The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-30
FREMONT SANDU8KY COUNTY OHIO FRIDAY JULY 8G 1862

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Evidence.
4 The following story, founded on facts
win show to the reader the great and
! sad mistakes that are sometimes made
in cOnyicting men on circuInstaHtial
, leYidenee, There have been a great
many men tried for high crimes and
convicted, and even in some cases ex-
, ecuted, and long after they are dead,
Z or perhaps while they are serving out
: q sentence in some prison; the truth has
FbeeH revealed, and It is seen they have
!, isnfered unjustly and without cause.--
|. The story we are about to tell is one Of
the last kind. so1 % ,smaH sao
an the year Is--, in the city Of New
/ York. there occurred a most atrociOus
murder A woman was found lying
on the stairs of q house in - street.
with her throat cut from ear to ear.
/ Near BY her laid the weapon with which
the crime had been committed. It was
a racer, and when found it was covered
with her blood. ID The police and de-
tectiyes soon came and took possession
/ Of the house snd removed the body to
the room occupied by the deceased
when alive, and the officers began the
task Of tracing the murd erer, Three
or four days had passed by, when a de-
tectve arrested samsn who lived close
iby. The razor which had been found
was proved to Be his property, and be
was unable to account for Its being out
of his possession, nor could he deny
that it belonged to him. After the IN
quest was held, he was committed by
the coroner to await bis trial for murder,
and in about months time the trial
came on. wa 30 lesaso3l 10 .nofs1gis
Cd The evidence produced on the part
Of the prosecution was simply that the
razor with which the crime had been
committed was his; buta few DAYS pre-
vious to the murder, he had had a quar-
rel with the deceased, and had threat
ened her with personal violence. Upon
these two points the prosecuting officer
built up a theory that could not be
shaken by the council for the prisoner,
who did not deny that the razor be-
longed to- his client, but at the same
time be was unable to prove by witness
that he dad not commit the deed,
The strange chain of circumstantial
evidence on the part Of the prosecution
had great effect upon the minds Of
the twelve men composing the Jury and
the result was they returned a verdict
Of guilty ..s IA 3. ssa 5oos .... IA
He was then asked BY the judgs, pre-
paTatory to passing sentence Of death
upon him, whether he had anything to |
say why Judgment should not be pro
nOunesd upon him. To this hsrephed,
in a firm voice: edi saiialsa iss7sidI md
Il have been tried for crime 1 |
never committed and found guilty 1t |
would be useless for me TO say again |
that am not guilty but l say now that
l will have to suffer for some other berLol
sons crimes" II. =. ao.s-s1oo, .4s1
As soon as he was through he vas
sentenced and a month afterwards he
suffered the penalty Of death. The
whole community was sure of his guilt |
and the justice of his sentence, but
whether they we're night or not remains
Ito be- SEEN. . 3 ilQaiIqc
Three or four years bsd rolled away,
and the principal characters in the fore
going had long been forgotten, when
enc day in the spring Of the year We
we're called upon to visit a man Who
was lying at the point Of DEATH, The
house in which he was breathing his
last was a dilapidated tenement, situat-
ed in q cross street on the west side of
the city, Upon entering We proceeded
up ricketY flight Of stairs, and entep.l
ed a plainly furnished room, in one
corner Of which stood bedstead, on
which the dying man was lying, Hay-
ing approached him, he said IN a, very /
low and almost inaudible tone, that be /
desired to say something that had long
-preyed upon his conscience. After he
had enjoihed secresy upon us he, pro-
-ceeded to tell the following: I've =
= t'You al remember There were three
Of Us there-his sister, priest, and
myself) the woman that was found
murdered in - street. and the man
that was sfterward hung on charge
of killing her. "1ei ~" '5Ai0-l
Upon telling him we remembered I'll
very well, be continued: ~ III
The man that was hung was ilno-1
cent, and I am the one who killed her,
l had been gambling and lost and
when I put my hand into my pocket to
get some money I found had noneo
and that some one had taken it. I then
started home in a passion, and on the
way / passed the house Of the man who 4
was hung. Il was warm night and /
bis window was up; 90 tie window sill
I saw the razor and took it, but did not
intend to use It as I afterward did,
When ] reached the house / met Lizzie
coming out, and we both started up-
stairs again. Issked her why she took
my money, and she said she took it to
keep it for me. I told her she had no
right TO take it and she ssid something 4
[ did not like, and / cut her. Previous to
this had been living with her two years. I;
As soon as saw what 1 had done, / II
went almost crazy. i fed to Albany,
where / IFemainea until it was all over,
and then fCans back l.
During this recital we were all more
or less affected, especially his sister,
who was almost erazed by what she had
ust heard. ~
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