Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-08
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The { ial AT NV Albany. Indiana. Of NJ
Kinney, for the mnrdrr OF the Woodward FAM
lily, has ~ tied great interest IA, portion OF
Tie stat, an which a. occurred, OF a count OF
;he al ocious charaCt r Of thu crime alleged
b, inc no lsSs than the m "a der % David Wood
ward. ms wife. snd a foolish sister. aud the ~
riCuS SfathinC OF Mrs. Woodward The New
Albany Con "a. rctGI publishes the following A.
CoJ NJ CutSlUg'r. a wltnvss. had sworn directly
ttat he saW Mckinney commit IN" murders.
Aiisr The m-eting Of the court an the afternoon
N" crowd had largely increased. aad great
deal OF excitement was apparrnt upon me faces
OF hose present. The prosecuting witD.ss was
called, and a. he took his Ssat he remarked that
&" was now going 20 tell the truth. His Stolld
couhbuanCe was agItated aud lighted up bN
chastity -mil'. and for the first time during he
trIai u" Nnturei To init his eyes 10 the face of
th' prisoner al IA" bar. Mahlon Mckinney. a
N n con ier' nee with hinl -atIsfrd the prose-
suunC attorney thar hl, witness had deter
min'd 10 rrcant aid make a fun confession OF
the par be- had been hired &, play m the tern
hls az anna.
HT. CSTl' tor thcrsupon arose ana addressed
Ia, court. HI" SAID that ever since last June
n, had n mlN b lIrNeo ha1 ihe man who ~a-
now h"ior, them was the murderer ne n
lieved that he was the murderer OF the Wood-
ward family. solitary snd aloHe. aud that a..
had attempted by has miserable duplirity 10
iast' n tie guilt upoa AL innocent person M.
remarks We're very bitter. and a. he pointed
toward the miserable crOnching witnes-. he
stiematlzed his couTse m the most witherng
language. lie closed by declaring that he DIS
IL issed The D. oseCuticn against Mckinney The
words had hardly teen uttered when the VAST
concourse rose 10 their feet and gave one loud
and prolonged cheer. But immediately was
heard from hundred VOICES the startling
words, ''hang hIm, hang hun" which were ut
tered by excited men with clenched fists and
eyes flashing lire.
Colonel HERON Immediately sprans 70 his
feet, and called uTon the people to listen TO
wiser counsel; hat the man befOrp them WAS
but the tool OF Sanders, and IL ANYBODY Wa TO
be hung lct It he him. The poor creature who
had testified brfOrr them Ras "A mere scapego.t
of the real scouudrel. He said that he Regretted
that IN" uial had not been permitted To 80 on.
so a. TO enable him to show the depth of the
guIlI oi that man Sanders. who, n would haN.
b'en proved, had agreed 10 give him 40 for
has affidavit and appearing at the preliminary
examination, aud Sl.u00 for seeing IN. cas-
through court Duung his remarks the crowd
kept shouting, Hang him! hang him!'' ana
pushing their way towards the platform where
CutsTnGer WAS standing.
General Spioely and Major Tucker sprang
forward and told the maddened mob thar a.
could not be done, but their Noicss were
crowned IN the uproar. Judge Csrlton eN-
borted the people 10 let the law take itS coursa
An th" memb,rS of the bar. sheriff. constables
ano other me mbers of the court. formed a linz,
ln front of the frenzied mass, while behind
ih'm sneaked away the mean. contemplate
CutsIngrr, showing more emotion than We
thought him capable OF. a. he pale n death
and trembled from lead to foot with terror Ii
was sometime before the appeals of Spicaly
EeffroE, Tucker and others had any effect upou
the mob, hut At length some of the leaders w.r.,
induced 10 20 down stairs. where they srain
collected in the hope that Cutsinger would at
t,mpt TO escape. We saw clubs. knives and
reSolNers ready for action, and If there had
been a collision there would doubtless have
been bloody work
In the course OF a couple of hours the crowd
in 4 ont Of the hail. which had been ha rric AIDED
from within, had somewhat dmInish shed. and
the people began TO realize that after all hs
was only half witted, cowardly scamp, ready
10 commit perjury for money, while the arch
villain ana murderer was Sanders. Had he
b. en- there he would have been hanged m spite.
OF any effort which might have been made 10
prevent IL. IL was reported that he and his
wife had got of the train NJ Mitchell the night
before, and We're probably al the house Of ms
relatives, awaiting the result of the trial.
number OF citizens started m pursuit of
him; and If he had been so Imprudent a. 10 h..
found, has neck would have paid the penalty AZ
the hands of the exaspeTated citizens. Late in
the afternoon we saw Cutsingrr and his old
wife, who is doubtless more guilty than he
sneaking across the street under the protection
OF the sheriff. He Il poor. half-idiOt Yagabond.
with not enough srul TO make a Respectable
brute He said he had been induced 10 make
the affidavit against Mckinney at the instanc,.
of Sanders. who had threatened has life: be-
sides, be added, glancing al his foot, he had
been disabled from a severe cut ever since he
went 10 Sullivan county, and had been led 10
make the statement for money 10 live on.
Mckinney, throughout the exciting scenes. be-
hayed in very becoming manner. He IL a man
OF A rather pleasant countenance, and would
never have been taken for the author Of the
atrocious deed with which he Is charged. He
lives in Orangeyille, and is a blacksmith by
Volunteers, and did duty al Chattanooga ana
Corinth as blacksmith at the headq uarters OF
Generals Thomas and kosec ans. He has the
universal respect OF his neighbors.