Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-30
Yallandiglnm,s Last LAW Cnse.

Nallandigham's Last Law Case.
The Mcclellan murder trial, the case
y in which the Hon. c. l.. Nallandigham
i was engaged as counsel at the time OF
his death, has created great interest in
Southern Ohio, on account OF certain pol
itical relations, and because its occur
romeo involved the exposure of many
prominent men of Hamilton, Ohio, as
irequenters of a faro den. On the night
of December "a, Thomas Meyers, Re-
publican, was shot, as alleged, in gam
bling saloon, by one of party OF five
men, who according to the indictment,
entered the place with intent to commit
the murder, AMI according to precon-
certed conspiracy. The five men were
Thomas Mcclellan, now on trial; Jack
Carver, Daniel McG!ynn, James Nc
Gehan and Ich Shelley, ali democrats.
| The charge against them each is indent.
zeal, and the latter four will be tried ia
turn after James Mcclellan. Job E.
Owens, one of the chief witnesses for the
prosecution, is Chief of the Fire Depart
ment of the Hamilton, and was in the
Ialo saloon when the crime was commit
ted. His story of the affray, as given by
correspondent oflhe Cincinnati Gazette
is as follows:
When Mr. Owens entered the faro.room
he sat at the table, and looked at the |
game, with his back directly turned to !
the room behind In five minutes or
less, he heard moving of chairs and !
rusLling at the taro-table. He then |
arose, faced about, aid saw crowd of
halt dozen person surging between the !
taro-table and the west wall. Then there !
appeared TO be pistol shot fired, where
upon the crowd dispersed, a part falling
back to the east partofthe room. While
Mr.. Owens was trying to escape, Meyers
called out murder. Mr.. Owens then
to try to stop the riot, and
touched Meyers on the arm, and said
"My God, Meyers, this won't do" Mey-
ers turned his face Mr. Owens discov-
cred a spot of blood on mis- forehead
about the size Of dime. Mr.. Owens
supposed this was a pistol shot through
his brain. From his paralyzed appear
anee, the look of his face and eyes, Mr..
Owens supposed he was dead man. He
hen fled Before he reached the street
door, he heard five successive shots.
Mr.. Follett made long argument for
the prosecution on Friday. He dwelt at
length upon that part of the evidence
intended to sustain the plea OF the de.
tense that Meyers may have shot him.
self, saying that the theory of Meyers
shooting hlmselfwas only an evidence OF
HE straits to which the defense were
pushed Brewers Zone of the witnesses
eye was on Meyers pistol when the fatal
shot was fred, aud he testified that il was
not entirely drawn from his pocket at
hat time. In the next place, theory
hat Joe Meyers punched the hole in the
'est and pants of Meyers, was combated
~ Mr.. FOIlett. Counsel for defense
miled and suggested that it might have
'eenshot through after the murder. The
peaker then answered that the marks.
nan who shot those holes in the pants
Ind vest after the murder must have been
| marvel Of accuracy. They were lust
where they would cover the wounds
n the body of Meyers, and the mark
# the ball that passed through the
mus was oh Iuo part ol the suspend
RS attached to the button hole torn off
" the ball. He then dwelt upon the
Inference in the weight Of the pistol
'alls. The one taken from the floor. and
fred from Meyers pistol, was
he heaviest. Meyers pistol was larg-
n aud fred avier ball than the pis.
oil seen in the hands of Tom Mcclellan
en- days before the murder. The trial
would have been completed to-day if it
lad not been so sadly interrupted. The
ollowing word, written by the CORES
'ondent of the Cincinnati Gazette on
friday, read very strangel. now: "Mr.
dlliken will commerce his argument on
saturday morning. Whether Mr.. Val
andigham will follow in the afternoon
lepends upon circumstances. Y.
Tribune.