The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-05-21
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+ a Mystery. Was it Murder On
Saturday last, while the workmen were en-
gagged removing the dirt from the cellers Of
the new block of Hsrmon and Foster, they
came upon the skeleton of man, who it
would seem was buried in a sitting posture,
for though the legs we're extended, the arms,
ribs, and skull all lay in pile. They were
carefully removed for burial. But how came
the man there, has become an interesting in
quiry, aud many remember incidents long
unthought OF, which would lead to the con-
clusion, that fonl crime was committed in
the early days of our settlement. One aged
person remembers that mysterious dis
appearance occurred years ago, and that
although tte person supposed to be most iu-
terested iu the mltter was arrested, nothing
but vague suspicious and circumstantial in
ferences were elected. Another remembers
that gentleman, supposed to have consider
able money, came west to purchase land,
many years Ego, but never returned to his
family, who, after dilligent search and due
inquiry, traced him as far as Fremont but
there the clue ended.
M:ny remember that a tavern used 10
stand upcn The spot, aud vague stories are
,oldDf ghosts and bob goblins, and spirits,
that. when ihe solemn hOursof midnight
csmr, walked forth from the narrow chambers
Of The dead, and c'anked their bones, and in
du,ged in horrid grin naces, in the guests
rooms, oF, tfauped up The stairs with regular,
heavy tread, opening doors and slamming
Them shut, but always fading into forms i'm
paipabls, before calm reason could unake the
inquiry who art thou y But none can
give a satisfactory clue to the true story,
and we have not met with any who can even
remember who kept tavern, on the spot so
many years ago. II such q disappearance
really occurred, and in the manner surmised,
perhaps the only one who could have thrown
light upon the subject, has recently passed
beyond the river" in the person Of the
lamented Gen. Bell, who was conversant
with all the early history of cur city. But,
it msy have been the body of a soldier, or
frontiers man, killed in an Indian fight, in
the early days, and hastily buried BY his
friends, Who can tell |? So long ago, evil
dently, was the deed committed, that the
hope of unraveliDg the mystery may not be
realized ere the great white thrown is set,
and the graves give their dead
Another Chapter-Four Mysterious
Deaths.-since the above was written, our
reporter has had conversation with Judge
Justice, who visited this county 47years ago,
and settled here three yeals later. When he
first came here the place referred to was oc-
cupied as tavern stand, and the tavern was
kept by man named Leason and his wife.
The tavern had hard reputation, and sever
al mysterious deaths occurred in it, three
be specially remembers, but all Of the parties
we're properly buried. One of these was a
man from the east, who had come west, with
quite large sum of money, to invest in
lands. He purchased sOue property near
where Gusdorfs packing house now stands,
but took sick soon after, died suddenly, and
was buried in the lot where the English
Catholic church now stands. His money,
it was commonly averred, was distributed
smong a number of the towuspeOpe. Not
long after, his wife came west, searching for
him, and put up at the same house, died sud-
denly, and was buried beside her husband.
The bodies were both raised and re.interred
in the new cemetery, when the church was
built.
Another sudden death occurred in this
wise A stranger.had stopped at the house,
and, iu the evening, engaged in game of
cards with some others. The game of cards
went on, and on went the game of death un-
noticed. All at once the stranger ceased to
play. He held his cards in his hand, and
apparently gazed at them inten1y, but the
glare was the glaze of death His comrades
grew impatient, and demanded that he
should play, and it was not till af'er the de-
mand had been repeated that they discover
ed he was dead. His name was Howard
and he too was buried. Not long after this
LessOn. who had an liberated leg, died sud-
denly, from the effects Of arsenic which bad
I been pat il the sores. His wife was arress-
ed as his murderer, and though there was a
great deal of strong swearing, and an evident
desire to convict her, the jury failed 10 agree,
and she was discharged, Neither of these
cases would explainthe finding of the skele-
ton of the man in the cellar, although the in
ference would be stronger that foul means
had placed him there. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the remains we're those of 'front.'
iersman, killed in an Indian fight, and hasti.
ily buried by his friends, as suggested above.