The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-26
SHOCKING MURDER.
A Man Killed in His Bed-Tho Supposed
Murderer in custody---Latcst Phase Of cur
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a Man Killed In His Bed-Tho supposed
Murderer in custody---Latcst Phase Of our
City Ruffianism'
tFrom the Hamilton Sphio) Telegraph, ls.l
Monday morning Mr.. II. +. Rogres
the photographer, who occupied the
rooms formerly owned by DR.. Leight,
over Jackson Il Co.'s store, was found
murdered in his bed at his gallery.
Rogers was in the custom of sleep
ing on a sofa in his reception room.
attached to the gallery. For some
time past young man named David
o. Conner, about twenty -four years
of age, aud formerly member Of the
3jth Ohio, had been sleeping in the
same room, having formerly worked
at the gallery, but on sunday, Rogers
told him that he must find another
place to sleep. On Sunday night
Rogers went to church, and Conner
is reported to have gone to bed in the
room as usual. On Monday morning
Clarence Kennedy, young man en-
ployedat the gallery, went to the rooms
and found Rogers lying on the floor,
apparently dead, and with his head
pounded into almost jelly. lie at
once ran over for DR.. Falconer' who
found that Rogers was not dead, but
in a comatoso state, from which he
never rallied, dying about . =. NJ.
The sofa, walls aud floor of the gallery
were covered with blood, but il was
perhaps impossible to tell whether
struggle for life had taken place, or
whether Rogers had beon assaulted
whilo asleep. AT least eight blows
with n hatchet had been showcrcd
upon his head, every one of which
fractured his skull and produced com
preston of the brain. The cheek
bone was also broken, and his whole
head mashed and pounded out Of
shape.
Suspicion soon fastened upon Con
ncr, uniform coat having been found
in the room, and it being well known
that he had been in the habit of sleep
ing there. Inquiry was made and it
was found that he had gone to David
Corners in the First Ward, where his
brother boards, soon after four o clock
that morning.; that bo bad acted very
strangely when questioned as to how
he had spent the rest of the night, and
that he had gone in and out of the
stable several times. A search was
instituted in the stable, and the watch
ofthc murdered man was found, having
been wrapped up in piece Of cloth
aud stuffed into the hay NOW. 1t also
appeared that he had represented that
he had got some manure on his cloths
while in the stable, and had tried to
wash.
Armed with these additional proofs,
the search for him was continued, he
having left the house after breakfast,
and he was soon discovered at Owens.
Lane & Dycr's shops, where his broth.
cr works, and tkcn into custody
lie denied all participation in the az
fair, although he spoke oft when first
alluded to as if he knew it had occurred,
and to all attempts to elict any ac-
count Of his whereabouts or his
knowledge Of the murder he has res
olutcly refused any satifactory answer.
Public opinion in view of the above
facts, seems to be strongly decided
that Conner is the murderer, perhaps
with accompliccs. Rogers was known
to have had some money, estimated at
about s75, about his person Saturday
night, which has not been found.