Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-24
MORNING LEADER.
WARREN CORRESPONDENCE.
The Fagi:ire and the Segusl-The Grand Jury
Liquor Ladietments-0thsr Indictments
TIE Murder TTial- Conductor Nelrham
W,pprr Juna % 1879


The Fagi;ire and the Seguel-TAe Grand jury
Liquor Iadictmenfs-0 Other Indictments
TIE Murder Triql-COndletOr Neirham.
WAREEx, June %, 1858.
EDrroR DAILY LEADER The slave case has
had singular termination. Ben Scott under
took to turn the castigatiOn he received into
money by representing himself as a runaway,
but recently escaped from a cruel owner, and
for confirmation of LIS story exhibited the
wounds upon his person. By this means he
succeeded in raising quite sum Of money from
the benevolent disposed people in the North
part of our county, but unfortunately fer the
success of his speculatied he came across the
| path of Mr. Charles Brown, Of Bloomfield, who
knew him, and the result vas that be was ar
rested as an impOster, and sent to Jail for OBJ
tanning money under false pretense The
Grand Jury were in session when he was
brought to the Jail, bot concluded not to indict
him and thus ended his experience as Fugi-
tive
Nothing further has been heard respecting
the Missouri Fugitive; nor is it known " aether
his pursuers succeeded in securing him.
The Grand Jury Of our county has been very
active and thorough in the Investigations made
by them. which is fully shown in the number
of Bills of Indictment returned. The regular
Grand Jury was empanneled on Monday and was
discharged on Thursday evening They re-
turned l9 true bills for selling Intoxicating L.
quOr, . for keeping Tavern without License,
two for Grand Larceny, one for petit Larceny.
and one for Nuisance, besides ignoring several
| Bills on Assault and Battery cases. The most
Of the liquor indictments are against the Gro
cery men Of this town. They have made a
clean sweep Of 1t here When this Jury com
menced work there were only three or four Ii
eensed Tavern keepers in the county, but find
ing that it was intended to pay some attention
to the charge Of the Court, and 10 save the
costs and fines which would result from a prose-
cltion, most of the Tavern keepers came in
aud obtained License; but the Judge required
that the applicants should show that they had
not been selling Liquor. In one case where
the witness stated the applicant sold Liquor
the License was denied but the case was con-
tinued with adaOnitiOn to make e'ean record
before the next term, on which case License
would be granted. The Liquor seller of Bris-
tOl whose grocery was sacked by the spirited
temperance women of that town a few davs
ago, was among the number Of the Indicted
persons He viii probably find it Improbable
business to deal out poison to the husbands
and brothers of those women, and, taking coun-
sci Of economy, may desist from it.
On Thursday night two prisoners we're
brought In under an arrest, and upon charge
of breaking into the store house Of Thomas N.
Abel, Of Mecca, some time ago. and rObbing it
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Prosecutor moved for a special Grand Jury,
which was ordered, and this jury reti rned true
bills Of indictment against ALVIN Tidd, Albert
Tidd, and Thomas Crawford for burglary and
grand larceny This jury also indicted Edward
WEIGH for selling liquor.
We have had SIX DAYS Of service from the two
Grand Juries, and Chere is no doubt that vast
deal Of good will be done by the promptness and
efficiency with which thsy have acted. They
are entitled to the gratitude Of every good eiti-
zen. Already favorable change has taken
place in the town. Drunkenness and rioting
have almost wholly ceased and pace and good
order are now pretty well observed
j understand that John Crowell Esq ,ofyour
city, who was here Friday and Saturday, has
been retained by several of the liquor men Of
the town to make their defence.
John Rocker was tried upon an Indictment
for grand larceny for stealing S35 in money,
and was convicted of stealing $50 He was
sentenced to pay fine of $1,000 and costs, and
be imprisoned thirty days upon bread and wa
ter. Peter SellingeT was indicted for stealing
So, IL in money, and was convicted and fined
$40, and sent 70 jail 20 days
The murder trial Of the State vs. Thomas
Nav Kinney, has taken place and resulted 10
complete sequital of the pTisorer. The Jury
was tried and sworn on Thursday morning, and
the trial concluded at 10 O'Clock on Saturday,
and in short time the jury came back into
court with verdict Of NJt Guilty.
The testimony was very nearly the same as
in the ease OF Robert, tried at the last term
There was some testimony against this boy
which could not have been against Robert and
some in Roberts case which did not apply. to
Thtmas; but on the whole the weight Of testi-
mony was much the same. The defense relied
with much force upon the fact that the body
was found without marks of violence upon il, and
hence the presumption was in favor Of accident
al drowning The prosecution did not meet the
point fully. while the court (Judge Potter gave
a clear and lucid charge to the jury covering the
whole case including this point, and the result
Of aequittal followed without difficulty Some
still insist that the boys are guilty, but public
sentiment is very fast changing into conviction
that they are probably innocent This viii
eventually result in an attempt to procure the
pardon of the one convicted al last term
The prosecution was conducted by Mr.
Smith, the Prosecuting Attorney, assisted by
Messrs Hutehins and Cox, specially assigned
for that purpose; and the defense was conducted
by Messrs. G.. n. Tuttle and J. F. Asper
The Grand jury returned the Jail a nuisance,
declaring it to be lily ventilated and lighted,
damp and unwholsolne, and place unfit to
stable our horses and cattle. Nearly every
Grand Jury for fifteen years has done the same
thing, but yet our Commissioners viii make no
mDve towards building new one.
In the case Of Judson, one Of the Directors
informs me that the Superintendent Of the
Railroad has fully investigated the matter and
has come to the conclusion that Conductor
NEWMAN was not censurable and the Company
will not discharge hun They excuse the Con-
ductor on the ground that he was deceived by
the mans stepping of from the track after be
was seen, and walking some distance beside il,
and :Ien stepping on again when too late to
stop. They say that from this fact the Con-
duetor had the right to suppose that the man
had notice Of the approach Of the train, b1t it
turns out that the man was probably governed
in that action by the condition Of the path, and
had no notice Of the approach Of the train.
JUNIUs, Jr.
A Magistrate Half Century Age