Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-13

Connell cot home. . Mr.. O'Dell procured
the services of Detective John O'NeDl, and
Constable Frederick Davis, of Ottawa, and
at once proceeded to McConhelfs house.
His vile declared that he was not at home
but al vigorous search soonO found him in
the loft. The latter communicated with
the lower room by means of ladder, that
passed through a small trap door IN the
floor IaboVe.. f'McCOnnell defended this en-
trancelhyymeans OF a piece, of some harness
hames, and it was not until efforts were be-
ing made to tear away the floor from under
him, that he consented to come down. and
deliver himself up. Upon the premises
were, found. nearly all OF the property
stolen from Colvin's shanty. u"''>i ',' 4
o Mcconnell underwent a lengthy exam
ination before the Canadian authorities, at
which Sheriff Nicola, ,Colyin and other
witnesses from this vicinity were present.
The examfhation ended in the giving upof
Mcconnell to the Cleveland authorities.
Y q niJI b0aTHE TRIABgmpJ Inu0O Il
p McConnell's trial 7commencedl before
Judge Foote, of theHG HGOmm0n1P Pleas Court,
of this city, on Saturday morning, the .22d
of ,Jgne, The counsel ,ip the case, were:
Prosecuting Attorney NJ. S. Castle and "A.
T. Slade. for the State, and G. ~,Pa1mef
and X. E. Knight, for the defense. The
trial was-concluded on Friday, the goth OF
June, in the finding of the prisoner guilty
of murder in the first degree. ''
M'CoNNRLL's PERSONNEL, &c. .'' .li'
Alexander Mcconnell is an Irishman, as
is evident to the most casual observer. He
was born in the northern part Of the Emer-
aid Isle-coming to America in 1S47. His
age is tnirty- five years; heightsomewhat be-
low the average; with small head, low fore
head, brown hair, and blue eyes. There is
nothing repulsiYe in his appearances, and
one would be far from selecting him as the
perpetrator of a dreadful crime. During
the trial he appeared to be one OF the most
unconcerned.ot all thespectators; andwas
even unmOved when the awful sentence Of
death was passed upon him. He wept soon
afterwards, however, upon seeing the emo
ton of his sister, who was near. !.'I i at
CURIOUS STORY ABOUT coLvIN. 70 q
Mcconnell has lately made some strange
statements to different visitors at the Jail.
rejecting darkly upon COlvin. He says
that as be and the latter were chopping
wood, short time before the murder, Col
win expressed an earnest desire to go,to
Canada with him, and remarked that the
only hindrance was his wife,. He would
like very much to get her out of the way;
and would Mcconnell perform an act that
would accomplish such an object? Me-
COnnell says that he replied: "1knowwhat
you mean, Colvin, but 1 would never DO
such thing" o.. .........-.- -,
A young German, named Henry Bislick,
| living near the scene of the murder, re-
Gently stated that, three days before the
murder, as he, in company with number
of boys and girls, were returning from
school, they stopped, when near Colyin's
| shanty, and sat down upon a log. While
there Colvin came along, and took a seat
by the side OF one of the party---a girl
| about sixteen years OF age. Says be: "I'm
going to marry this girl, as my wife will be
dead in a day or two" The young man re-
81 know that" said Colvin, :, but she's go
ing to die in day or two" We give thi:
story for what it is worth. f7 'H-
CoLVIN's sHANTY-sTRANGE SUPERSTITION
The shanty in which the murder was
committed, is at present occupied bya poor
family named Miller. They say that.up to
the publication OF McC1nnell's confession,
strange noises would be heard in the shanty,
nightly, as of persons opening and shutting
housekeeping with an axe IN the baeR
roOm-raising windows &c. These noises
would be heard every night between ten ane
eleven O'Clock. One particularly pleasant
quiet night, when the moon was shining
brightly, and when not a breath Of air was
stirring, the shanty commenced to shake
violently, between ten and eleven o'clock
Willis bed was shaken to such an extent
that he was awakened, when he found the
windows, the chairs, the stoves, the beds
&C., in violent commotion. He immedi'
ately sprang out of bed and hurried from
the building- 4passing entirely around ut
but no living thing was seen. Bloody
marks still disfguFe various parts of thu
shanty. One place. from the sharp imprin
of bloody hands and arms, and great daul
above them, is evidently where the poo
womanIfell against the wall, after receiving
the terrible blow with the axe. ~ 4..f Ut
' 7ni lh. THE sCAFFeLD. o.! '7h aT,w
The scaffold used at this execution hat
before done duty in the cases of Parks, DR.
Hughes, and Jack Cooper. 1t was erected
on Wednesday afternoon. in the northern
/ end OF the eastern corridor. Since CoOper1
/ execution, the iron staple, in the center O
4 the upper cross bar, had been removed, anC
/ a hole bored to admit the passage OF the
rope. Otherwise the grim implement hat
been unchanged. r.,,ts, H.. ..Jr AZ. ~.
1 o lau.ei5 I HIS COFFIN. e...- IA, 10,
Il McConnell's coffin arrived at the jai
at an early hour, in aihearse. Both wer
from HoNland's establishment, on BAN
street. Thecoff1n WIS of whitewood, GOV
cred with cheap black cloth, and studdet
, with silver nailss aiveryneat and presenta
BILE affair withal. suplg IHhI 81. aIaiJ
INTERVIEW BETWEEN coLvN AND Neon
isll 1851 iI9' NEIL. q. 'H''-' alH '2lj
! iAtaiew moments past 10 o'clock, Col
! vim appeared. He was escorted at once9tt