Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26


0'Neil told her We wanted to see Neon
nell; after a few minutes she opened the
door and5told Us Mcdonald had gone TO His
mothers, In the ninth concession the wo-1
man asked what we wanted of Mcconnell
and the answer was given that we would
tell her when we saw him; she said, Has
he committed MURDER" 0'Neil went to the
ladder, and as soon as his head was near the
top of the ladder l heard q blow and ONeil
staggered down the ladder; 0Neil then
went out of the door, to prevent his escape
from the outside, and Davis went up the
ladder, but Mcconnell would not let him
up; Davis ordered him to surrender in the
name of the Queen; Mcconnell said he
would not do it, and asked what he was
charged with Davis told him he was
charged with murder; Mcconnell replied,
al did not do it ;" 0'Neil brought in a rail
and raised uPths floor, and then McCen-
nell said he would come down, and he did
come down and surrender himself / then
searched the house F; i found nothing up
stairs of any moment; found g pair of gray
pants in the cellar; found boots in another
room | asked Mcconnell where these came
from and he said they were Colvin's; his
wife then began to cry, and he told her
that he robbed the house end took
the things but did not murder the woman;
he told me he did not take anything else.
| On the way home he told me the road he
took; he said he walked to Elyria, took the
| cars to Sandusky, staid over night, walked
/ 20 Fremont, went to Toledo and from there
to Detroit, then went over to Windsor and
took the cars to Brockvilie, and then took
/ the B~rockville and Ottawa road to q place
called Aruprior and walked home reaching
there Thursday about IL pm.
When Davis told him he was charged
with murder he did not state who was muir
| dered, Mcconnell replied 81 did not do i"
Davis told him that he would shoot him If
he did not come down, Mcconnell said,
"shoot away may as well die here as any
where; when hi gave himselfup | charged
him with the murder of Mrs. Colvin.
Cross examined-0'Neil and | went to-
gether to the door of the house; don't know
whether Mrs. Mcconnell knew 0Niel to be
a police officer; 0'Niel went in first; at first
the family were not alarmed l could not
find any money in the house. In g CONVEX
sation with Mcconnell he told me that a
man gave him money at Rockville to pay
his fare to Aruprior.
DR.. C. W. Northrop sworn.-Reside at
Olmsted am a practicing physician have
been one for twenty-one years; first heard
of the murder Of Rosa Colvin on Sunday
afternoon saw the body on Monday at the
tavern at Olmsted preparations were made
for a. inquest; was present at the inquest
made an examination of the body previous
to giving testimony before the jury there
were three wounds on the head. Here the
witness described the wOunds) l did not
consider the wounds made by q sharp
edged instrument l think that the wound
on the top of the head produced death the
blow on the back Of the head would be
likely to cause profuse bleeding such q
wound might produce death soon or life
might last for days blood would not flow
from flesh wounds after the heart ceased to
beat under ordinary circumstances.
D. B. Wright swOrn.-Reside at Olmsted
was deputized to arrest COlvin and Miller
Sunday morning at ten o'clock; held then
until Wednesday evening.
The proceedings were suspended and the
court adjourned till half past eight O'Clock
this morning.
The case is being ably conducted on the
part of the State by Prosecuting Attorney
NJ. 5. Castle, Esq assisted by Mr.. A. T
Slade. Messrs. C. W. Palmer and R. E
knight conduct the defense. 1t is not as vel
positively known what will be the manner
Of tho defense, but the witnesses for the
prosecution viii probably all be examined
by noon to-day.