Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-03-29

men cut his meat with his left hand, which
he had doubtless sprained seeing that it
was bandaged with broad black ribbon.
L cannot be certain whether my gaze at
tracted the attention of this gentleman or
not, but 1 saw that he eyed me with very
ugly scowl. To avoid being rude, seized
the newspaper. and forthwith commenced
reading with great attention. OF course,
II was not my intention to play the caves
dropper to what these two gentlemen might
be pleased TO utter, yet their conversation
would obtr1de itself to my hearing; and.
presently, these two gentlenen--who, by
the-by, were rather unprcpOssessing in their
ppeRrance---commenced talking upon gen
ieras sEbieets; but the shsategs- -ssamed- to-
engfoss thor minds; ard .fheard the gem
tieman who had scowled at me, tell his
companion that lie was engaged at the Park
! Fheater for week, TO ego on" in the mob
as soldier in new piece that was to be
! produced that very evening, and that
'Bulky" had been engaged for the same
purpose.
! l must confess that I have always
cherished sincere 1--we for theatrical per-
formances; indeed. may say, that it has
been one of the chief delights of my life.
and even in these degenerate days of the
drama and clap trap music, cannot resist
. 3io temptation Of attending our thealers
tao or three times week; and felt an ir-
| rssistible inclination to visit the Park Thea
ter on that evening; so on my return home,
L called upon my old friend, the police
| captain, to whom | impaired the desire |
felt to see the performance on that eve
ming, offering, at the same time, to
treat him to the pit, If he would honor
me with his company. There must
have been something peculiar in my
counLenance when L made this announce
ment, for my friend, the captain
eyed me curiously, and slappiug his thigh,
exclaimed, '1'm bIest if you havn't
tracked them!' 1 shrugged up my !
shoulders, being entirely ignorant, OF |
course, of the subject to which he alluded, |
and, after Obtaining his promise to accom-
.pany me, took my leave.
AS | was anxious to obtain front seat |
in the pit, took care to be a. the theater
at an early hosr, and, after pretty tough
squeeze at the door, succeeded in gaining
a very com nfortable seat behind the leader
of the orchestra.
The house soon became densly crowded.
for the new piece was of local character,
and according to the programme, would
doubtless, turn out highly attractive
affair, as it certainly proved to be; but
must confess THAT the potion which at
tracted my curiosity occurred at the end
of the piece, when grand battle between
the American and English troops ensued,
and in which both parties Tough with un-
equalled bravery and detelmination.-
There was, of course, scuthtng betweon
the parties engaged, but the American
soldiers finally prevailed, knocking down
their enemies in all directions; and, As men
engaged in these sanguinary representa-
tions aoW fall about the sage in divers
positions, it SO happened that one of the
superuumcraries--a stout, burIy fellow
was thrown upon his back, with his feet
toward The audience, SO as to exhibit the
soles of his boots olnamented with large
brigh. hob nails, and which, strange TO say,
were so arranged, as to exhibit device eX
actly corresponding with those foot-t,acks
| had discovered ia the murdered peoples
apartment"
l pointed this circums tance TO the police
captain, who stared aghast. But, no time
was to be lost. and, as the curtain fell, We
jumped upon the stage across the orches-
ira, and pushing aside the curtain, sue
ceeded in singing out the gentleman with
the suspicious looking boots, together with
|
day met at the eating saloon both of whom ,
we Immediately conveyed to the Toombs.
On the following day, these two men
were examined, but they stoutly denied all
knowledge of the murder. They We're a
pair of ll-looking rufians, and the gentle {
man with whom had the honor of dining
on the preceding day, eyed me with a dark
and fIiyhtful scowl, as | measured the
soles of his companions boots, which cor
responded exactly with the measurement
[ had taken of the bloody foot-tracks.
then desired the sccwling gentleman to un- {
bind his wrist. This he refused TO do, l
upon the plea that his physician had I
strictly ordered him to keep it in a ban l
dage, lest it should come III contact with !
the air Upon being asked what allied I
his bandAged limb, he replied that he had
received a hurt in falling from coach. l.
nevertheless, insisted upon his unblnding
it., which he did with dogged reluctance, {
and upon our examining it, we found the
impression of teeth firmly indented in flesh,
and corresponding precisely with those OF l
the woman's l had impressed upon the l
wax Notwithstanding all this evidence,
they still persisted in their innocence
But, in searching their lodgings, further {
evidence of their guilt came 10 light /
These lodgings were situated in'the rear I
buildingssof a dark alley way, nearly op-
posile the fatal dwelling and in which The
identical knife wherewth the dark deed
had been committed--was discovered con
ce;,led IN an old sink Finding escape
impossible, they finally confessed their
guilt, aud were sentenced accordingly.
1t Itappeared that they had long premed-
itated numbering the old man and woman,
in whose possession they expected 10 lind a