Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-06-18
crime
A DARK STORY OF CRIME.

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WAND defln4 sf a ses6p a ain thk caIi
tnrs 1nd n y ono Four AIurdefS.
Eugene Ieskrd, b Ffene bpan impfiaon-
ed in San Qll4bti california; for highway
robhefy We arte led, for tnurdef, ,recently,.
on the day lis tenn explTedl/A year and
n half before he comniated the highway
nbbbery he killed a brother wood-chopper
in Virginia City, Nevada. He was put in
Tjail-to await his trial, but, with "a fellow
prisoner decoyed the jqilor ian old man
4h14 n fGrs9oIBI iihB his fell, strangled
anH otherwise injured nm 80 that he died,
and made, his aseRRes rs--,s-s'zu.sls.ar,uulsnrus
For three days and nighst he lay CONCEAL
edlpn the top1of 5hill,l hsaii " iFeiiiii LAAi a
from his hidingfnlaGg both heard and saw
the pursuing partisgy all AroqpdT him.
Driven forth at last BY hunger he made his
way to the icabip' pfia Woodcuttenqh in
the absence Of the ocGupapt, possessed biIh-.
self ofa large idai IL bread which vas Carl
.Tied away With him Then ihisNDpdHIings
commenced, and terrible they must, have
BEEN Utterly ignorant of his WhertabotitsS 4
fearing to approach any Atdnhn ihAbitation,j
he went on, concealing himself in the day
time ind travelling under the Shelter iof the
night with MOI othefiProyiSieiDitlun ntfie
wood cutters loaf, for many days. Though
nearly starving he mastered ltisO tppehte
stpbbonly, and ealiiped himself tV Gef-l
tain allowance of bread, which he markell
off day by day. phIs he workeh his way
out Of Heyadn, and arrived at falyerds
county. Itwas then he. committed the high
why robbery for which he was inc0dcerdted
under. the alias ofJules Danag % Ash0rt time.
before the expiration of his sentence,. n do
tective' suspected him TO be ihdenti6al With
the murder of Gregory, andsatieiying HIM
self Of that fact, causedhis detention until
c0did ui1ivc; tVlfcA liB tcas told
Of the contemplated changeih hisG9nditior,
he complained that it was Unfair Ia. have
allowed lhs terin 'tossex fred bef5rs nhtting
him know N4fatwas HANGING Over ffinie he
subsequently 7obaerved that Heo hid never
had any peaee Ufinind sincehe Killed Greg
oTy, and thatyitO use his own @ofds9 @lii$
soqnsciencew a helltolhim. rove sd' ~
,nsYhe detective gets "a ,000 reward for his
success Lefeyre isa young dmnBj by no
mieanabad looking but by his own confess
sion hsjs q hardened criminal He has stat4
ed thatrthe reasOniwhy he kAledo(Sregory!
and escaped from Nevada jail wasthHt the
lawyer employed by himat the kipswss too
FapqGious, and,he feared thatif heiremain-
ed in prison he would be compelled to pay
all his. moneyaway in fees. He9 9also said
that since tie murder he had often talked
TO his lawyers, and had laid hisGAse, before
them, hypothetically in order "a, ascertain
their opinions, The resnlt Of these expert
inents was a conviction that he could not
be lionFed for the crime, Int it most would
only suffer 4 len pthehed iihpris6nfnent, It
IL allsBsd that spriof' to, his residence in
'NetatlhIhS Rad Killed two men III Montana
Territory, ,iaifd narrowly escaped Being hung
bpaiNigllaR0e COMMITTEE thdfe2 '' ~ .
n1InroloAng this Singular story, I'VE mary
rildlths fact that the iilor wholwill fe6ieve
.IiafeEfe mih ihiq arrival hts virginia. aid in /,
whose custody he will remain, is the son Of
the iailori who wars murdered so cruelty.
There can be no. d6ubtethat the law win
take its course this time, on that1fthe
,ypung Gregory will keep saielyunder lock
and key the murderer of his parent, sinn,