Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-19
lFFE FEBRUARY 70, 1857.

dehce Of William Nichols, her brOthersin.I
law,on the corner of Boston and Atwood
Streets where they spent the lovening to-
getheH. it appeared, that helremalned there
nntil few minutes after IL oiclock'-that
She ACCOMPANIED him out to the gate-that
they remained there amoment and that lie
then left, promising to return in the nforn'
Inc. .nOiliitq T. b9tf5s9Iq JiTuWOQ .1K
Miss Heltabiddle testified that while she
stood at the gate, she noticed some man
about the size Of Fitch, standing on the
bther side Of the street, with his hat drawn
down oVerIhis efaee1that after Smith left
She Immediately wentlIp stairs TO her room,
looked odt of Che window and discovered
that the man was 9one9Y 5hi 13M+noJ5I %
,Afew minutes after this, a young man
by the name of Harry lNorelandg and "a
young lady named Hettie Lockwood, who
were iwdlkihgi west%ardly' onV AtwOOd
street. eahle to tile body of the murdered
man. Moreland, who, was the principal
witness in this case, testified that he met
Mrs. Lockwood near the depot, on her way
to The Western Hotel where she and her
fathers family boarded-that she had been
to the State Fairat Dayton and arrived at
Gallon about 1920 p. M, and that he met
her by appomtmentAthat they took awalk
west on Atwood street, and when they got
to the alley, half q square east Of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Nichols, they came to the body
of the murdered man. He stated chat
| when they Came to the alley they heard a
heavy breath or death rattle 9ii IN
the throat of the murdered man.
that he turned the body Overland saw that
lie was murdered. They then went to Mr.
Camps and rang the bell-that whilst Camp
and his nephew were getting up, Fitch
came along, going east on Atwood street
Moreland, after some conversation, collar
ed him and charged him with being the
murderer, but he denied it aud said 1t was
a hard charge to lay to man, when Mrs.
Lockwood interfered and told MoorelaDd
! he was going too far. Fitch went back
with Morelahd, Camp and Ashbaugh to
where the murdered man lay, and was there
among the citizens Of Gallon, apparently as
cool as any of them, and finally remarked
that there were enough on hand to take
care of the corpse, and that he would go
home. as he had to go out with his train IN
the morning. .ii.g l...IgJI -...l-...f fo ---tl.
1t appeared that Smith had been robbed
of his watch, gold chain and portmonaie and
his pockets were torn open. Hewas found
lying upon his face, with his right hand in
his pantaloons pocket, his coat buttoned
across his breast, and his hat lying near
him despatched with blood and brain.
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