The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-20

were torn open. lie was found lying upon
his face, with his right hand In his panta-
looms pocket, his coat buttoned across his
breast aud his hat lying near him bespat-
tered with blood and brain. The whole
left side Of his head was mashed In, the
left partial broken TO pieces, and portions
of II scattered around. The left cerebral
lobe Of the brain was broken and scattered
all around where the murder was com
mitted. There was u wound on the right
temple and over the superior maxillary
bone, part OF 1t not through the skin. hav-
ing the appearance of having been inflicted
with the screw portion Of a rachel drill, m
instrument used In the machine shops tor
the purpose of drilling holes through boiler
iron. The swivel of such an instrument
was found in Mr.. Camps lot, rear where
Fitch and Moreland stood just after the
murder. The balance of the instrument
was never found, although the most dill
gent search was made; and there is no
doubt but that the murder was committed
with such nm instrument.
When Fitch was arrested he affected total
Ignorance of the circumstance, although he
had told his mother of 1t previous to his
going to bed. Hemade no resistance what
ever, aud the house was thoroughly
searched. A small blood mark was found
on one Of the sheets Of his bed, but no
other traces of blood were found In the
house.
The next day, upon close examination,
blood marks were found upon his shoes,
and three or four blood stains upon his
stockings. Some of the n~on-experts testi-
fed to finding blood on his pantaloons, but
the medical men who examined them could
not say It was blood. His head, face and
underclothing were clean. A few rods
west of where the murdered man was
found there were bloody tracks upon the
pavement, which several witnesses testified
exactly corresponded in size with the heel
Of one of Fitch's shoes.
Although there were some one hundred
and forty witnesses, the proof brought out
was all circumstantial, the above present.
ing a fair idea of its character. The in
dictment was bunglingly drawn and de-
f%ective, and the jury seems not to have
known their duties and responsibilities
so, Fitch was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced, by Judge Mott, to the PEN
itentiary for ten years.
ANOTHER MURDERER CoNFEssEs.-Alex.
Aulgus, (not Olus, as has been reported
the second of the trio who murdered young
Hughes, of Cincinnati, expecting to get
81, 900 by 1t, has made a similar confess
sion to that of young Case. He is n Ger
man, t~wenty-four years of age, unmarried ;
has been in this country six years; Is not
naturalized served two years of the war
in the Twenty-second Ky. regiment, and
was discharged for disability.
The confession which this creature made,
to the Chief of Police and others, renders
it conclusive that at the instigation of the
third and eldest of the party, Geo. Goetz,'
they all started out on . highway robbery
expedition, and poor young Hughes hap
pened, while riding to his country home in
a buggy, to present the best appearance to
the desperadoes for the accomplishment of
their design. They murdered him for
money, without knowing whether he pos
SpsSpl any,. or who he waS-aud rot none,