Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-25

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William COLON, stoorn Have lived dur
ing the past year at Berea and Olmsted
FallsS moved from Berea 10 plmsted Falls
last fall; have lived in Ohio two years /;
married q ye1r ago last month, wife's first
name was Rosa she is dead lived at the
tire Of her death four miles westof Olmsted
Falls; lived shout half a mile from Craw-
ford's; a creek runs through the road lead
ing 10 Crawford'si par. OF the road is a
corduroy" There a diagram was shown
tho witness and explained TO the Jury.
Didn't go to the place where wife's corpse
was found; lived in a shanty vert into
the loft by means of q ladder its entrance
was always LEFT open were two rooms be-
low The front room was the largest and
was used as a kitchen no cellar; there is
no bed np stairs Mcconnell sieft in the
back room ! chopped wood for Crawford
Mcconnell boarded with me three weeks
asd four days before the murder; knew him
that long; he chopped wood for Crawford
he brought a small carpet bag when he
came 10 board with me; (bag shown aud
identiied) don't know what he had in ii;
brought nothing else; he had only a little
scrip, from thirty to fifty cents my wife
was killed Saturday, March Oath | spent
the night before in my house my wife was
dDoGA twenty elEubs ACOOuucA bltpb III MS
room he quit work on Monday; settled on
Tuesday saw Robert Crawford pay him !;
Robert, Matthews and | started for Berea in
q few minutes; Crawford paid Mcconnell
about Sl2; he spent two or three dollars in
Berea; came back TO my house saw him
last on Saturday morning we went TO Be-
rea to find work We expected 10 work in
the stone puaTries Mcconnell was 10 bOsrn
with me after we moved down 10 Berea
On Saturday, the 9th, l went 10 Beres
again had breakfast at home about seven
o'clock; myself, wife and Mcconnell break
tasted the morning clear Mcconnell and
| arranged to 90 TO Berea the night before
he slept in his customary room myself
and wife slept in the front room ; we started
Immediately after breakfast on foot for
BeTea- Here a diagram of the road in the
direction Of elmstead Falls was shown to
the witness and explained to the jury.
Went up Crawfori's lane 10 ClOdell's, and
then TO the rBilroad Mcconnell went along
the track about a quarter of a mile he said
he would turn and go back, that he was not
able 70 walk 10 Beres on account of his
knee, which he said was very sore he said
| need not bring him anything TO rub on it;
I went over to Berea Mcconnell went
back ! left 0lmstesd 10 60 on TO Berea be-
tween nine and ten O'Clock there were two
trunks in my house in the back room OPP
posite McConnell's bed stood my wife's
Trunk containing her clothes, &c; in the
front room was a small trunk with childs'
clothes; met my wife a few rods
from ihe track at 0lmstesd Falls 7;
she said she was going 10 Beres
10 see a friend and asked where was
Mcconnell in consequence of a converse
ton with her she turned pack the track to-
tuarAu hnVaa. uuonH an NnuorI pnraa %
could look back mile and see my wife; it
is three and a half miles from 0lmsted
Fails TO Berea; | stopped at George Nookis
tavern at Berea and at some Groceries
saw DR.. CLARK met Joseph Miller there a
little before noon was in company with
Joseph Miller during the afternoon and
Robert Mathews started for home between
i've and SIX O'Clock in the afternoon Jo-
seph Miller went with me; we stopped at
Olmsted Falls fifteen or twenty minutes:
left for home Just as the six O'Clock
train was leaving; went on the track
went home by the same route that we came;
met William Busbee; Busbee lives above
0lmstead Falls; it was showing when we
met Busbee it was sleeting when we left
0lmstead Falls it was dark; met Michael
Egler on the railroad track about a mile
from 0'Dell's stopped only a minute or
two the ground was covered with snow
cans tell how much; got home about eight
! o'clock: there was no light; no one there
and no fire; went to bed about two
hours after; I got supper for us
l said to Joe, " We will go up to Crawford's
and see IL my wife is there, though I hard
ly think she is; l think she is in Berea /;
she had acquaintance there told Joe we
would not go TO Crawford's after all, for !
thought she was at Berea; We had q lamp ;
went into the back room to see if McCon-
nell or she were in the room built a fire in
the kitchen stove went into the back room
10 get my discharge from the army 70 show
/ Joe il was in the trunk in McConnell's
room the key would not turn in the trunk
lock the trunk proved to be open got the
discharge and went into the kitchen did
not 20 into the room that night again; did
not examine the trun'5 that night got up
next incoming about nine O'Clock; Joe Mil
Ter slept with me opened the door and saw
Roberf and James Crawford going past my
door towards their barns spoke to them
and said, Hilloa! how are you, boys
Have you seen any one belonging to me p
They said no. 1 said, That's curious,
my wife's gone and the Canadian (McCon.
nell is gone too" l asked them in they