The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-10-04
Murder Will Out.
IN Extraordinary Story of Cire~nl
stantiaE EUidence.

Two men we're arrested in Franklin
county, last Tuesday as the murderers
of Gilmore r. Horton.
The facts of this rather extraordi-
nary case are, that Mr.. Horton, who
lived about fourteen miles below
Winchester and near the mountain,
was shot from his horse by some per-
sons from a concealed place in the cor
ner of a fence. Several persons heard
the guns, and the dead body was
found a few minutes atterward. Up
on examination it was found that two
men had been concealed in a corner
of the fence just where the road made
a sudden turn into q little branch, and
from the horses tracks, and the place
where the body was found, it was
clear that he was shot when the horse
was drinking. The cracks of the
fence had all been stopped with weeds
except the one through which the guns
were put. This was just before sun
down last Friday evening. Horton
was returning from town and was
within a mile OF home, and in a thick
ly settled neighborhood, there being
several houses in sight.
The %coroner's jury gave q verdict
that the killing was done by two I'M
known persons. .rf
The death of Mr.. Horton was tele-
graphed to Col A. s. Colyar, of this
city, who at once commenced to make
inquiries, but found that no one had
left the settlement. Taking two or
three reliable men with him, Colonel
Colyar went rapidly from house to
house, to hear the story of each man
and his family, interrogating each
separately, as to his whereabouts on
the day Of the murder, and at q school
! house, where the children were all ex-
amined separately, one boy stated
that a 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 and his tale heard.
He was not allowed to see Hop until
his story was fully given. They said
that they lett the house, one of them
about one mile from where the muir
der was committed, and that they
went up the mountain and stayed to-
gether until they returned; but one
said they came back before SHUTDOWN,
and the other that they returned one
hour after dark.
Without being formally arrested,
these men were kept until the next
day, but not allowed to talk to each
other. Early in the morning Colonel
Colyar started with one of them to
show his trip through the mountain,
which he did climbing and clambering
until he reached a point at the top of
the mountain between three and four
miles from home, then returning 10y a
different route. immediately after
ward the other one was taken and di-
rected to travel over the route which
they had both agreed they had trav-
eled together only last Friday evening,
and he reached the mountain by a road
at least two miles from the point the
other reached it The two routes 60
ing and returning, were totally differ
ent, and no man ever took a walk
with more trepidation tfan did the
last one, knowing the other had first
been over the ground. lheSe Two
men were burn and bred at the foot
of the mountain and know every
path.
This was regarded as the strongest
sort of evidence, but on examining
their shoes it was found they exactly
CONFIRMED to the measures. The
tracks in the field showed one shoe tc
be about a number nine, broad heel
and the right shoe run down. The
other was a small shoe, and the shoes
of both parties suited the fresh tracks
exactly.
Both OF these men lived ON an ad.
joining farm to Mr.. Horton, in sight
of bis house; had long been hostile tt
him, and had threatened to take hi:
lite.-NashviUe Banner.