The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-30
a}liseellany af ayews,
[BY REQUEST
Statement from D. D. Martin and
others.
To Whom Il Nav Concern.

A S much has been and continues to b.
said about me, in reference to some stolel
wool that was offered to me while buying
wool Tor l.. Converse in July last, aud a
something was published in the Forum 70
August 4th, purporting to be some o
the testimony Of Shiriff Worden and lisa
ah Muchler, brother-in law OF one Of the
thieves 81 have concluded to make ;
statement Of all the material facts in tn,
i case for the public. One word just here
in reference to the testimony referred to
Although their testimony, aSgven before
the court was, in some respects, wide Of
the mark, tae statement IN the Form
gives acoloring far worse than the rea
testimony, all taken in connection,
will say in the start, did, in com
pany with e young man by the name oI
| George Sronebreaker, go TO see the wool
after dark on the evening of July 18th,
and that before we left, we became salts.
fed that the wool was stolen. James
Meriick called at my store in the evening
Of that day, and urged me quite hard to
90 and see the wool that evening, giving
as 4 reason, that he was under the neces-
sity OF leaving that night or before day,
to be absent some ten days. When at
the store, he said she had the wool rails
ed or shares, and that he had brought it
from Sandu>ky that day, using the
singular number. After getting to where
the wool was, he used the plural saying,
"pe brought the wool from Sandusky
and have had it to Titlin 10 SELL, and
while conversing about it, he rushed past
nae to the door saying "be still, Charley
don't know it is here :" Meaning
Chales Fletcher his brotherin law
Stone breaker aud | then left, being salts.
fed the wool had been stolen. On our
way home. Stonebreaker and myself
talked over the matter, wondering who
Merrick's acccmplices could be having
heard that some one, near Sandusky had
lost wool, we dete, mined to get word Of
the owner Of the lost wool, and on part
ing agreed to meet again, to adopt some
plan TO send word 10 the one who had
lost the wool.
All ths occurred SO early in the eve
ming that lights were burning in most of
the houses in town. The Sheriff, in his
estimony, had it one of two o'clock at
night--one instance ofhis getting matters
mired in his testimony.
On Saturday evening, the 18th, Christ
Merrick, brother Of the aforesaid James,
came to me to sell the wool. About the
first inquiry was, "are you going to take
that wool Jim showed you ?" | replied
in something OF this manner; Christ,
this is devil of a job you have got into,
stealing wool" He replied "thatt they
had cabbaged it from damned rich old
cuss out by Sandusky, who would no!
miss it morn cent" He then went on
to say that " he and his brother jim, and
George Keiser had stolen the wool from
one Carey" and also mentioned the name
of DYE. After talking little, he again
asked me to purchase the wool. | replied
that "now knew the wool was stolen,
| would have nothing to do with it." |
further said TO him, that "if any one of
them had come to me with the wool in
dav time, l should not have mislrusted
any thing wrong, as | knew them all to
be men of means enough to honestly own
many times that amount Of wool, but AS
it was, | would have nothing to do with
it," I will here state, thai Stonebreaker
and | had this peculiar understanding,
tlat such course should be taken, as
would result in getting all who were en-
gagged in the theft so committed that their
conviction would be sure when appre-
hended. Also, that Slonebreaker's grand |
father was verv sick and soon after. died,
so that for that reason we could not plan
and co operate as we otherwise should
have done. ..'1s.l l1l
On Monday the 18th, Isaiah Muchler
brought his wool, which had SEN and
contracted Tor few days before MOTTO
ing the feeces did not appear as they did
when l saw them before, inquired the
reason. Muchler replied, "the facts are,
the boys have been handling this wool
and divided the feeces to make them corr
respond in number to those they offered
to sell in Tifin, so that if the detectives
should follow up. they (the deteciiyes)
might be got on track Of his, (Mr. Much
er's) wool, and then he (Muchler) could h
De able to swear that that wool was his.
Also, that "they had his wool in the
,ame wagon that they had taken their ,
stolen wool into Tifin.'
He (Muchler) also said, she would I
,elp the boys out ofthat serape, but it
would be the last" then told Mueller
hey had made various suggestions to
ne, asking me to take it into the back /
WOOL house, for sacks, twine. etc. l then {
aid to Mueller that | had refused to
omply with either requests, and hoped {
Ie would do, so too. ---As he (Muchler) {
iad said, they wanted him to haul their
Sool to my store, instead of his own, 6
hen take bis own aud sell it some place 1