would kill him, that he
never wanted to SEQ him again. Saw
James next morning, asked him what be
intended to do with the powders he said he
intended if juno and his posse attacked
him to tou.h it off and defend himself as
well as ho could. Said he attempted to
fire pistol at himself. not, juno; said he
had punched juno in defending himself 10
kccp juno off him. Something was said
about his stabbing Mrs. June, lie said no
did no. intend 10 do It, but supposed she
got stabbed trying to get the knife and as
sisting June. i think that James was not
pushed down on seat or lounge, he might
have sat down, he was standing up when ]
searched him. / took hold OF James be-
fore he and juno were separated; Wilcox
Ind hold OF James with ono hand, and
of tho basket with the other pulling II
away. James said he had beon TO June