The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-01


thtte. lie, Crussley, went to his own door
aud male an alarm, aud the door was opcn-
ed and be went In. | then saw glass com.
ing out ufihe window, and sa v some iustiu-
ment used. There was crowd Of spectators
locking on. ! ,Aw George Longsirrct he
I tween Neikirk hotel aud Cauebiins house,
aud heard him call out e Let rs now 20 for
the Professor, and he with othsrs, came TO.
ward Caughlin's house, where | was. They
had stones in their hands I went into the
house. When near the house, Geo. Long
street said Cd d--n you, we arr aler
YOU ..t- Fr
Q. Who we're thea PRESENT. All. D.
Cook, David Wilcox, Lemnel Howell, Clark
Cook, John Cook, Warren Bradford, think,
and Edward Wilcox, think no came ~
afterwards, and Xilbouru Mills. saw
stone in the hands OF Lougstrcet, aud old
mas Cook Geo Loagstreet said "G--d
d--n you, go over to that house and see
the ruin you bave wrought | told him |
had produced no ruin, aud at that point
went into the house. had been standing
in the door. As stepped back, Longstreet
said don't draw revolver ON me | told
him | was not going to, and locked the
door. heard Longstrcet say they were
going TO tar and feather me another said
they were going 10 hang me. | looked ott
Of the back way aud thought saw a way OF
retreat. went ont, and rs got over the
fence they saw me and said here he Is, back
here and the crowd came nftcr me. Philo
Bughy came up and tried to keep them oil,
but did not succeed then started toward
the Town Hall, ana George Longs,reet came
up and bit me on the side OF the head with .
roek. aud told me to 20 on. I told them
would 90 II they would let me alone. Ad.
vanccd little and then George Longstrect
kicked me he next biz me on the len side Of
the iace, and az ! turned TO go toward the
Presbyterian church, they said here, d-n
you, this is the way we want you TO 90"
pointing toward the Academy. They told
me 20 give my revolver tO.a boy therc
had to yield IN superior force John Wilcox
stepped up aud said, here Professor, give
It to me aud will give II back tn you again.
gave II TO him. Stones aud clubs were
thrown in advance Of me f.om the ar AL
went alou 9, and when | reached the Acsdc-
my, the crowd was still with me aud at my
heels.
.. Well, what transpired thcng A. Geo
LongstrCet hit me in the back of the bead
"iAH - ehNNNf hhN AAiNN Ahlh ~ llNk NV
things up quick. Mr.. Nathaniel Guilds came
aud told them TO dispersc or he would arrest
them. LongStreet told him that rs soon as
went they would GO, aud not d d hit
sooner. Aner Ind packed somo things in
a saichel the crowd ordered me down town
and near Bcrgderlrrs store Wilcock handed
me my revolver. The crowd then ordered
me TO leave town aud | took the kiburn
road aud u few miles out got ride, reach-
ing this city between 10 and II o'clock.
cnoss ExANiSRD
II was between aud 8 O'Clock. In the
morning that this affair commenced. The
reason that | went TO Caughlin's house that
morning was 10 see ifthcy had thrown
sick lady, at Mr. Crosslty's house into the
street Crossley's house is hvxt to Jonas
Neikirk'a hotel.
Q. Who was this sick laly {? A. Mrs.
Jennie Thompson.
2. IL she a married wom,u? 4. Yea. sir
.. You had brought her there? A. Yes
=. with the consent Of Mr.. Crosslryr \.
With the consent Of his wife; she informed
me that Mr. Cross!cy consented also. She i.
no connexion of mine.
OF the crowd that came to C.u.hlin',
house ! recognized the Cooks. J, ID. Cook,
John and 'Chuk, Lemuel Howell, Edward
Wilcox, David Wilcox, aud think Bradford.
and George LOngstrcet. The Others | can
not tell. There was about forty in ALL
ThoNAs CAU0nLIS sworn Heard one man
say, while Wit,cr was in my house, "havr
bin out there or wei, gibhrt the house
down That was old nun Cook. Think
lt, lll "A natpA Al h,. 1 -, H.. a A
not see him strike any one with II. snw
them with Witter part of the wny Ia the Ac
adcmy u, lore Wiitcr came ont Of III e h use
and while standing ia the door, either John
Cook or Kllburn Mills threw trick AT him
which struck the door sin, Leaving nm,ik.
Witness then did not see Them again until
they eSiue back from the Academy. Ahpr
they came down town he saw John Cook in
TIE crowd-conld not say MS to the rest.
cross ExAmSEp
lie did not see Edward Wilcox, Downs or
Clulk Cook do anything. Old man Copk
wanted To get into the house to Get Wi,icr
ont, and ClaIk kept him AWAY. Could no,
say how many friends Wilier had in the
crowd.
Mrs. Martha CAughlin, wife of the Last
witness, testified that David Wilcox came In.
70 her house and tried to pursu,le Witter to
leave and avoid violence. She rroboratcd
IN the main, her husbands evid"nce. The
whole town, or at least nll The people were
after Witter [Lrnghtrr.1 Sho saw Long
street Kick Wiiter Just as he crossed q ditch.
and somr.ine knockrd onlhis hat, and Luth-
er Church kitked Tie haf, md in the lang.
nafe Of a cnrrOLOiaiiHs gitness, it went
"a booming"
Phllo Bugly testified 10 his attempt 10
que!l tue riot without avail Six other
Witnesses were called, all telling about the
snme story, AMI the prosecution rested.
NospAy's rnncFfpINcs.
The court convened at oclo,k. Conn.
sci for defence moved to discharge the drlrn.
danis. and offered no reLut,ing testimony
The court entertained the motion in so far
MS to discharge Clark Cook, David Wilcox.
Frank NeikiIk, Geo. Downs, W. p. Thateh.
er ard Lemurl Howell. The following
were bound over TO Common Pleas court, in
the sum of $40, each J. D. Cook, Edward
Wilcox, Warren Bradford, and Luther
Church.
For the Tribune.