Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-25
TIE MURDER CASE.
CrOss-ExaminafiOn Resumed Testi-
mOBy of Joseph MiIIer-TrIaI TO be
Resumed this morning at Eight
O'Clock.


The Court met at two o'clock or Saturday
afternoon, and the cross-examination of
William Colvin was resumed.
Cross examination By the defeace.-I board
ed i'll Buffalo with a Mr.. Davis and a Mr..
O'Conner; boarded with Davis it might be
three months boarded with O'COnner not
three months boarded at another place,
but forget the name gave my wife the
money she had when / enlisted, part in
this city and part at home-Sl00 altogether
at that time gave her 5000 in July or Aug
ust, and left 5000 with John Brown in trust
for her she did not draw all Of it received
the remainder when | returned gave her
between $50 and 500 Of it gave the latter
sum in July or August got S525 local
bounty and 1888 of government bounty
can tell how much l spent cant tell how
much l expended for clothing for self and
wife; l enlisted under Tommy Mann; l was
in Canada about three weeks that summer
l stopped in Buffalo over night had no one
in Buffalo that l called my wife my wife
kept the money and when ! wanted any !
asked for it; she kept it in a trunk she
carried the key Mcconnell Quit working
for Crawford the day before I did had a
fight with Mike Egler a week or two besore
the murder; 1t was tight Mcconnell com
planned Of his knee day before the murder
as soon as l found that my wife was not in
the room l felt satisfied that she had gone
to Berea Joe Miller whitfield some shaw
ings TO built a fire; did not see where he
got the board the cupboard was unlocked
l thought she had left it open, SO that l
could get something to eat; did not set
out the table; after supper we sat down
and smoked and talked; did not leave the
kitehin after l got the discharge; did not
miss any articles that night; did not see
anything wrong or talk about anything sa
suspicious did not notice anT blood about
the house before calling to the Crawfords
did not hear Miller say TO Crawford that he
wanted me to 90 to Crawfords, report that
things were missing and the house was
torn up and | would not 60. Mrs. CclYih
had not teeh away from home before this.
Joseph Miller swOrn-Am twenty-five
years of age; have been living in Cleveland
for the last two months; have lived in this
county since the last of January; came to
the United States from DUudas county,
Canada Vest went first to chop wood for
Mr.. Gosse, on the Plank Road which leads
west out of this city; Mr.. Gosse lives about
eight miles ont! chopped about fifty cords
OF wood for Mr.. Gates also; went to Berea
and chopped wood about two miles out Of
town; boarded with Tom Custins; remem-
I q SotAlNaNf ~ ~ vi N4GlCuV was III
Berea and saw Colyin there; had seen him
a few days before at the station with Nc
Connell; saw him also in the latter part of
January: the first time l ever saw him.
Thomas Belway, Richard Mathew and Mrs..
Colvih were With him; never saw Mrs. Col
win alive after that time; was with Colvin
nearly all doy the 24th; at 5 o'clock started
TO go home with him; had previously prom
ised TO 60 home with him sometimes: the
roads were muddy no one went with us.
we followed the railroad tack down from
Bereej stopped Tor Maybe half an hour at
Olmsted depot; ABOUT a mile odt of Olnisted
we met William Busby; was not acalEnted
with him at tbs time; stopped TO talk only
a minute or two; a sleet betwixt snow and
rain was falling at the time; met Michael
Egler about a mile further on; talked with
him ashort time; met no one else on the road;
went past Egler's house to get to ColVin's !
think it was showing when we met Egler;
1t was showing when we met Uolvin Colvin
went in front think it was between half
past seven and eight o'clocE did not see
any time piece in the room had a watch,
but it did not go. The curtain at the win
dow over the bed was down did not notice
any other there was no FIRE in the stove;
we had a cold lunch and built a fire |
whitfield the shaviugs. Think we went to
- 49, 49, NAeNA VI a4NE4H 4 a.
took Us ~three-quarters Of an hour to get and
eat the lunch. After the lunch COlvIn TOOK
me into The back room 10 the trunk; to show
me his discharge. We rioked after the lunch
before we went to the trunk; | held the
light FOR him to unlock the trunk key was
found on the cupboard in the kitchen did
not read the discharge papers think l had
my discharge papers with me, but don't
mind whether | showed them the dis
charge papers were put back in the trunk
before we left the back room COlvin got
up in the morning about half an hour be-
fore l did l had been up only 2 few min
utes when the CraT'fords came they were
James and Robert Crawford; Colviu told
them to come in, and asked whether they
had Seen Mrs. COlvin aud Mcconnell don't
know whether Mcconnell was referred to
by name or not the blood on the window
was first discovered; don't remember who
found 1t; blood was spattered on the wood
pile near the door ofthe back room when
this was found we ali began to look, after
the CrawfOrd5 went out | found an ear
ring near the outside door, close by the mop;
the mop was wet with blood and water two |
stick of wood under a trunk had their ends
sPlattercd a large spot of blood on the floor
near the ladder looked as if it was mOpped
up spots on the wood were darker spots of |
blood were on the partition near the door
leading into the back room brooch and ear
ring had not been found when the Craw-
fords left the house; when tho Crawfurds
and the others came back, they sent to Ohm
sted Falls to get a constable Colvin and |
stald there until II o'clock or after and then
went to Olmsted Falls staid there two or
three days and then eatne TO Cleveland Jail
was not present at the ~corUner's INQUEST |
saw the body on Monday night but did not
recognize it, about three weeks after
came to Cleveland l went to Canada saw
Mcconnell the day reached Ottawa and
recognized him.
Adjourned till S, am, on Monday.