, 1869-04-20
AN OHIO TRAGEDY.
4 Man Found Guilty OF Numbering
his Strp-Fathcr.

From The 1tdid tD.} ltTthtlGhf, april H.
The t.tal Of Henry Wilson for the murder Of his
Inc Court durh.4, the past Week, resulted on Non
lay evening IN verdict Of murder IN the first de-
The partcs f,,th lived near each other, On the
f-!:a of Wilson i mother, Mrs, Fletcher. An ire
ol.lisble aniulosity seems 70 have existed be.
tWss ,t' them since The marriage Of Fletcher, IN
ApIil lath with Wilson 3 mother, an old Ia4ly Of
=, - Or ys ~ ysSM Each have made frequent threats
seent ta w.6n ~ 1a In s n
Fletcher yet-1at he Wo.ld s'eiye him Just three
Only 70 have increased &, bisterns:ss S: SUI Of
his feelings against Fletcher. until i,
amounted a. to aoaolase frsnzy; Is he brood
soul seems to haye poisoned % aEaiSst bis M
aSainst her ana bis step!sthes q appesrea pia IL
ees samuel T m n ssa1s oIta fs5
witness, testified that Wilson, Ehen Intoxicated,
had told him a1ort time before the murder, that
be wilson,> "Toald klli bath Fletcher and his
them, and cnt their Cd id hearts out and
hitch horse to ,ae!r heels anl drag them out to
the woods, and It he hogs eat them.n We may
imagined F1etchtr's marriage Was designed to de-
prize the heirs at his mothers death, was the
chief bone Of contention between them. Wilson'a
Faer ,h sq a and
borhood, n1e supposed to have shared his feelings
On this subject. hut the sy1npathes Of the rest OF
e,chnr ~ 9eaa meTG IT, ueeaae WIN f!etshes
taKed hasy sSas ~
be was malicious In his character.
Ia rh Sin ~ ~ d.fds ~ - t.e zsd OF .uiy
ing hls wife that he was going few hlnred 5ar1ls
1n1 I'VE nn oo " gnp u !enee Haen
sone ene eaa ,h ~ 1e n @ ~ !etng doNn
rcs nS f1a1, ,hs ,h hnraa I lew
snnso.o ~ ~ nnr1op ~ ~ qn!TS
ss ~ :. soa.i IA = t ~ Seirse. VII
n1,a .n ,h ~ snI1na, ~ ~ % ~ % %o!gos
heen anneasnd cinnd soSered ~ r,ann ~ ~
9us .G Tis. ,st ss, Au .ts sag
hij IN his own breast, # be- had stared ,sere and
kept ns own coohtel, nls cnme never coMd have
eeen f9sea!eo oelue q aulnao t1ao1nA' bat muir
aei VIII oqt. ..,
samue! FetueFeE. nea[ neignnor, nearing the
pistol shots and Tue cry OF mur.!er, started With
When near ne aasn they heard voice at WI.
vi Wilson % relied Sos @ much, NJ but ktlled s nn
Aoout niteen mnasss Atse, a 19ls s"o pe!sons were
seen coming aeso.s tie neld from the direction oi
milo from Wilsoa1- They went INTO Wilson's
house, and soon adam Folck and hls wife, and
Wilson and his vie came out with 1atup and
up to where Fletcher lay; rettlcrcH and Roberts
followed tnem re" rous oealna ana remained
concealed hilson stopped over the b0IS, and
to which Wilson replied, "Yes, by Cd, an q
sure shot" reitlc.eT then made hmsef known,
and.sad: "Do5s, tnis is pfrtty work. ISN'T !! = tG
Wnse1 aG M;on; E ianH np fep9en t r. sh,t is H.
anu Inen ut me oses luz nea msn sas sa9 nntt = u
!ne Rna. . tneh @ IT." y r'0lsef a1lu Suot nul
Pst.icIeE mnd Wson ten oot tnto mn a]tcrca
oa aooat 1eats A. hot - rS9 slo h Ihat "asoI
nag maue ana veg 1uuue ~ nHnst mhsa Auan
ian Wi'snn nrnnosei Ia 20 ho,ne and lei H.
cor,ee so, liz she,n Il Tns ,nt,l mnrninD sartnw
{es nc s ~. ~ ;,trth II nhes, @ ~
1T ~ so9s 70 ~ ~ , hts paEs ~
~, Hjstor w.nt homs, nn,i waa nrnmaei frn1'
dnr sia.T ~ fha nt3cera ts hn rrrrsfe e.J him y
neti,c+eI y yhn @ vas Examined NJ 1rrat 1enorh
,.hcr th.1 Wi1snn io hm shat Vic,
h Ha,iad E1atcher H. Wsnn, vas On one stde 0
thc 1cnre and Fletcher on thc other,
,ne state eua most Ss Of whom confirmed Psttcrcw
e1.,e,nan1 Nhen sher referd to The sal,,e cub
iect ~' - --'5.
4 poss 1nntrn examination Of the murdered
diecoyercti TWO wounds. one was slight woun.
across tha fhrost ia front, the other on the ief
breast, passing between the nth and sixth ribs
brm. This wound, Dr Green testified, WIS neces
sariiy fats, ID less than minute. No marks 0
pow der were visible, aud Dr. Green did not thin,
nbysicians were examined, who thought that tn
pistol might haye been within twenty Inches Q
Inc boty and vet leave no powder marks Their
latter loaded and capped. Ills shot gun wss toun'
near by with both barrels loaded and capped.
The defence ciainned that tie killing vas in sell
defence, Their theory IL that Wilson vent TO tn
ba1n On the night oI he murder TO feed tho horses
that be then vent to the crib to get some corn
that he found the Glib door locked, aud started
f1e;cheT VIA ,oij n h,m he Shouldn't 20 to tt
| mouse unless Fletcher died 1Ist; that they Ind
scui5ie. % IN Which be ~ Tas thrown; that while npo