The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-04-05

The victim OF this mans bloody hands
WAS . beautiful girl Of only fourtesr
years. The murderer and his victim
were betrothed in marriage but the cur
rent Of love was rufiisd and broken by
the girls parents Withholding their con,
sent to the hnal ceremony; it is bu,
proper to state las be does that theii
consent Was once given, but afterwards,
through the influence Of others, It was
withdrawn. Carr, finding his suit to BE-
lall in vain, Immediately plotted, In the
seclueion Of his heart, that be would
\ shed the life blood Of his af1aneed rather
than suffer any one else to get her. And
too, well did be execute his horrible de.
sign. Coming upon her almost unawares,
as it were, he held friendly converse with
her for few moments, and then, with
worse than savage barbarity, sprang
upon his victim, and despite her cries
for mercy, and her promise to marry
him, the hesrtless wretch, with razor,
continued to inflict wounds upon her per.
son until she lay dead at his feet, literally
cut to pieces. He then attempted to
take his own life, first by shooting him.
self, and then cutting his throat; but
death came not to him, seeming, as il
were, that in satisfaction of his terrible
crime, he was doomed to die at the
hands of the Law. The 21st day Of JAN
uary, 1869, in consequence Of this will
be long remembered As day Of blood.
| THE ARREST.
He was taken ty the officers of the
law in an apparently lifeless condition,
near the very spot where he had slain
the girl ; and after being sufficiently re.
stored he was brought to the county Jail,
in st. Clairsyille, February 2, 1869, since
which time he has been in the careful
custody of Sheriff Hays.
THE TRIAL.
At the March term, 1869, bill OF
murder in the first degree was found
against him. On March 6 he entered q
plea Of not guilty. His case came on
for trial at the June term, and, notwith.
standing his able defense at the hands of
ID. d. T. Cowen and o. j. Swaney, he
was convicted by q jury Of his own
choosing almost, on Tuesday, June %.
and on Tuesday, June %, he received
his death sentence from the Court Judge
John 5. Way presiding.
THE SENTENCE.
On Tuesday, June %, the motion for
new trial being overruled, he received
his sentence as follows: THAT you be
taken hence to the county Jail from
whence you came, and there be safely
and securely kept until the goth day Of
August, 1869, and on that day to the
place Of execution; and between the
hours of "a. NJ and p. n. of the same
day, that you be hanged BY the neck till
you BE dead and may God have mercy
on your soul" He received his sentence
with the same stolid indifference which
he had manifested during the whole of
the trial.
TIE WRIT OF ERRoR.
The application for the writ Of error
came before the Supreme Court, and in
January, 1870. the Judgment Of the lower
Conf VAS ratised and bis final death
warrant was issued by the Supreme
Court. to be executed on Thursday,
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