Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-06
The CEBU RMCkSE.
THEY WAIVE AN EXAMINATION.


The Mayors Court Room on yesterday
afternoon was filled with an excited crowd
of our citizens, gathered to hear for them
selves, from the mouths of the witnesses,
the horrible particulars in the case of Black
burn and his wife, charged with a system
atic and brutal attempt to murder his
Istep-child, her daughter. t.r
Long before O'Clock, the hour appoint
ed for the examination, the court room,
passages, hall, stairs and roet were filed
to repletion by the excited populace, anx-
ious to see the demons of whose acts they
had read. The stairs on either side of the
market house, also, were crowded with peo-
pie unable to either go on or return.
The prisoners. were brought into the
court room at about fifteen minutes after
two o'clock. Our readers might be pleased
with a more particular description Of
them. Thomas Blackburn, a moulder by
Occupation, and formerly in the employ of
John L. Gill, is a man of over six feet in
height, and muscular in proportion; with
dark brown hair, grey eyes, and noder-
ately intelligent looking face; but there is
a something in the lines about his mouth
telling of temper hard to command. AS
we have said, he served In the Third Ohio
Battery, and was In the army from the be-
ginning to the close of the war. .
Fanny Blackburn is a woman Of medium
height, of very sallow complexion, with
dark hair, and eyes of an indescribable
color. On the pupil of the right eye is a
white spot which gives her more the ex-
preston of tigress than a woman. She
was not 80 defiant as previously, and when
she answered our questions there was a
noticeable trenor in her voice that denoted
a fear of the immense crowd around her.
She was married, as we have said, to Black
burn on the 9th of August, 1866 Her first
husband was Hubert Thomas, who served
in the 42d Illinois Infantry, and who was
killed at Chattanooga, and by whom she had
the child in question.
Genivieve Thomas, the little girl SO bar
barously treated, is rather interesting
child of about seven years Of age. Appar-
emily Of good natural abilities, she has been
reduced almost to idiocy by her tortures.
The appearance of the prisoners was the
signal for expressions of hatred and con-
tempt and 1t required the best efforts OF
our worthy Marshal and his assistants to
preserve a reasonable degree OF quiet. .
The State was represented by Prosecu-
ting Attorney Milton IL. Manu. assisted oy
Is. M AlOery, ana the accuseu Dy H. l.
DeLany, Esq. Inc aildaVlt' charging the
prisoners with assault with intent 10 COM
NIT murder, was sworn to by Mrs. Saran
5. Howell OF Middietown, VINO occupies
apartments in the same house as the ac'
cused. b s''i.a"'rt f.f
Inc case was called for trlal' wneh tu' m
counsel for the defense stated tnat' wnll'
there was no desire OH his part 10 screeI
offenders from justice, there was TOO muci
excitement III the pubic mlnd 1or linen
safely to TO go 70 trfai at TINS time. one g Q
the oeiendants now pears upon MS persoI
the marks oil public Indignation ana IL II
because OF conviction on the mind OF coun
sci that a fair trial cannot now be had, tina
we waive an examination, and ask TIL
| Court to bind us over to higher Court.
| The mayor replied that there pelng NJ
testimony before him. he could only believ
the prisoners knew themselves guilty, ant
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