Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-06-13
IINCHING or J1MIESON,
who Killed MIR. Locke, OF Bethel.

The reckless career OF y bad and IN.
prncipled man, was brought to \ sudden
termination on Sunday afternoon last, in
n quiet community across the river, at
the hands OF men who have a reputation
rs peaceable and law abiding citizens.
and who would, under ordinary circum-
stances, imperil their own lives TO pro-
tcci even the stranger in their midst
Under the roof, and at the hoSpitable
boards o: these men. many a poor way.
farcr has had cause lu thank the kind
Providence which has given him a true
friend among strange faces. And yet
among these men who come aS near prac
tising in their daily lives the prcccpls of
the Gospel Cf The Good Shepherd rs il is
given to morlalS III any community to
do, ,,hc strong arm OF the law is relieved
of its duty, and career of violence
brought TO violent termination. Under
circumstances so peculiar. the facts re-
la;ing To- the affair will be found to have
peculiar interest.
At the fall term of the District Court
in 1870, held in Yanklon. Il man giving
his name rs james .Jamicson. was ticd
Tor the murder Of comradc, near Fort
Budiord. named John Caflrcs. The cvi~
dence was strong against him, but for
some reason no WAS not convicted. nj
though the opinion seemed to prevail al
most universally. OF his guilt. Upon be-
ING discharged from custody. in October
last. he shipped rs dcck-hand on boa,d
the Steamer Pcninab, but soon afterwards
left her, and crossed over into Nebraska.
Passing down The river into Cedar Coun
", he formed the acquaintance OF n man
named Locke, who WAS engaged in cut
ting cord wood for steamboats,, living by
himself at n small cabin in the woods
Locke was quiet, industrious and inof'
! fcnsiye German, without IN enemy so far
as is known. \ few days after Jameson
formed his acquaintance, brother OF
Locke, happening to visit the cabin, found
the wOodcutler murdered. and the house
plundered, the deed having been COM
mitied day or two beiole. Suspicion
fell immediately upon Jameson, and in-
qniry showed that he had disappeared at
about the time the murder had evidently
been committed. He was traced across
the river. and TO Elk Point. From there.
there were no traces oi him afterwards.
until the officers got upon his track Mt a
saw mill, eight miles below Onawa, 10.
wa, where he was employed. Here he
seems to have formed an attachment fol
servant girl named Maggie Glen, and
it was through her that he was after
wards traced up and captured. by means
of letter addressed TO him under the
name which he had assumed, that ol
John M'Belh. This name. by the way,
was his true one, and the one OF Jamie.
son. which he was previously known by,
was AN alias.
On Friday of last week he was brought
from Omaha TO Sioux City. taking The
stage next morning for Yankton. accom-
panied by the Deputy Sheriff OF Wood
bury County, Iowa, and John w. Pinncy'
Sheriff of Cedar County, Nebraska. -
But few persons knew of his arrival here,
on the stage, last Saturday evening, and
shortly afterwards he was taken across
the river in skitf, by Mr.. Pinney, and
taken 10 the house OF Saby Strahm. Pre-
vious to hi, arrival here, he had been in
tcrvicwed ut Sioux City and elsewhere,
bui had denied his guilt. AT tho same
time he dreaded being taken into Cedar