Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-11-16
il DESPERATE CHICAGO REFUGEE
He Attacks a FARMER and Gets Killed.
he Lima LQhinA Gazetta.

| From the Lima (Ohio) Gazette
The fire in Chicago has begun to make
itself felt in the rural districts. Addi
tions are daily made to the population
of country towns. These additions con
sist generally of men with SCARED faces
and sinister looks, who are looking
around for some opening in the way Of
business and trade:
On last Saturday, October %, one OF
these enterprising unfortunates visited
some of our farmers in Amanda, Ger
man, and Marion Townships. in this
| county. He was in the horse trade.
| Wherever he went he wanted to buy
horses. All day Saturday was CONSUMED
| in fruitless attempts to buy horse.
Night found him in Marion Township,
about three miles west of Elida.
Between 7 and o'clock in the eve
ming he entered the house of Andrew
SteVer. Stever is about go years old, a
bachelor, and has the reputation of
owning considerable of this worlds
goods. He lives alone in small log
the house is situated, and has resided
here for twenty years past. He has the
reputation of being a peaceable, quiet,
inoffensive man.
After entering the house of Stever,
our horse buyer from the burnt district
introduced the subject of horses, and
proposed to buy one from Stever. Stew
er had none to sell. He then inquired
for matches, and requested Stever to
furnish him with some. This Stever
proceeded to do. The matches had
scarcely passed from his hand before the
stranger drew from his pocket revol-
yer, and, presenting it at Stever, asked
him "if he saw that 7' Stever replied
hot h hut hot I01o
for it.'' Stever in the mean time had
observed that the features of his visitor
were disguised by daubing mud in his
mustache and whiskers, which were of
not more than q weeks growth. Stew
er, therefore, by way of precaution land
which precaution had also probably been
quickened by the sight of the revolver)
opened the blade of pocket-knife, and
kept it in his hand-his hand in his
pocket.
A motion on the part of the stranger
to present his revolver was the signal on
which Stever acted. Grasping the hand
that held the pistol with his left hand,
he told the man he must leave the
house. A terrible struggle ensued.
Tables were turned over and broken,
and everything movable in the house
was displaced. Stever kept his hold
upon Gu0 plSGO1 dfIly Wull0 IH0 SGrduS0f
strove to beat him over the head with
the pistol as severely as was possible un-
der the death grip of Stever. While
this was going forward, Stever continued
with his right hand to ply the knife.
This he continued to do, although he
was under, to so good purpose that, to
use his own language, he made him
"grunt." His hold upon Stever relaxed,
when Stever raised from the floor, the
stranger rising with him. On getting
to their feet the stranger reeled and fell
in the portal of the door, when Stever
jumped over him and ran to a neighbor
"a Mr.. Carr. With Mr.. Carr he re-
turned to the house, where they found
the nocturnal visitor where he fell. He
gave one or two gasps after they got to
the house, and was dead. The Coroner's
inquest, on Sunday, developed the fol-
lowing facts: Before entering the house
he visited the stable and procured
bride. This, with his hat, overcoat,
and shawl, he left near stack of straw.
On his person were found six watches,
two revolvers, one single-barreled pistol,
and $3.50 in money. His arms were
tattooed with India ink. He was ap-
parently about As years old, with as for
bidding features as one seldom sees.
There was nothing on his person to mark
who he was or whence he came. The
Coroner's jury examined Stever, and
the body of the unknown was disposed
of by the Coroner.