Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-04

Arrest, of Mcdonnell,
The EVIDENT MURDERER OF
MRS. C0LVIN,
In OTTAWA, CANADA WEST.
DISPATCH FROM DETECTIVE
0DELL,
WHO MADE THE ARREST
COlVin'S Clothing Recovered,
COLVIN'S RECEIPT OF TIE NEWS.
BE WeepS for Joy and Shutters
WHO MADE THE ARREST
COlVin'S Clothing Recovered.
COLVIN'S RECEIPT OF TIE NEWS
BE Weeps for Joy and Shutters
F%eaFfully!

Several days ago Sheriff Nicola told US il
confidence that he had engaged an excellent
detective to proceed to Ottawa, Canada
West, near which place Mcconnell had said
his family lived, and from which he wa:
obliged to fly two or three months since. by
reason of a fracas he had had with a neigh
Dor, who had cheated his brother-in-law in
a horse trade, which resulted in Mcconnell:
fracturing the skull of the knave with q
billet of wood. On Thursday last Mr.. John
0dell, a shrewd detective in the employ Of
the Revenue Department of this District,
set out for Ottawa, viG Ogdensburgh. He
had not been heard from until nine O'Clock
last night, when Sheriff Nicola received the
following telegram, announcing the capture
of the man the officer was seeking:
OTTAWA, C. W, April Sd, 1856.
F NICOLA, Sheriff. have got Neon
nell. Found with him Colvin's overcoat,
fine boots, quarry boots, and French gray
pants. Balance of property not found.
Police Magistrate requires sufficient testi-
mony to satisfy him that he is the guilty
party, also a requisItion.
JOIN ODE1t.
Our readers must needs wait patiently for
the receipt of the particulars of the discov-
cry and arrest. 1t is probable that OdeIl
and Mcconnell arrived at the point of
rendezvous" about the same time. It twill
be seen that the precise articles of clothing
belonging to Colvin, which he told US were
missing, were found in the possession of the
prisoner, namely: an overcoat, a pair of fine
boots, a pair of quarry boots, whose soles
we're heavily nailed, and a pair of French
gray pants. \ French tweed vest was also
taken, Colvin said, but it is not embraced
in the wardrobe as described by the officer.
No doubt can now be entertained by any
san person, that Mcconnell is the guilty
party. And We predict that the upshot of
the investigation will prove that the theory
of the affair given on the third page of this
paperis the correct one That he had plum
dered the house, riled the trunks contain
ing the money, and was making off with
the booty when he was confronted by the
woman near the railroad track that she
accused him of the theft, and, fearing expo
sure, he resolved to 90 back with her to the
cabin, and that when they had arrived
there, he Immediately proceeded to kill her.
He had probably finished the bloody bust
ness early in the afternoon, for it is in evil
denee that the cabin was shut up, the cur
tains down, and all still as the grave in the
howell at four o'clock that fatal Saturday
afternoon.
The sheriff communicated the news to
Colvin last night. He nearly jumped out of
his skin, attempted to give expression to his
in words, but the muscles of his
face and the organs of his throat would not
his will, and could only execute the
most pitiable grimaces Imaginable. At
he quit the useless effort, and burst
into a flood of tears and filed the Jail with
shouts ofjoy. He was the happiest mortal,
no doubt, on the face of the planet; he
danced about like a fawn, making all sorts
Of demonstrations, as of a man tipsey with
oy. Miller, on the other hand, was not
affected, but seemed as pletboric and
oumPkiny as before the receipt OF the news
which clapped wings to the shoulders of his
The sheriff will set out for Canada, proba-
'ly taking Colvin with him as a witness. as
Don as the necessary steps can be taken in
matter of making requisitiOn on the
canadian authorities for delivering up the
to Ohio courts, under the provisions
f the Ashburton treaty.
Great credit is due Sheriff Nicola and
Commissioner Crawford, for the promptness
nd efficiency with which they have prose-
uted this business, and wide communities
NIL rejoice that success has crowned their