Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26

of we went 10 bed in the front room dom
ed remember if colvin vent out before we
a, went to bed; drank water from o ne pail
Il think there was another The brooch wal
be found next morning in the pail from which
" we drank no remarks were made thai
Of night about any disorder Of the room OF
r anything gone being except Mcconnell and
of Mrs. lColvin. tColvin rose about three
T. fourths of an hour before me; he had q
r fire, a kettle on, and the table set, when ]
N rose. l did not discover any disorder in
Of the room and heard nothing said about it,
d till the CrsWfords came. Robert and James
lie Crawford came in before breakfast they
soon after saw the blood stains remarked
that the stains looked as if ssme one had
cut their hands on the broken window in
d getting away (; WANTED Colyin TO 60 to
Grawfords the night before and see if his
b wife or Mcconnell was there he did not
go. a.
, Direct examination resumed.-The board
c from which / cut the kindlings was the
height of the partition; did not see the
l blood on it till morning; Golvin discovered
the brooch in the pail; Crawfords had gone
4 when the brooch and earring were fOund
the CTawfords were gone about an hour be-
. fore they returned we eat breakfast while
I they were there the last time Colvin called
5 for Mcconnell before the light was struck;
it was after lunch whenI proposed to Colvin
t 10 60 to GraWfordis 10 search for his wife
, and Mcconnell; Robert Crawford first
{ called attention TO the blOOd-stains never
( said that | wanted C0lVin to go to CraW-
, for1's the night before and report the rob
berry Of the house; he did not go because
the road was bad.
To MI. Palmer.-I did remark 10 the
CrawfOrds that Ia rather have given $1,000
than 70 have come to the house that day.
Robert Crawford, sworn-I reside about
three miles from 0lmsIed Fails, in 0lmstcd
township lived at the same place on the
gath Of March last; remember that day |
spent it at a sale at RidgeVille Center, four
miles from my home my brsthers James
and William were also there we started
about nine in the morning it is fully half
a mile from our barn to our house James
and | were at the barn at a quarter past
eight o'clock that morning went past Col
wins shanty saw no one when going to the
barn We were there half an hour and re-
turned the same way diagram shown to
witness and explained to the juryl; saw
Mcconnell when We came out OF TIE barn
he was standing still; We stopped about a
minute; did not see him again till l saw
him In Canada; Mcdonnell asked US what
we were going to do that day. We replied,
going to a sale. He asked, what will the
Egler boys be doing to-day, or VIII they be
working for you? | replied, | don't know
I asked Mcconnell if he was sick. lie
said yes he had 8 pain in his knee and
one in his chest. | asked if he would go to
Canada. He said he had not money enough
to go said no more. We left him by the
barn. He also said that Bill Colvin would
get him a job in Berea Mcconnell had
worked for me three weeks; saw him first
at my house, the day he was hired. Or the
morning of Saturday, while st the barn,
Mcdonnell said my work was too hard for
H.
bag with him at that time; never saw him
again till / met him in Canada. In going
to the sale / did not go past the barn, but
westerly. | saw Rosa COlvin fifteen min i
utes before seeing Mcconnell she was pass t
ing the barn in the direction of Olmstesd Q
Falls by the Clodell path. O
Cr0ss-ezamined-I was present when Ne
Connell was hired. He said he was from c
near Ottawa, Canada. l paid him So sc
when we settled. The trees round COlYiu's d
shanty for about so rods were slashed. Men
were chopping on Saturday about Ice rods n
from the edge of the woods. They usually
passed the shapty to and from meals. l
asked Mcconnell if he was sick because his
countenanee was cast down; he complained
Of a pain in his cnest and knee.
Direct E8amination-He did not look sick -
but his countenance was cast down-sheep- I
ish. =
ddmeS CRAWFORD sNOr1-l am - wears =,
old; live with brother Robert; went to sale =
the cath and got home about 6 O'Clock in i
the evening; Robert and l went TO the barn q
about s o'clock in the morning; were there ii
between an hour and an hour and a half; !,
We left the barn together; walked a cOnsid- .
cradle little distance from the barn when |
saw Alexander Mcconnell, between Colvin's
house and the barn, nearest the house; l q
was ahead; | stopped to speak with Mecca l
w Daka.N Ia EHW z
onds before | did; Mcconnell, when I saw n
him first was walking from the house to Il
wards the barn; he had on the coat he 4
usually wore; he ad no carpet l
bag with him; had on the pants he usually 7
Wore; had no bundle or boots with him; s.
l looked back towards Mcconnell soon after p
I left him he was going towards the barn :.
and was within i've 10 seven rods al il. A
did not see Mrs. Colvia while ct the barn
or that morning at all. Saw Mcconnell i,
morning before seeing him at the barn; =
while going there celvin and Mcconnell
were leaving the shanty that was about '
an hour or an hour and a half before I saw
him at the barn.
Cross EXAMINED remained most of the
time inside the barn while at it; Robert Y
was outside more than | these vas a oOn- b
eet4es1 myseis aud Mcconnell e
when We met. 81
Mrs, Rosina Haber-My fret husbands "
was Clodell / live three miles from Il
Falls. 1t is a little over one fourth q
of a mile from my house TO Crawfords tt
never was at COlvin's an alley runs past q
house people pass by the house in c.
going to and from Egler's and Crawford's to Z
the railroad heard of the murder on Sun 4
day saw the prisoner at III o'clock SatHr- q
day forenoon l was wsskinE n the Il
kitchen. c.
There 10 a door "a tine kIteRen on the side :
toward the alley. The prisoner was in the 4
alley at the gate coming from the direction |,
OF the woods. Mrs. ColVin was coming =
from the railroad and met Mcconnell in Il
Egler's lot he had a bundle, a satchel and q
a pair Of boots (dress shown and identified =
as one worn by Mrs. COlyin at the time, =.
satchel, &c, shown and identified as those :
in possession of the prisoner at that time :
saw Mrs. Colviu going towards the railroad
about eight o'clock in the morning saw her "
return from the railroad, and meet Neon ,
nell in Egleris los; they turned and came I
to my gate after talking abouttWo minutes y
they went hack in the direction of Colvin's 3
shanty and the woods. The woods arc about
of a mile from my house.
Cross examinel.-Never saw the prisoner p
before that day saw his face he wore a '
black overeoat; never saw him since th4t
time tn to-asy. :
Cyrus GlOdeii a4OTn-Ay mothers name !
new is R0sina Haber live in Berea lived !,
at home on the gath of March. Heard of :
the murder about ) O'Clock on Sunday after 7
noon don't remember the prisoners face i
saw Mrs. Colvin on Saturday forenoon be- .
tw IN 10 and IL o'clock did not know who =
it was | was about zee feet from the rail u
road track piling upbOards saw the woman I
alone coming along from Tho rsilFoad |
track about 2 lOp f5et Irpm me 4
she passed sbogt len feet from me 1
did not sea anything in her hsnd. About
one quarter OF an hour afterwards saw a
man and the same woman coming near ]
our cate VIII re they stopped to talk at the v
este abouttwo minutes he was a middle a
sized man had on what sesmed a black e
overcoat. This witness corrobOrated the D
testimony of the preceding one in reference S
to the man carrying bundle, &c.) Saw the a
man and woman turn at the gate and 20 i
back in the direction eftbe =5sd towards Col :
WINS, the bundle was good-sieed One,ahdthe S
satcheIlooked full; never had known Nc Ii
ConneIl saw the body Of the voman in the o
woods hack OF the shaAty on Monday. i
dress produced and identified as that worn q
BY the deceased both at Clodell's gate
and when she was found a coTpse.) 5
Cross-examined.-The man looked as If n