Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-09
Trl"I of Ed Harris n~d .Jpm-s
Realty for ihe Murder of .IOh N


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F4s On SATURDAY. afternoon ut o'clock, E
Harris and John Rust,v tho ,,,,, r,,--,.
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neS<o'nHay-otNov N November.Ni S67. bv- beat
ing him on the heal on West Brosd sire.
. were examined before Nayor- -RulI ,fi
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MRS. Anna Long, wife OF the murdere
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Mrs L,,no s,oor, -II;re IN N;da,.t
On the Might of November och ? IT,
Long, NV husband. and I had haar oU' v.
ball: ne Is now dead. Ar thn -.
h. use west of Ueunrbo.s we n,at LII
and Beatty. ,hevi we're stan,,;no larr'
pay-m- ant: /: We went do w,,Sto ~, o."
store next tn Koerner's grocery h...'.
8 sou,e O ,e behind us and as I tnrno., 90,
the blackpst one WAS str;k;a,r ,,,,, H. .S.'''
in the head: nor a wor,i NO. s',.' w.
nv huSha nd before, tbt, ,lows ~, g.,
was hy Mr.. Longs side aul had "a c,,;i'
in my arms. After the hIow wss struck
called the watchnan AMI thav run "a
There was not n word sn ken nv eith.r m,
Husband or mvselt. The first thing he. -
was the blow ON nv husband's head NO,
was a word spoken. afterward At
Long was knnck.d down hv ,h.
force of the blow. II did no,
see a knife or any other weanou
I'm the hands of either of the nriso
After the blow they both went rewards
High street. Mr.. L ,ny was taken TO Hen
neho's Saloon, aud was Jak.n home In
about an hour He died or. .Satnr3a !,
morning about 10 o,,,l .k Ua was in col
health hefnra the hi NV. At-er the assa,,I,
ne did not recover his senses until abS.ir :
or O'clock of the m.,rpin9 Of the o7t. !.
from this time he could not hear II iii be,
died. The blnnd run from his ears. Thpr,
was bnt one wound ON his head. IT. NV.
er GOT up from his bed after being struck.
Cross er,uasined -Nr. Lomy had drank but
little on that evening. [ went ro the hail
ab'ut Sn'clnrk. and he went a little, while
befor.. M. We started from tn. h,u ahnnt
or 10 o'clock. He drank few glasses NJ
beer nut not much. The nruraes W.. ~
stanfljny close II, the hons. mud n,t q u,or,
was s,n,kru to Them nor ..t;d M I.,n,,
sn.ak 70 me- mill ~ a 40, 70 ~, i..,,.s
store. when he said he was olaI ,,,e ,...ri,
most home The d.,,ca w. w. S'.hr..;"..n,
hail. rhsre w.s no ,,,n,n aud ,h, 81, ,,,.,s
clundv bnt tI,a rus ,,ay. a &C, l,',h,
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and r,ns.. ,S h;,r IT,, -. -, -. - ''s
hrhin,l ur o.. and to his i.tr
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w.rd1 nil, s,r, a' It'','. IN ,t a"ay 70
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srrmcE th.. hlw II '..,,,or a.. Ia 'is ~'io
nos me 'SaS,o.. ,.sra ai',,a5 Y'r nI
SID S ~ '%es,,;s ,,.sat,, Luz
the ,s,,.a.. hetors M u 80 f'I NN
these neor.,.s nav, In ,h, ...,,mn n saw
wart.,,m,,, istt, ~ =, for ma tos H%;y,
i1lrnt,fv ,ham s.na Ifwa,.. sv,sifo,.sp anu
X Gears nI,I H. j.,d ,,,,. h..a .;ai, III
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Tna.,,,, ,,'li VS. nia,e on
mor";uy T'.~ ,,;d i" nor s,,;ra m d; 3.'"seai.
h., ,.,,s d,unI H.. f.,t 49,. h' Il
his head was t.r,,isad ~, th.. I'll Su Ar.
Tnny aud nav.. h...n ,n,rioI s''n
aud a half ami h,ve I'D T., Nd ,,:,.,.,
some twn months. Mr. LONG was I'm his
sens-s from Wednesday n,oruinv I'M n Fr;s
day evening about 8 o'clnk. Nh nnr.I
could llay,. been s,pokrn nv either Mr-T.o.,,
or ch,. negroes witrour IN, hearing w.
passed the negroes very close. Mr.. ,nmJ
walk. d so ci,se that his elbow ruhs, Il rho
clothes of Harris. a,u SUR. no w,rd was
spoken. Harris was facing towartls tbe
river and BEATTY facing me sTrr.et Air
Mr. L ,ny,s clothes hr,I shed Harris We h.,i
time to walk Gu tue leather store before he
WAS struck
Direct Resumed-I saw these men next
m,rning al the caIabn,se. | do not know
what poiicem IN tOok me into the cal noos :.
He asked me If these We're the men who
struck MIR. Long. L rtcoguiz Beatty at
onse. out Was MT so sure Of Harris. for |
did not See his face SO piain.1il aml-atfsfi-d ii
IN my own mini ttat Harris Is the nlan
VINO struck my hu>banf. Mr.. Lohg tell on
nus Dack %hs,, WI ne WAS Knocked 40 va:
Dr. q. w. Marts stoora,-l was called IT, |
4Ieeno d post m1fSem examination OF Jonn
Lon x. discovered no local Injury about
the iseaai. exceps cut maize oy sftarp in- |
strum-nt on the ctl9. lt Was flesh
wound, ABOUT an Inch long and cut To tns
0 ne. lnere was no irarture of the skull
auu ohiy simple n,scoiorat'on Dehind the
ear, "a, - .Sa'1ssc sprrhaps oy gravHatfpnsof the
oioeu' Htre was aSils hG nemorfnagei IN the
1'snt SaI, nav eae uiscnsrS roeeh excessive
Z s"oui' uavs thouSht " was caused ov
I,at y. tue oise ol tile orain. thipk
1nat uea.n was causeu oire'ily from the
t'f'o VI eue o'o" fcsrii. AS there Was M
Iraclur,' nor evidence, nf any chronic all
men1 l ain SATISFIED tnat death resulted
irTth etie otow Sivsfi. \, ,,..t..-.a ~ q
SToss e1tHitheo = Ii wouia De possible
iol hai 10 u ave the use of MS faculties
ueS~een conGus lou afo cohpressloi OF
the Dratn. ine cond'tlonOt the hody Was
SUCH. III ~ uhconnecsei Win the facts told
me as 20 the mann = OF death, mi2hi
nave supp 'seh ne uieu q 'atural death. L
was not required D., t'r Coroner TO make
Iuii and ci"se "serxaninatlon.
Direct Resumed II saw Long about 8
O'clock SaLu, day morning; he had been
dead some hours. ssf
Re,.ry rhonaas s,oorn-On the NIGHT ot the
diffic,li,r i Wa az, ,be unnn. .irt,s Sill. 'n,
West r, o.,,l s.rerr. ar' No. a5. tiJ MT CO.
An, tI,,nr of rne diff .udv. I was sitrfny
i'm the back room OF Nj. "a ,bn1t n n,cin.s
i re,.e,vel NV first n tina,ion ot rb,. ,iit,;
entity from Harris. was sir, inv win ).
vounv ma from Cin .inua,i vI,,.n H.r-iS
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