Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-29

in his breast, and the knife lying unde
the body, close by his hand.
Wm. PETERS. Mr.. Frease was a broth
er-in-law os mine, do not know his age
The first way the trouble originated was
this: He had been using considerable
money, his W and wife's. She would
keep hers away from him, but when he
found it out. he would give her no peace
until ne got it, and so kept getting worse
all the time. lie would get drunk and
come home, be abusive and make threats,
run nv mother out Of the house with a
butcher-kniFe, and they would have 70
come and call me over to pacify him a
week AGO last Tuesday 1 had o warrant
made out for him, but he escaped, and re-
turned last evening, for the first time My
mother came oye- TO my house about Csc,
p. NJ. in a hurry and told me that Charles
was e there and to go over quick as
they were afraid of HIM l went over
there and spoke to him, and asked him If
he knew that 1t was no place for him, and
he said he had come 70 settle, told him that
he could not settle anything with me, as l
had nothing to settle with him. l told
him that there was a warrant out for him,
and that if he did not go away 1.would
have 1t served. He put his right hand in
his coat pocket, 1 told him that 1 had no
time to parley with him, and went out, he
followed me as far as the fence, and asked
me to go back. I did so. He commenced
jang'ing with my sister, and 1 told my
mother that 1 would get rid Of him, he
asked her if she was going to live with
him; she replied, Charlie 1 can't, l have
no dependence in you, that he did not care
FOR himself, let alone her. 1 then went
after Marshal Brooks, TO have him serve
the warrant, did no. sec any more of him
until this A. NJ. First discovered his
body, saw q track made by him, going out
the back yard, found his cap which had
been knocked off by 4 limb, and saw his.
body lying near the back fence.
Gross Examined. He said after he had
stabbed her. you won't 90 far, and l will
cut my owa throat. My sister told me
this, this morning ; reside in South War
ren, just opposite to my mothers.
The following is the testimony in
main of David D. Drennen:
l assisted in dressing the wounds and
then went up with Dr.. Woods, went to
the telegraph Office and found VIM.
PETERS and the operator there, asked
If they had telegraphed yet, ne said
not, was waiting for Dawson, then tele-
graphed to Cleveland and Youngs.
town, describing the man and to have
him arrested as q murderer, then came
down to the Depot with Dawson and
PETERS, and from there went home
This morning Mr.. Egbert came over to
the shop and told me that Charles had
been found, that William had found
him a little ways from the house dead,
went over, no person had been near
the body when W arrived, found him
lying on his right side, his head close
to the fence, dead, back of the house,
in a few moments Dawson and PETERS
came, and l raised the body to see
where he had been stabbed, found q
large cut in his left breast, looked to
see if I could find the knife, and found
it lying open under his arm on the
ground, partly covered with snow, have
the knife in my possession, is a black
handled one, about 81 inches in length,
with a single blade, the knife is very
sharp, new, and has been recently
ground on both sides, so that it is dirk
style, sharpened on the back for one
inch to an edge, a George W~estenholm,
l. XII. knife, manufactured at Shelf
field, part OF the edge is notched, as
coming in contact with 3 hard sub
stance; when found, the knife was
with blood, and looked as
though it had not been used before.
Cross-examined. Reside in Warren,
on Main Street; no relation; have
deceased for % years, do not
know his exact age, but think him %
years of age.
Question by Coroner. Would you
suppose by the appearance of the body,
that any other person than deceased
had inflicted the wounds? Answer. I
should think not.
His cap was found about 30feet from
bis body, a little n. E. there was no
racks in the snow, but that of de-
went through the currant
pushes where he climbed the fence,
;ome of the wounds must have been
inflicted before he got over the fence,
Judging from the appearance of the
body, no examination Of consequences
vas made until the arrival of the
Coroner. The place where the body
found, was in a rail hog pen, in a
.ot in the rear of Mrs. PETERS house,
rom the appearance of the body, when
examined by the jury, the deceased
must have came TO his death by reas-
ms Of the wounds upon it.
DIR. NJ. c. Woodwork, testified SIS
I met with the Coroners Jury,
lpon the body Of Charles Frease, at the
ben II the rear. of the house, as descri5-
ID. l find q wound on the left side of.
he neck, Immediately below the Ivy
I'D bone. making a small opening in
the larynx, wound two inches long,
lot opening the external jugular vein;
wound not sufficient to produce death.
found eight missions through the
kin on the left breast. Two wounds
the throacic cavity, first be-
ween 4th and 9Th rib, second between
tn and 9th rib. directed to the base of
he heart, the first wound passing d.
ectly into the base o fthe heart, which
n my judgement produced almost in
tant death.
CoRoNERs VERDICT.
We the undersigned jurors, empan-
led and sworn, on the 9th day of
.anuary, A. D. 1868, by Gary C. Reed,
;oroner for Trumbull County, do find
hat the deceased Charles Frease, came
D his death by his own hand, by
rounds inflicted upon himself in the
egion of the heart, with a knife found
pom the ground near the body. ,
igned j. c. McLain,
NJ. C. Woodwork,
j.. Vautrot,
II. ]. Hyde,
=. F. Bushnell,
7. Douglas, !
G. C. Reed, Coroner.