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

came in; / told them about seeing my
wife going 10 Berea that day and about
my sending her back; Robert was
near the stove and saw spstters of blood o
the partition there were maybe four
chairs in the room, one a rocking chair T;
we went in the pack room and discovered
blood on the window and a pane of glass
broken on the sash of the window were
marks Of blood as from a hand saw more
blood on the partition in he front room
some spots were bigger than a hand
Crawfords then went away; Miller and |
went into the kitchen large spot Of blood
on the floor near the ladder which
looked as if it had been mopped up,
found an axe marked with blood between
the ladder and the door (axe shOwnE ear
ring was near a mop which stood at the out
side door found a breach in the water pail;
found a good many Things gone from. the
trunk In back room ovefcoat. pants, blue
satin vest; a shirt or two, a pair of fine
boots, a pair of quarry boots and some new
socks were taken the vests and shirts were
taken from the trunk the pants had worn
for som time they had been washed wore
them seven or eight times after they were
washed (pants shown and identified, match
Ing a vest worn by the prisoner prOducedl
saw the pants next in Ottawa [OyercOat,
another pair of pants, fine boots and quarry
boots shown to witness and identified by
him IS those stolen from his house. The
dress worn by his wife On the day Of the
murder, skirts, &c, were also shown and
Identified also a quilt which was hers, |
and her boots; also an ornament from her
hair Saw nv Wife's body first after the
murder in a tavern at Olmstead Falls on
Monday evening. "a board from the
partition of Witnesses house, marked
with blood about six feet from the
wore a watch when / saw her at 0lmsted
Falls; It had a silver chainy have never seen
It since Mcconnell had d comforter Of mine
on his neck when | saw him in Canada; a
razor, brush and strap was also taken
from the trunk in the back room my
wife had about 500 in the trunk
l wanted money to buy some beef; she
the money but did not want me to see
how much she had gave me a dollar and
scrip; Mcconnell was where he could
see the money; it was ~greenbacks, In Nc
presence during a conversation
wife | said to her IF you want money
pou ave plenty in a pocket book in your
Mcconnell had an OYercOat and a
pair Of old pants when he started for Berea;
D summer shawl, a silk dress and a cotton
iress, were taken from the bunk; | ound a
sleeve of the black dress on Sundry under
ny bed; l gave the money which my wife
had, to her. This all occurred at Olmsted
Falls, Cuyahoga county.
Cross-eraHined By Mr.. Pdimer.-Have
lived in Ohio two years at Olmstead Falls
md Berea and the rest of the time in the
Lrmy was in the army a little over a
lived in Buffalo before l came TO
3erea lived there two summer and IN the
woods of Michigan during the win
err came TO Berea in the month of August
SCI was in Buffalo from April or May {
i'll August worked on the docks
moved from Canada 10 Buffalo lived be- !
ween Onondaga and Middleport, in Onon-
aga township lived there three or four !
months lived near Cab in the township of
Waterloo a year or two lived in Dundas
bout a year lived in Ancaster two or
hree years lived in Brantford a year .
wed in Mount Pleasant about five or six !
lived in Canada about min years I
together; lived in Scotland and about :
.hirty-fOur or ~thirty-five sailed two or
Oyages from the Old Country TO Quebec
return.
Cross examination suspended till two
clock.