The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-20
WHOLEaNO. 976

the wild tale ofh his love. lThai
night he returned home the ac.
ceptedlsuitor of Ellen Munroe..
Though her father might moi
entirely have a approved p ? Of, her
choice, he loved her too fondly
to thwart her inclinations in a
matter so momentous to her
future happiness, and hisacon.-
sent was freely granted to their
'union+uit was then late in the
fall, and a day was fixed early
i'm the ensuing spfihg & for nup
ItiaIS. But his day dreams Of.
felicity were destined to be
brieiAohe month from the
pGqf5tYyq q5y ~ |ipgl Ing lfnatHe9rTy5lleY related
saw him incarceratedlin, o. dun.
geop; upon aichaEges of the
most heinous and fearful crime
!wilfpl and deliberate MURDER
The evidence against him was
wholly. circumsfantial,, But at,
thegisaf3e tiYe So 3eponyciGpsai$yse I IN
it's tsg gngatttrIfe, ngatttrIfe, , as al almost + pre-
,clude the possibility rhisin..
,nocence. .lay 5lidR o iitw d
. The circumstances were
these:o a quarrel had taken
place between : himselfniand
Captain Henderson ofthef army,
/ one Of the rejected, $sult9Fs, s, of
Ellen The quarrel had been
dcubtlesS-sought,by the soldier
in a moment of pique on7iirst
learning Of the shtcess of his
rival. A challenge passed, was
accepted, and "a day appointed
for the meeting. J, The evening
preceding the appointed, day,
Henderson, was found muir
dered byather roadside; 1iat, a
short. distance ircm, him was
discovered, among the ileaves
a? dirk, khowaa by many to
be the properly Of Raymond,
and which had been seen in his
possessionson othe morning of
the murderle Raymond was
also seen coming from the
woods in which the body was
found, "a few hours before its
discovery. An examination o.
the wounds of the murdered
man discovered the fact thai
he had been attacked from be-
hind, and showed beyond
doubt that Raymond's dirk waE
the weapon with which the
wounds had been inflicted. An
other circumstance which hat
no Fmall weight with many
was the fact of his making ne
preparations for the approach
ing duel by "practicing," as i
is technically termed among
duellists. Opposed to thi
overwhelming mass Of circum
stautial evidence he had moth
irg to offer, but the cleares
testimony of an unblemishe,
character from his earliest in
fancy up to the moment OF hi
incarceratiom Is ~fW agIVI
ii There was but one opinion a
to his guilt; all concurred ii
depouncing him as 2 col,
blooded and cowardly assassin
aWhither are Dyyou1going, ,aEl
lens" said Judge Muhfoe to hi
daughter, as she passed him i
the hail in the afternoon Of th
day succeeding the murdeI
"W herefbre have you your bor
'net'and cloak9 Surely you ar
not going out in this raing@'
81 am going to see him, fath
er,s she replied, in z a voic,
husky 9 With b9emotion,, ba
breathing determined resolu
ton ihteyefy tone. ,"' u.t.i, @al ,
ton n"My laughter dearest rchild
Won must think ofhim no more,
exclaimed the olG manfburst
ing into tears and throwing hi
, arms around herneck&4it wa
the first tfthe the subject ha
beer. mentioned and indee
the first time he had seen he
! since the fatal discovery.
! H. r. t@'FTstEheqB,' a,a exclaimed th
maiden, in the same ssnbdue