The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-17
pho stow tragedy.

Cnyahoga Falls, IN the Cleveland
Herald:
The people Of Stow township were
endeavoring TO get up n bounty fund
to relieve The township from the draft,
and had applied to most of the more
substantial tarmers'ror aid Graham
is Que of the wcalthiest men in the
township, and exercises q command
/ z influence from his position and
manner. When not crossed, he is
represented us being very pleasant
and genial man, but OF terrible TEN.
Iper when thwarted.
AS Graham is very strong parti.
san of the Coppelhead stripe, it was
thought be+ that tue appeal to be
made to him bv one of his own par.
ltv, and in response to 1t he promised
to give about f(ty or seventy dollars.
o. the day of the murder, party oi
men, all mountel, were ont for the
purpose of collecting the a no lnts
promisod, anl stopped for consulta-
ton about haf 4 mite FROM q rllram 6
house 1t IL not true, rs has been
stated, that they were on their way
10 his house ut the time OF the ont.
rage Not one Of the company was
armed.
Ole Of the party, the millest and
most inofensite Of them, and the
least obnoxious TO Graham, was dis.
patched to his house, whilst arrange
ments were making for detachmeuts
in other dire ,tions. lie hal gone
Int q short distance when he was
hale by Graham, who was IN the lot
near the road. Two other men who
had started along the roai 10 call at
another farm, were also halt4l OF
reaching the spot where Graham
stool. They Wore peremptorily or.
dered back by Graham, who kept n
rife pointel nj them. AS they turn.
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As they rode bacl, To TO their par.
ty, Graham followed inside tie fence,
with his ride pointed ut them. A
/ friend of Grahtn came across the
lot and uegged him not to- 20 down
to the crowd, but to ab nlon his evi.
deutly murderous design. Graham
told him to mind his own business
and 20 back. The man continued 10
advance, and ciimbe the rcnce sepa
rating Graham from the men. Gra.
ham took ann at him, and declared
that he would shoot him il he did
not come down from the fence. Find
inr his order diSobevel, he cooked
his rifle aud prepared TO fire, when
the man fell back
In the mean time, finding matters
becoming serious, the party IN the
road dismountea, each nan making Q
breastworIi of his horse. Graham
reste his double barre!ed rifle on thC
fence, aud moved the piece aroln'
to select his victim. a man nam 81
Sears was his intended victim. and hC
enleavore for some time 70 draw {
bead on him, but the horse OF Sears
was large and quiet, so that he kept
/. well covered. Fitzpatrick, who stood
near Sears. had y colt, which became
.restiye. and started on one side, leav
ing him Gncoverel. Graham at once
fired, shooting Fitzpatrick in the knoe
Fitzpatrick staggered to the fence
where he fell. The man first spoken
of az endeavoriug 10 dissnade Gra
ham from bis purpose. jumped oveI
the fence aud ran 10 Fitzpatrick, tell
ing Graham TO stop, ~ he had killed
one man already Homer Filley, n
the same time went to Fitzpatrick
: assistance, aud was holding him up
when Graham again fired, hitting Fill
lev in the hand. The others Of thu
party being unarmed, hei. As Fllle'
! turned 10 ran after being wounded
Graham who hal reloaded his rifle
again fired, shooting him through th'
, DO lv, when he fell dead.
One of the fugitives found Dr. Up
son and sent him To the spot liz
took circuiLuous route ahd approach
ed the spot from the Hudson side
finding Graham pacing up aud down
Il short distance from the bodies -
DR. Upson was ordered 10 halt ant
rcturn, but after much entreaty, was
tcld To go down TO the bodies, ascer
tain their condition, aud report &c
him lie founi them both dead, an,
reporte the TACT.
lie then requested permission
as it was drawing towards evening
to procure assistance and remove TIN
bodies. Graham at FIRST refused, bu
| finally consented that two men only
naming Sears and another man agains
whom Graham had n feeling of en-
; nifty should come. With this DR.
Upson left. As the purpose of Gra
hum in naming two of his bittere5
: enemies TO come without other a.
sistance was but too evident, they do
clined coming.
The Constable Of Stow TOWNSHIP
refused to risk his life in making tht
! arrest Of Graham, but Constable Up
) son, of Cuyahoga Falls, who was il
the neighborhood, consented TO make
; the attempt. The people were SO
: much afraid OF Graham, and at n 10 IS
how to act, that they insisted
that Upson should go unarmed, and
, that those VIII, accompanied him
should also be unarmel He, how
ever, organized an armed party to
act rs a reserve corps, and they set
out for the place,
Ii was dusk when they arrived, and
Graham still kept watch over the bod
les. Leaving hi, force at short dis
tance, Constable Upson advanced to
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