Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-14

his mothers. l asked her where that was.
She said it was on the ninth line. told
her there was no use for her 10 try and fool
US, as We must rave him. She said, my
God, are YOU going 10 arrest him, IA did
he commit murder ?" We then searched the
cellar, and Mr.. ODell found the pair Of
pants at the foot of the stairs, but could not
find Mcconnell there. I saw q ladder lead
ing to q loft, and I went up it; and as l
came near the top, the prisoner made a
most determined blow at me with an iron
hammer; but I slid down the ladder, and he
did not strike me. Constable Davis then
went up the ladder, but he met with the
same reception. I then told Mcconnell to
come down, or we would shoot him. He
replied, "Shoot away; l might as well die
here as any other place. and said, " l.
do YOU arrest me fOry" One of Us said Tor
murder. He then said, at wasn't me that
lone it" I then went ont and got
g rail and gave 1t to MIR 0Dell,
and he showed up the floor. After awhile
he gave himself W. After be came down,
we told him to dress himself, which he did,
putting on one of the pair Of boots which
have been produced in Court. I asked him
who those things belonged TO, and he said
to Colvin who is in the United States, he
often wore the pants, and that Colvin knew
he wore them. Had the pants in my pos
session yesterday. They were submitted 10
DR.. Sweetland, a practising physician OF
this city, at the Albion Hotel. Brought
them there 10 be examined, and pointed out
to the doctor a stain on the front Of the left
leg, and two or three OF he front OF the
right leg There was not the slightest pos
sibility Of those marks having been put on
the pants since l got them, as they were new
er out Of my possession Examined them
when l returned from Fitzroy, I found the
marks on them. Constable Davis and De-
tective 0'Dell went with me to Fitzroy, The
prisoners wife and children were in the
house.. I did not pay any attention to the
children. No other adults were there.
Gross eTamined By Mr. Buckiey.-Was
twenty minutes in the house. l arrested
the prisoner. We searched the cellar, and
the pants were found at the foot Of the lad
der leading 70 the cellar. Heard Colvin
give his evidence. Mcconnell appeared
quite frightened.
John s-eetland, II. D, being sworn
said Am q licensed Physician, precticing
in this place. Am also q chemist and drug
gist. l made an examination Of the pan
falcons at the Albion Hotel. They were
then in ONcils possession. O'Neil p0in4ed
out several stains on them, and l made q
microscopic examination Of one Of them,
on the leltleg, and found distinctly that the
stain YVES caused BY blood. Could tell that
it was mammalian blood, but could not tell
positively if it was human blood, though IL
has the character of human blood. Am
positive OF its being blood. The stains up-
on the pants appeared to hsve been washed
with soap and water, as crystals were found
with the g~iobules OF blood.
Robert Crawford, being sworn said: re-
side in CUyah0ga county, State OF Ohio. Am
s farmer. Know the prisoner knew him
thr%s weeks P~zarinus 20 the 9Th of March.
lie worked for me, ~chopp.ug nrewOod Tor
the railway. Ga the morning Of the path
March the prisoner asked ZIG what I was
doing. ! told him me and my brother were
going 70 q gale. The prisoner was not en-
piOyed by me and he was idle four days.
He looked dOwncast and dull, and / asked
him if he was sick. He said he was and
that he started with ColvIu TO go to Berea,
and when he got to the white house on the
Railway track, be took a pain in his knee
and could not go any further, and that he
had e pain in his chest l saw Mrs. COlvin
starting for Berea about fifteen minutes be
fore I saw Mcconnell, but did not speak to
her. She was dressed in a plain dress and
when l saw the corpse the same dress was
on her. There are two roads from the
shanty to Berea, and Mrs. Coiyin took the
road past the stables N her way u Berea.
Did not see Mrs. ColvIn alive after she pass
ed the stables. Passed Colvin's shanty again
at eight o'clock on the evening Of the
oath. There was no light in the shanty,
and my brother remarked that Mrs.
Colvin had no light. 1t was usual for a
light to be there at that time. We remained
about an hour in the stables. Mrs. CoIviu
was Il woman who remained at home, and
was Of a very good character, very inuelli-
gent and well behaved, and l hever heard
anything 70 iInPeach her character. We
passed the shauty at nine o'clock the next
morning, and saw Colyin standing in his
own door. He asked Us how We were, and
If we had seen any one belonging 70 him
around. or did we see his wife. I said no.
He said that his wife and the little Cana
dian were both away, and that there was
only him and the person who came with
hin in the house, and said 10 US, come in
till l tell you more about it. He said he
was going to Berea and Alleck went with
him, and when they got to the white
house, ne complained Of a pain in his knee,
and that he could not go any further, and
he told him to return, and he done so; and
he then went to 0imstead Falls, and trans
acted some some business there, and, getting
on the track again, ssw his wife a few rods
ahead Of him, going 10 Bsrea. When he
caught up with her, he told her TO turn
back, and she done so. While I was sitting
in the room Isaw blood on the side ofthe wall
| asked Colvin what caused the blood ts be
there. Miller said it must have been Ne
Council who cut his hand with the glass
when stealing Colvin's clothes, and getting
out Of the window. Colvin asked my broth
er to 80 into the room, and he would show
him more blood. Colvin and my brother
went into the room, and they saw bloed
round the window and on the wall. and
tracks of bloody fingers on three different
places; and IN the other room, the marks
of a head and shoulders against the wall,
which looked as if they had been covered
with blood. There were other spatters of
blood on all the walls of the rooms, except
the north wall. There were also spatters
of blood on the ceiling. I only saw the
blood on the wall and wood; also on the
door, which seemed to have been moDped.
| told Co!vin and Miller they would be de-
tanned till the constable would come. They
offered no resistance. Ny brother went for
q constable, about three-and-a-half miles
of, and brought him to the house, and he
arrested them. Before the constable came,
and when l took Colvin in custody. we
made a search, and found a piece of Mrs.
Colvin's inside dress. all covered with blood;
also blood on the prisoners drawers. I al
so examined the armchair, and found it
stained with blood down the pack and on
the cushion. 1 found the drawers near the
bed that Mcconnell slept in, and near q
pair of boots, the pair he usually wore. I
also saw sn old coat Of the prisoners
lying on the bed there was no blood on
it. 1t was the same coat and boots
that Mcconnell wore that morning.
The constable arrested the two men, and we
went as witnesses, and returned about nine
in the evening to my own house.
Next day, several other persons came, and
we made q thorough search. Some Of Us
were searching 8 few PAGES from the south
east corner OF the shanty, when we found
Mrs. ColvIn's usual dress, which was covered
with blood; and it looked SIS if it had been
used to wipe up blood. 1t was covered with
the snow which had fallen on the dress.
We then BY kicking the snow, found tracks
Of q mans boots on the ground, and there
was blood on the first tracks near the
house. We traced the tracks to within /
fifteen PAGES to where we found Mrs. Colvin. |
Ny brother found Mrs. Colvin. 4 few
sticks were taken of her before I saw her.
She was lying beside a large log about
twelve or fourteen rods from the shauty, IN g
chopped fslloW. 4 cord Of p feet Of fire.
wood had been piled few PAGES from the
and it seemed to have been thrown
oyer On the body. The wood cOald
easily thrown down The corpse
not disturbed, but the wood was taken
of hsr. There was no snow under the
wood, nor was there any under the body
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