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

had been the second Victim, as she had
probably Witnessed the butchery of her
husband, and was in some measure pre-
pared to offer such feeble resistance as her
age permitted, and which had prevented
her murderer from infiicting similar
clean cut by which he had dispatched the
old man. Her jaws were widely extended,
and upon examining her teeth, closely,
I found adhering to them, several shreds
of white calico, which circumstance struck
me- as af1ordng evidence. lhskshe had
used them in self lf-defenso rpon +ne person
of her assaant. AS meyer suffered APP
pearances of this nature, b1weyer slight,
to escape me. 1 gatfssc9 lilnenis OF
calico, and then, with hss a ~ fazE3 rffiscil
| always carried about with me, took On
exact impression of the edges of her teeth
for light already began to dawn upon nae,
by which l fancied that l should ke cna-
bled to trace the murderer. then called
the captains particular attention 10 the
fact, that all the wounds on the murdered
woman, with the exception of the gashes
on he: left arm, were inflicted on the right
side of her person, and that the point Of
the weapon with which these wounds had
been inflicted, had entered the body ia a
sLonting direction touard tie LJt site,
Il
had been given by a LEFT handed person.
! | also bade him observe that the wounds
on the throat had evidently been caused
by the murderous weapons having been
drawn from left to riyht, as III the case OF
the wound in the old mans throat, Slready
alluded to, where l found a .fme iucisioH
commencing on tile left eide aud termina-
ung in a witie cash, toward the right ear,
1, ;/,b hot tho ha,,H WI llinh haA in
flcted the down stroke, had eXerted it's
force in that direction, which case must
have been reversed if the assassin had
been a right handed person. The captain
was struck with admiration at what lie Was
pleas ed to term my detective Acuteness.
and in his ecsiacy, viewed me as a being
endow wed with supernatural knowledge and
penetration. The pocket of the mangled
woman had also been turned inside out,
and rihed OF its contents, while upon the
floor were scattered portions of her gray
locks that had been torn out by the roots.
l proceeded to examine the apartment
with a careful scru tiny. have already
men toned that the neighbors burst open
the door of the room, ~ order to gain ad
mission. The door, then, had been loekei;
but by whom? Assuredly not by the
NlClltuS, tOt VIC IO0i0 OIoSo'CA
no key within the room. Ii was evident
ahzt the lalIrderer, aIse8s canfElist,ng t3+s
bloody Decd had made his exit from the
apartment through the door, which he had
locked, and had also taken tire key with
him. That he had left the room in this
manner, was certain, for the outside han
die OF the door was smeared with blood,
traces of which were also discovered on
~ H., ,;eta. e ba anil ,l., h.,
Ole of the street door. We also examined
the windows, and found them fastened,
which proved, of course. that the assas-
sin could not have escaped from either Of
these outlets. We then examined the
cupboards and chimney, but found no
traces of the assassin. The bureau had
been broken open, las had also several chests
under the bed, the contents OF which were 7
strewed about the floor, the murderer,
doubtless, being satisfied with the money
lie had found within them. We were about
to quit the apartment, when my eyes sud
denly alighted ON several faint but peculiar
marks upon the floor, which had hitherto
escaped my notice, and which, to a super
fetal observer. might have been allowed
to pass unnoticed; but as had always
been accustomed to give one parting and
oNl hSihiHiu5 PISN fSHo ~ 1N'N''''SS -
scene of this description, L hated, and
casting my eyes close to the marks that
had attracted my attention, l saw distinct
bloody impressions of the nails of IL mans
boot or shoe, upon the floor, not only
near the bodies, but also in a direction
toward the door.
l also traced them to the landing outside
the door, and to the head of the staircase.
After taking the exact dimensions OF these
foot marks, | considered my present ex-
animation as finished, leaving the rest OF
this mystery to the Judgment and discre-
tion of the city police department, which
Immediately issued an order for the arrest
Of the dodgers iiihabiting t.is ill-fated
dwelling A reward WAS also offered for
the apprehension oil the young man already
alluded TO as the ove-child or god-soh OF
the murdered people, who had apparently
absconded, but VINO, upon hearing OF the
facts, came forward, and voluntarily de-
livered himself up into the HANDS OF the
law. l now began to have suspicious thai
more than ope person was concerned in
this dark act.
AS in all cases of this description, a
coroner's inquest was held upon the bodies
and a verdict returned to the effect, that
they had been murdered by the hand of
some person or persons lknown.
The prisoner was arrdigned ana tried.
Circumstantlal evidence was certainly
strong against him. lie was known TO
have frequently quarreled with the old
man, and the very day on which the MUIR
der was said to have been committed, had
borrowed "a knife from butcher in the
neis hborhood. aud which he had not re-
turned. and which had doubtless been
used in the preparation Of the horrid deed.
His hands were also scratched and cut,