The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-09-21
Progress Of the Matter.

Martin, whose trial before q MaglStrAteI
Court we alluded 10 last week. after an in
|ye.tirltiou, were held to bail in the sum o
$4,000, This they could not give, anc
were brought to this place on Monday ant
mt In iaiI. AZ to their guilt or innocence
we cannot say. nor do we mean to prciu-
lice any one by saying that public opin.
ion rather condemns them rs the murder,
crs of Mr.. Horton. An article in The
Nashville Banner details how the supposed
gssassins were detected, and we extract
from it as follows:
The death oi Mr. Horton was telegraph
ed to Col0ntl 4. s.. Colyar, Of this city,
who was his brOther-in-law, and ON the
Sunday nights train Colonel Colyar left
Nashville, reaching Winchester early
Monday morning lie took three young
son. together with Mr.. h. +. McGhre. and
hurried on to the neighborhood Of the
murder. Finding no collected facts sUf-
fcient to justify the arrest of any partic-
MAR person, Colonel COlyNr at once com
menced to make enquiries throughout the
entire neigh borhood, but found that no
one had lett the settlement. Taking two
or three reliable men with him, Colonel
Culyar, before il was know that he was
in the neighUOrhOOt, WAS moving rapidly
from house to house. to hear the story OF
every man and his family, intcrrogating
each separately, as to his whereabouts ON
the day of the murder. Colonel Colyar
made known his purpose to ferret ont the
murderer. The plan was to have, before
night, every mans " account OF his
own and of his neighbours movements on
the day OF the murder, as far as he could
End them, and then put all together and
see what could be developed.
At Il Scho0lhOusc, where the children
were all examined separately, one boy
stated That Il boy named Bill Martin told
him that Monroe and Hop Martin were out
in the mountain that day, Friday last,
hunting sheep. This, Bill denied upon
examination. Monroe was then first seen
ard his tale heard. he was not allowed to
So .'ou until his story was fully given.
They agreed that they lett the house Of
one Of them about one mile from where
the murder was committed. and that they
went up the mountain and staid together
until they returned. But one. however.
said they amt back before shutdown, and
the other that they returned one hour after
dark. One said they went half way up the
mountain. followed a bench Of the noun
tain and went three miles, and then one
went on top. The other said they kept
the road until they got on top. One said
they saw no game of any sort; the other
that they found a gang of turkeys, GOT af-
ter them and were kept until late. One
said they came back down the mountain
before Sund0Wn; the other that they re-
turned in the night. Both insisted that
they saw nobody from the time they left
home until they got back. While one of
them said they were hunting sheep, the
other claimed they were hunting cattle.
Without Icing formally arrested, these
men we're kept until the next day, but not
allowed to talk to each other. Soon in the
morning Col, tuiyar started with one of
them 10 show his trip through the noun
tain which he did, climbing and Chamber
ing until he reached n point at the top of
the mountain between three and four
miles from home, then returning by a DIFF |
tcrrnt route. Immediately aiterWard the
other was taken and directed to travel
the route which they both agreed
they mad travelled together only last Fri
day evening, and he reached the mountain
by u road a. l1a.ttWu miles from the point
where the other reached it. The two
routes going and returning, were totally
different, and 40 man ever took q walk
wi /. more trepleatIon than did the last
one, knowing the other had first been over
thc ground. These two men were born
and bred at the foot Of the mountain. and
know every path.
This was regarded az the strongest sort
of evidence, bat on examining their shoes
u was found they exactly COntormed to
the measures. The tracks in the field
-"nUpl bHR shan to NO uIEIlf a prNhpp ,
nine, road heel, and the right shoe run
down. The other was u small shoe and
quite gcntrel IN shape-ratLer Il fashion
able shoe or boot and the shoes of both
parties suited the tracks precisely.
Both Of these men lived on an adjoining
farm toMr. Horton, in sight OF his house;
had long been hostile to him, and had
threatened his life. Mr. Horton was the
owner Of ono of the finest farms in the
country, and one of the men accused Is the
Owner Of two adjoining farms, the lower
one of which he was at in the morning
and near the road which Mr.. Horton pass
ed IN going to town.
This extract is based upon facts, so far
as we can learn, and embraces most of the
The character Oflhe parties is quite inter
Mr.. Horton was a courageous and
upright man, but with serious faults. His
had made him unpopular, and the
constant, annoying hostility Of ,ome evil
disposed persons made him reckless.
Monroe Martin is a man Of. property,
and, although OF Horizons politics, is "A pol
lite man, and makes no enemies by being
DIt NOLAN rLa ,tI,rr hnrti, 1, -, 90 ,.nr !
ably known, as far as we can learn. Mr..
says the Martins were detected by
Him after a thorough canvass of the
lcighborho0d, and by taking them, one at
tiHc, into the mountain, to show their
on the Friday Of the murder. The
contradiction i'll their statcments-tAe
agreement of their shoes to the
tracks the murderers made in leavin"
place where the murder was done, es-
-ahlishcs their guilt. Mr.. COlyar thinks.
most cOncluSively. However it may turn
out, we hope ii will influence the most en-
action toward discovering the
murdercgs of Mr.. Weaver. We under
that the Attorney General and
Jury have used every effort in this
respect By summoning men from the
leighborhoOd of Mr. Viewers murder, ,
and they either refused to give evidence,
'r We're ignorant. But the hOmely saying
S true, that murder wiU out, and thank
God for it. We value life too lightly, as I
I mothers should undergo the perils of I
childbirth and the pains Of rearing chill !
'rcn for the sole purpose of furnishing '
oOd for murder. .