The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-04-24

day and continued till Wednesda
night. On Thursday morning th
amount of bail was fixed at s., SOC
which Conkle was enabled to give:
EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION
STATE OF OHIO
ADAM CoNKLE.
EZRA Rours On SWORN.
Direct Erannnatioa:-B reside in FindlaJ
April 18th. was in Findlay, on street. ss'
IConkle. Was not right by when winne
was snot. WAS about rs or 100 feet from hin
Was standing near Ben Hyatt's corner, wit
back 10 the northeast. Heard the report @
a gun. There was another man standn
near he had his face to the east. After tn
gun cracked he spoke to me and said. q
believe there is man shot''-can't t tell VII
it was that spoke. Turned around and say
Joseph Winne' laying on The ground, w
went 10 see hu. saw u man near Robin
sons stable; he l n in his hand-don'
know who it was.
got the Coroner and took him over. Dit
not see but one man in the alley; he was 60
ing east. Can't say how he was carrying
his gun-think be was running. He turned
into the Iot-Myrice and defendant live OF
that lot. We carried winnell to the COur
House. He was, Thought dead-it 10 ok cd
as though he had all his head shot off. Didn't
go to Conkls's-have never spoken 10 him
Can't say that defendent is the man that shot
Believe / heard him (Conkl 81 say that he
shot man-this as at the Court Hor Sc; he
referred to winncll. This was 20 or Is min
utes after the shooting. The affair occurred
between two and three o'clock on last Fri.
day or saturday-Conkle was over so feet
from the body, going away, ? or seconds
after the crack of the gun.
Cross EIqmInation-We Immediately start
ed for the body-think and the other man
we're the first persons there. ] WAS ahead
walked as tast as we could. When we got
there, there was no signs Of life. Invent to
within Is or 20 inches of the body-saw one
place where / thought he was shot. The
alley runs east and west-he WAS laying
nearly east and west, little angling; his
feet were laying to The west, his head south
him on his face. his left arm laying back 90
the west. The body was pretty straight, his
right hand lay under him. There was
sword or sabre that stuck out from under
one now in my hand; it looks like
the same sabre; il was picked up and brought
down to the Court House by Mr.. Galloway
We turned him over out of the mud and laid
him by the barn. Could not see The express
ion of his FACET was too muddy. fbere is
a n. and s. alley about Is feet from where
he lay to the e. BE was laying a little TO
the north side of the E. and W. alley. Did
not look at the track. Notice. that where
his toe was there was no track behind IT.
Did not netice any track west of where he
lay-his toe was in the mud.
Re Examination. Don't think any one
passed up to the west-dnnA think any one
could have shot him any other way but from
Ihe east. His being shot cansed his death
Examined by the Justics.-H could not have
been more than five or ten seconds from the
lime heard The shot before ! reached the |
body.
W. GALLOWAY SWORN.
Dirfcf Eramlinaf,O2 Am acq TAINTED with |
iefendent Saw the body of Jos. Winnell. |
and , O'Clock, heard report Of n
yun-was at my house. Mrs. HOupt came In
md said man was shot. Started TO see |
rhere it was-went TO alley where body lay
They had ,uf ned the body over with head TO
Z. | spoke to some one TO take hold and lay |
,im in the dry. they br ought board and
We pat him.on ID and took him to the Court
House. asked the Coroner Why he did not
arrest him (Conkle) d.. Ballard and my
,eIf went and told CdnkIe he might consider
himself arrested Saw the gun. Conkle
iai he had prepared the gun that did the
Iced, that he had the gun and had prepared
t for that purpose. About that time Mr.
Terger came up. I teok the gun and the
abre to my shop. The gun is what is called
In Enfield Rife. Told Mr.. Yerger 10 tai
he prisoner-Conkls said he did not wish TO
get away. This was Sridsg, at The house
,wned by Mrs Pray, in Hancock Co.. y. He
lid not say he had hit him. did not think
i'm excited. He wanted TO see hiswi.e. but
told him he Lad. better ait till the sher-
q came-he was taking TO Mr.. Jones. He
vas in the room where Tinnell jumped out
rom. Iie said it was his intention 10 Kill
lin. The injury was In tbs haad-he was
n full dress think when say him.
Cross Examination - [But little besides
nipa W Z
.licited on the crossexamination.l The body
vas laying directly Y. and w. and three feet
rom boar ds on N. side of alley. This is the
,sms. The gun gas lying on the bed when
ound Conkle and Jones. He told me that
yinnelI had struck at him three tinss. Saw
yhere some enc had jumped out Of window
md struck with his knee.
Rs. s.Examinafion. were no induce
neu,s hsia out 10 Copkle TO make admiss-
ens-
JOHN LULTNAR SWORN.
Direci Examination. Saw the body OF JOS
wirnell on that day, after deiendant wss
,Fought to Court House. de WAS given into
;ustody of Mr.. Mills and myself. de asked
ne TO go to tie telegraph ONCE that he
night telegraph to his father and some one
.lse. Said he had done just Shst he ought
a hare done six months ago. He then turned
O me and said dec sased had been trying TO
art himself and wife-ssid he had shot MIN.
,a,d the fellow ws. runriLg and he was fo'
owing him Yhen he turned and Struck a.
i'm three tlnss-then he hrsd. just as he
red he thought Ti1nen lodged. He so-
o,tted in the Jail he had shot him ne was
aor. seemed 40 think he lad done right. Heia
-, ma inducements tor these admissions.
,s.L,s said the deceased heard him catch
he s.. and Jumped Out of the WINDOW.
ia dace..ss had on full dress when he
on nd him In tie hsdse- Found Oh his pefsoh
knife and powder aask-ssid flask belonged
n Jones. Seated that at ihe hpe "ihhei
.sme there, he WAS in one room ana as' WIG
n another. EinDeil came part OF the way
N the s,s,rs-Mrs. Conkie told him mol 10
,ome up-told him seconl time. He Game up
taught hold of Mrs. G. pushed her. into the
the CT nfiict commenced. said ne
was standing there-ihen he eocksa the gun
heard a noise at the windog. Said he In |
tended 10 shoot from the window 1t deceased
ran do~ the street, he did not; but ran down
The lot, and he followed him. He said he
fconkle, was in ted room. After they came
in contact, winneil grabbed the gun WIN
nell turned on him
Cross Termination. Nothing Of importance
was brought out except, think he said DO
ceased struck at him before he grabbed the
gun. Think he said he tceIkle) should mol
live with his wife three days more.