Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-24

before The death Of Weiaer, he said nothing then
OF Weiger; heard a converse ion on Friday night
llhe night before the death Of Weiger) between
Benhon aud my father lDr Bradley At fathers
house He asked father 10 10 down and settle the
difficulty between him and Weiger. Father said
he could not 20 down ''Well," be said, III some
Of you don't go down. be will 90 dead before
morning" lie said Frank bad turned bin out Of
hls house--and would not let him come in This
was about o'clock. day or two afterwards
went with others in search Of the old clothes We
found them little west OF the house, where there
was some brush wood
yF Matthias s,sor,, Have lived in Dover
nearly two years. was plowing near Benho6's
house on the day before Weiger was killed; about
, or 4 O'Clock Benhoh called TO me at the fence
he wanted me TO 90 and help put welgcr's things
out Of doors. | told him / would not do 1.-THE
could not give me money enough to do Il; he then
went away and Invent to plowing. Next l saw
l BenhOn aud his wife puttit the things out OF
the house. After that BeuhoG went down the
| road aud saw Weger came home. then heard
something crack there; then heard Benhoff's Wife
make noise; she called to somebody; could not
/ tell what was said she then went on down the
/ road, the same way that Benhod went. Pretty
soon she came back with Benhohf and Henry
/ Siarke, Frederick S,arke aud Herne Nehmue.-
/ They went 10 the house; heard some scoldlng In
the house, went TO the fence nearer 10 the house.
| Benhof came out Of the house and said he was
| going for a constable He then went oil towards
/ ESQ Hall's Weiger was then at tie house with an
axe in his hands The other men called Weiger a
/ lhief--said he had stolen nails Don't remember
i anything more what was said Invent away about
| balfau hour before dark.
Alfred Wolf SBOTH.-knew BenhOh and Weger
| Saw Benhon on Friday night between and o.
clock. Met him in the street about mile south OF
his house; he said something about the oonstable
| he said I'm going TO kill him." said What"
he rep led Il am going TO lick him and put him
out Of doors" He asked for Nehmire; Benhoh
was goipg toward his house, was going south.
| Observation-Disclosures was walking about
| ordinary puoC--nOt fast He asked II Nehmire
was at home. A day or two before be had tried to
| borrow q dollar Of me TO get constable 10 put
| Weiger out ofdooTs
j. H. Ltadsmeysr s,oorn-Live in Dover
knew Benboff aud Weiger by sight in March last
they came to me 10 have some writing or business
papers drawn up I drew up an agreement between
| thIm, CThis agreement was offered in Court but
objected to by the defence on the ground that it
was foreign TO The transaction at issue between the
two parties Question passed for the time aud
| held under Rdvsement by the Court had q
conversation with BenhoH about ten days before
Weiger was killed. it was held at bis blacksmith 3
shop. (The question by the State ''What, 1t any
thing, did Benhoff say at this time rs to any dith
tulty or controversy in relation TO the house then
| occupied by Benho6 aud Weiger, or either OF
them" was taken exceptions TO by the defence aud
80 noted.) Benhof said 90 me, 81 am very glad to
| see YOU; | am going to see about that house, II
| Weiger can CLAIM the house or not" told MIN
he had better 10 up TO ESD Halls aud find out
/ tie 0Hkeu me 10 20 hlOuk WIN nlAn1 tolu nllh
| would The next morning. we went TO Esq. HalPs
| 5enhoff told me that he heard from othels that
| Weiger was going TO claim the house; he told me
further that Weser was going TO be killed aud he
/ lid not want him TO be killed there Alter Weigei
, vas killed, or the same morning had q conyer
,AtiOh with Beuhoff he came TO my house, III
+. o me Frank Weiger was dead; asked him how
le came TO get dead; he said he did not know
hen he said be was going up to Esq Hairs aat
, see who should bury him" He said "lll bury hin
got ali his property that he bas gOt;" he saiC
'he told my wife IL die I'll give all my property
! 20 you" | asked him again how he came 70 &C.
SilIed; he said that 10 the even'g Weger went away
with some of his friends, which were Catholics anC
brought them there; then he wanted TO go into the
uouse, and got some whiskey; Benhof said III tolC
. Frank Weiger Il you will behave yourself and b
e peaceable you may come in, and in the morning
we will 90 uplo Ess. Halls and settle the natter
| Frank would not stay ia the house; he wanted th
ghskey. SO be (BenhOf) handed him the whiske!
l ,ua from which be poured cut cup full of whis
1 Sey and gave to me, (Benhoff); about oelocl
c ! ne heard some noise out Of DOORS and was goinl
), | 10 get up to see what It was, but his vile wou
> GOT let him; soon after there was blow on tn
door, and somebody called, "BenhCf don't com
| out" He then said to his wife, "if shant com
!. out, then III stay in bed" Ia the morning whe
u he got up he was afraid to look out of doors
q he looked through the window and saw him lyin
d by the fence. He then said al had rather go int
5 The ground than go up to ESQ. HaFsj bad n
wife nor children would jump into the LAKE" :
| He said, when going away. III bad LETT my wi
10 the ship-yard, | wouldn't have come TO an
n tronble"; few days before he bad said, "ihel
i'll would be no trouble if he would letmy vile alone
a, | he said fulther, i've sworno to nor "n6 sse
Us mine" We had another conversation at Benhoh
- house. | think the day before Weiger was killed.
nv was in the forenoon; we were in the backsmil
shop aud BeuhoT told me to go to the hous
Benhoff, his wife and Weiger were IN the hous
and others; BeuhOif said 'Weiger I've got II
e. money and am going to pay you now, and the
n YOU have to leave the house" We'ger told hin
If you want 10 pay anything you have got enoug
OF debts to pay" Benhoh told him again, ''FIanl
lie [ am going TO settle with you Weiger said
ne wonld moi settle then; he said be would settle
Court; Benhoff told him that In "a hours he ha
got to be out Of the house then he said 81 Civ
you three days time and yen have to leave Il
n house, both got mad them Weiger called bel
"a hofrs vile prostitute; she then called bin THE
[ left the house then; the amount Benhoh said
II. was going to pay Weiger was either 90 or =
n be said he did not owe nim any more.
Cross ErdmiRed-- BenhOn wanted all the me
=" who were in the house to be witnesses that !
unsTed to pay WeigeT.
Nicholas TfarleT SioOrE.-live In Avon; kne
A Benhoff and Meiger; had conversation WI
- Benhofi in the blacksmith shop two da beio
u Weig0r was Ted; he asked me II Frank SAID an
en- thing TO me about taking the house away lrO
ed him; told him no; told him the time was
- when Beuhol should pay weiger; be said he wcu
: pay him but Weiger would not lake the none
C. .hen be said he was gong to drive him out to
n rim he must see Esq Hall OF a constnblei he "a
he had told Weiger 10 leave the house before thr
=, | day. told him did not understand Il all and
nn said "By God, do'; this was Wednesday NOR
VI log.
Weiner was killed was plowing near Benhof
by house; saw WeigeC things put out Of the hou,
he Benhod asked me 10 30 and help bin put 4
things out, but would not go he then took the
Z out and put them by the fence; saw box a
ity some bed clothes among themi soon alter Benh
ha passed by, saying that he was going alter ca
die; he wanted candle 10 the house that nlgl
aNer that his wife went by with her child she 50
aid Frank had come home and put her out OF I
,tv house she went TO find BenhOfa and soon met hi
~ when they came back togetherI then be want
~ ~ me to 20 with him 10 stop Weiger from learl
viii the house fown; he said he would pay me Tor y
lao time aud ror stopping my team and said mt
90 and went; wi hen we got there, Frank Weg
stood ln the door with an axe in his hands; BE
boff tried 10 90 in when Frank said he shOu
nE 20 n II was his house; he let me 90 IN and lh'
'ur Re lei BenhOf 70 10, hut sad to him II he tToub
be him he would kuOck him With the axe; Benh
IN" aid he would see about tha', he would see
rn- constable, and 50 ne left; stayed little VIII
aud went back TO work; his wife was on the outs
ur' the house
g's X. ShoeH, steorn-Knew Benbof and Weig
ri, knew the latter Ia the old country the day bell
' WeiqeF was killed saw Benhoii he came 10
the house, about two miles from bis house; Benh
ied came along with John Goule; he said ~ kn
irs what I've got to do, II / come home, and
NJ, wife put Frank Weigers things out OF doors. II
he come near the house, We knock him down"
~ said TO himself, "if he comes home ki hlni 80
,,jl win Kill him this time, by God" The D,
morning BenhOi came up 10 my house and said
me. "SViizer Is dead I" ] said II he was dead
would 20 there; went right behind him back
his house, Esq, Hall going one ahead with b
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