The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-08

ESeSttiioHy tnat VIII PROBABLY be pro-
duced against the prisoner. 1t is such
ms convicted his mother and sent her to
her final account. His case will, of
course, be tried in a civil court; and it
Is possible that during the time that has
elapsed since the former trials, addi-
tlonal evidence may have been discoy-
cred; and if so, it is not improbable
that such evidence may have bearing
on the case of the distinguished pris-
oner at Fortress Monroe. aU
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA,
MURDER.
Testimony of the wife OF the Muir.
dered Man.
We have given in our dispatches the
general facts attending the murder of
Robert w. Dinsmore, who resided In
HoPewen township, near West Middle
town, Pa, on Tuesday night last. It
seems that man named Robt. Fogle
was one of the murderers, and has con-
fessed his crime. He is now in Jail up
at Washington. We are not informed
how suspicion first fastened upon him.
but after his arrest the house at which
he had been staying was searched, and
suit of clothes belonging to him found
all covered with mud which was NOT
yet dry, and a pair of boots with one
heel oil, which was almost conclusive
evidence against him, for heel that
htted the boot nicely was picked up Mt
the scene of the murder, Fogle took
his arrest quite coolly, until chain of
evidence was produced against him that
LETT him no room for hope. He then
confessed that he was guilty of the
crime, and that his confederate was n
beardless boy, not more than seventeen
years ofage, named William Montgom-
cry, of Canton township. He further
said that they had the plot laid for
three weeks to rob Dinsmore. At pres
ent writing, Montgomery is still at
large, but his arrest is expected every
minHte. He can hardly escape, for the
whole county is aroused.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. DINsMoRE.
AT the coroner's inquest, the wife of
the murdered man testified as follows:
Mrs. z. Dinsmore sworn-I am the
vile OF Robert w. DinSmore, deceased;
live in Hopewell township, Washing
ton county, Pa; was at home during
the day and evening of the 4th OF De-
cember, 1866; near ten o'clock, evening,
we were about going to bed; Mr., Dins-
more was reading near the back win
dow OF the room where his body now
lies, called the sitting room; l heard
SOihS OhS IdpOluS III tue front Kitchen
doori telt afraid, as IL was an unusual
hour, and told Mr.. Dinsmore not to let
them in without inquiring who they
were; he then asked who they were and
what they wanted; some one replied
that MIR. Miller was very sick. Mr..
Dinsmore opened the door; this person
asked where the boys were, and If some
one of them would run down; Mr..
Dinsmore told them that this was the
wrong place, that we had no boys; he
said to them that he supposed il was
MIR. Slenning's that they were inq uiring
fori two men then rushed into the
kitchen, and said to Mr.. Dinsmore,
''you are the man we WANT" he re-
piled, "what do you want with me, yOu
rascals your" They had a severe tussei
in the Kitchen for n good while; Mr..
Dinsmore rushed through the sitting
room into the hall, where think they
caught him, but was so confused that
| am not positive whether they
brought him back or he came back
himself; went to bed when the rap
was first heard at the door, Mr.. Dins-
more having told me to do so, when Mr..
DinSmOre first came IN from the kitchen
they were following him; the first one
had pistol in his hand, when I saw
the pistol, 1 followed, "Do not shoot" ("
thinking he was going to shoot me; I
had got out of the large bed, and was
standing on the trundle bed; after they
had come back from the hall, they tus-
sled as far as the dining table; l then
saw the tall man, who had come in first,
shoot twice close to Mr.. Dinsmore's
body; the tall man then told the other
to strike him (NIr. Dinsmore), when he
took chair and struck him on the
head; Mr.. DinsmOre then said, "OhI
am shoti" think he said he supposed
he was killed; the men then started and
ran out the door Mt which they came in,
and left it open after them; the window
was broken when they were scnffling in
the Kitchen; II they were white men
they were blackened; 1 think they were
young men; one of them who did the
shooting was n tall man, he had on
dark clothes and broad brimmed hat;
the other one, who struck Mr.. Dins-
more with the chair, was small man,
think, and slim faced; think the pis-
tol was a'revolver, for the shots were so
close together thar he could not have
time to have loaded between them:
my opinion is that itwas rather long
pistol. -rr-
Near one o'clock we sent nv daugh-
ter Nancy for Mr.. Robert Caldwell; the
reason that we did not send sooner was
that there were but three of us in the
house-myself, Nancy and Lavina Ella,
who is about nine years of age, and we
were afraid that ifRny of us were to go
out they would rush in again and kill
US all. i, Immediately after the men
went away, fastened all the doors. AZ
ter he had been shot and struck with
the chair, Mr.. Dinsmore went into the
hall, tainted and fell; he lay there per-
haPs for ten minutes, then rose up and
walked into the sitting room, near the
fire, and sunk down on the floor: I
think he was not sensible then, but we
placed pillows under his head, and he
became sensible after n while; he said
he thought he had tainted; he said, AZ
see 1t now-they have shot mes" asked
what thought they had done it for,
and If they had taken his pocket book;
L told him they had not. He then asked
what they did it for; told him 1 did
not know; L asked him if he had had
any difficulty with any person; he said
he had not, that he knew of; think he
then asked who thought they were;
1 told him again did not know. He
was insensible when Mr.. Caldwell came;
1 thought he was dead, but Mr.. Caid-
we'll thought he breathed few times
after. The voice of the person who first
spoke at the door was a soft one; did
not hear them say anything after the
deed was done; If they did, my attention
was directed to Mr.. Dinsmore, and 1 did
not hear il. The children made n con-
fusion up stairs and in the hall, but
do not know whether the men were
alarmed at it or not. was stripped
ready for bed when the rap was first
made at the door, and that was the
reason Mr.. Dinsmore told me 10 go to
bed when he went to open the door.
THE GENDER OF a NEwsPAPER.-A
contemporary, noticing the advent of a
ney- journal at Toluu,bip Do saorr, .,