The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-06-04

III lHlS IltCe. iiis' iaeler wants MI!
10 learn a trade, but / much prefe
that he should not give up his book
until he grad uates.'
"You must have heen very weary
of those long, tedious trials at Indi
anapolis.' -
"Yes, they were terrible. The frs
lasted seventeen days and thre,
nights, and the last continued fol-
two or three weeks. A great man,
persons visited Inc while was i'm tL,
COOP
81 suppose you were visited by
reporters as we'll as other people?
"Oh, yes, great many reporters
came to see me, and they published
great many things that never
said. They would try all sorts OF
ways to obtain an interview. Ihey
W. uld bring ladies with them some
times In orderto secure admission
for themselves. l have thought
was convicted that somebody else
might be screened
There was sort Of confession
made by some one, WAS there not
Silas Hartman, believer
'He was my brother. / knew
nothing about his confession.
think he was out of his mind.
was told all winter that Abrams
would confess. Ii he has any con-
fession to make / wish he would
make it, for then could not be held
any longer. 1t Abrams ever bought
that gun, don't know it. The man
he is said TO have bought the gun
from is not acquainted with him, and
only believes lie is the man who pur-
chased it.'
''Did you know Mr.. Youne?'
ayes. | lave been To his house,
bat | never visited there, and / don't
know what business he WAS in. lie
was said TO have had a considerable
amount OF money at the time he and
his wife were murdered. There WAS
no proof that he had money at all -
Some banker saw him with money in
the morning, but the murder did not
take place until after 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. DR.. Wands and his moth
er-in-law were going across the river
and he heard the report of 4 gun =
She testified that she heard the re-
port of a gun and a pistol also"
"What evidence was there against
your
Nothing but circumstantial evil
dence. / was taken before the cor
oner's jury twice before the witness
would swear that l was the person
in the buggy with DIR. Young and his
wife. 1t was believed that | fired
the pistol. / never had a pistol in
my hand in my life, and would not
know how 10 shoot one"
''Are yonr lawyers doing anything
or you:''
''Oh, yes; | expect to hear some
hing definite by the 18th. My hus-
Dand and my son believe me inno-
;ent.- i have as good and kind n
husband as ever ffgcd. he has been
o see me since / have been here, and
will come to see me often. l do not
Expect to stay here long. l do not
believe God will let me stay here
when | am innocent. i never want
20 20 away from here until | can go
and am proven guiltless.
have just been thinking over my
past life to-day, and l know of no
inc when l ever wronged anybody,
Ir cheated anybody, or harmed any
body, in any way. / am ready to
lie to-day, should God call me. /
I'm weighed down by no burden OF
guilt, and can bear my Imprisonment
,hecrfully, knowing that l will, soon
,r or later, be cl cared of these char
yes. and set at liberty"
Mrs. Clem seemed very much af-
'ected during the latter part of the
conversation, and spoke very ear
Iestly. In short time Col. Shuler
returned, and, after assuring her that
10 injustice should be done her in
my report that might be made of the
Interview she had granted US, we
-etired with the warden TO another
part of the prison.