Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-05

him, the said Miehssl Gibbs, a little below
the right shoulder of him, the said Michael
Gibbs, and through the body OF him.
said Michael Gibbs, then and there
with the leaden bullet azores ID by
the said Seno so as aforesaid shot, dlseharg-
ed and sent forth felloniously, wIlliully, un-
lawfully. and Of his malice aforethOught,
did strike. penetrate and wound: giving TO
the said Miohal Gibbs, then and there with
the leadsn bullet aforesaid, 50 as aforesaid
shot, discharged and sent forth out OF the
pistol aforesaid by the said Semo, IN. upon
and thro' the body of him, the said Mlehael
Gibbs, a little below the right shoulder ?
the said Michael Gibbs, one mortsl "ouu
of the depth of eight inches Sno o. tno
breadth of half an inch, f"nlch saiu
tal wound the said A1iehaei 0iooS .nen aHS
-. irstantlT died, and that the said
49, onssSK then and there fe~lloniously,
w;Tf-fIy, unlawfully and Of his malice
aIorethought, was present aiding, helping
abetting, comforting, assisting and MAIN
tanning the said Semo the felony and muir
der Aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid
to do and commit. And SO the jurors alore-
said do say that the said Semo and John
Ormick, the said Michael Gibbs then and
there in manner and form sioresal1
felloniously, willfully, unlawiuily ana
of their own malice aiorethought
and kill and murder against the form OF the
statute in such case made and provided, and
against The peace and dignity Of the State
Of Ohio.
And Afterwards, to wit, at the same ses-
| sion OF the Supreme Court in said county,
Cd the - In the year eighteen hundred
! and twelve aforesaid, before the said Judges
of the said Supreme Court above named,
here cometh the said John omick undo the
custody of Samuel s. Baldwin, Esquire,
| Sheriff of said county, in whose custody in
the Jail of said county for the cause aforesaid
he had been before committed, being brought
to the bar here in his proper person by the
said Sheriff, to whom he is here also COM
mittsd, and forthwith being demanded eon-
| corning the premises in said indictment
above specified and charged upon him how
he will acquit himself thereof he saith that
he is not guilty thereof; and thereof for
| good and evil puts himself upon the country;
and Alfred Kelley Esquire who ~prosecutes
for the State in this behalf doth the like.
Therefore let a jury thereupen Immediately
come before the said Judges Of the said Su-
preme Court of free and lawful men resid-
ing as near as may be to the place of resi-
dence of the said Michael Gibbs late of Pix
| Creek, Wheatsboro Township, in the county
of Cuyahoga aforesaid, by whom the truth
of the matter may be better known, and
HAO u W "a IL W dnS o0AA WILL ONANAg
to recognize upon their oath whether the
said John omick be guilty ofths felony and
murder in the indictment Aforesaid above
specified, or not guilty, because as we'll said
Alfred Kelley, who prosecutes for the Slate
in this behalf, as the said John Oniok have
put themselves upon the said jury.
And the jurors of the said jury, by the
sheris for this purpose returned and i'm
Pannelled, ~ wit, Hiram Russell. Levi
Philemon Baldwin, David Bunnel,
Charles Gum. Christopher Gum, Samuel
Ollie, Elijah Conn, David Barrett Dyer
Sherman, William Austin and Seth Doane.
being called came, who being elected, triad
and sworn 10 speak the truth q and CEN
corning the premises, upon their oath say,
That the said John omiok is guilty of the
felony and murder aforesaid on him above
charged in form aforesaid, as by the indiot-
menG aforesaid is above supposed against
him. And upon this it is forthwith de-
manded ofthe said John omick ifhe hath or
knoweth anything to say wherefore the said
Court ought not upon the premises n YER
dict aforesaid to proceed to judgmentsgainst
him, according to the form of the statute in
such case made and provided. Who moth
ing further saith unless as before he hath
said. Whereupon all and singular, the
premises being seen and by said Court here
fully understood, it is considered by said
Court that the said John 0mick be taken by
the said Sheriff of said County 10 the jail
thereof from whence he came, and from
thence TO the place of execution on Friday,
the twenty-sixth day ofJune next, and then
and there, between the hourse of twelve and
two Of the clock, in the afternoon Of that
day. be hanged by the neck until he be
dead.
WX. W. IRvIS, Presiding Judge.
"a Eli l. 49, IL Al. - - O-..I
was sentenced to be executed on the 10Th Of
June. The gallows were set up on what is
now the Public Square, and stood about mid
way between the monument and the termi-
nus of west Superior street. The gallows
consisted of two upright posts Joined at the
top by a cross piece, which was strengthen
ed by a brace on either side. The rope was
passed through the center Of the cross piece,
and was tied as a support to the platform.
John the son of omick was placed on this
platform, by sheriff Baldwin, when he called
for Hfre water. A half pint Of whiskey
was brought, which he gulped in q desper-
ate sort of way, when he entered upon an
grafton in the pure Indian tongue. He
soon called for more fire water.
Another half pint was brought, which,
having shared the fate Of its predecessor,
stimulated the orator immensely, and he
went into the merits of the case with far
moro particularly. He evidently scorned
the pale-faces, and said 1.-TWO days to-
morrow come back here with great many
Injuns and kill you all off," This was all
the English he deigned to use on the occa-
sion, save the simple exclamation, Too
high! Injuns laugh at me-" This he said
when looking at the gallows and rejecting
on the disgraseful mode of death.
He soon called for more whisky, although
quito drunk by that time. Before the request
was complied with, Judge Walworth made
a speech, d~enouncing the proceedings as
barbarous,-a speach which had the effect
to stop further demonstration in that line.
Sheriff Baldwin then strapped omick's
hands firmly behind him, drew the cap over
his eyes, and adjusted the rope; after which
he mounted his horse and was about to sever
the rope with a Ratchet, when it was discov-
cred that the cenviet had in some way got
hold of the cline" above his head. The of
icer was forced to get of his charger, and
right matters with John the son Of 0mick.
When all was thought TO be well, ne again
took to horse, but before he could cut the
rope, the supple Indian bounded and caught
hold Of one of the braces with his piniOned
hands, The Sheriff must dismount once
more and readjust John. The third trial
was a success the Indian was strangled.
When life was pronounced extinct, the
"boys" drew the head of omick close up to
the cross piece, and suddenly letting go, the
corpse dropped, and fell whole length into
the grave which had been already dug un-
der the platform. And to this day the re-
mains of John the son of omick, the man
who on n unfortunate occasion had not
the fear of God before his eyes, but allowed
himself to be seduced by the i~nstigation OF
the devil, rest in Monumental Park.
eRAPEs.-The warm weather of February
If such a thing ever occurs-is said to be
the proper time toprune grape-vines. Grape
culture is easy and cheap hereabouts, and
the crop pays several fold all the time,
trouble and expense Ct attending 10 the