The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-08
The DOUBLE MURDER.
What the Murderer Says About it
Who He Is, and Why He Undertook
10 Destroy Whole Family.

TO Destroy Whole Family.
The telegraph gave a brief aceoun
Of the attempt of John Fl. Hunter t
murder the father, mother and broth
er of the object of his affection, a
Richfeid, Summit county, on Satur
day, May 9th. The murderer wa
Immediately arrested and confined il
the jail at Akron. He has been visit
ed By correspondent OF the 'Cleve
land Herald, and here is what the un
fortunate wretch says about the blood,
transactions
MY name is John II. Hunter: wa,
blrn in England; am about 80 year
Of age; came TO Canada about l6 year
ago; stayed there three years, theI
came to the States 10 Michigan; hav,
lived all over; stayed year or two il
a place"
/ Here the prisoner gave vent To hi;
I feelings, and exclaimed:
80 Chloe o Chloe! you caused nv
ruinatiOn.n This he repeated several
times. On becoming more calm he
stated that he first saw ChlOe's pic.
ture in an album in her sisters house
in Alma, GratiOt county, Mich, and
asking who she was said, she was M v
wife, I'd bet u thousand dollars. /
asked the sister for the picture and OBJ
tanned it; asked sister to write to Chloe
and state all the circumstances con-
cerning myself just as they were, and
request of her to write to me if she
was not engaged. In two weeks | re-
ceived a letter from her requesting me
to write and accepting correspondence.
This commenced in March, 18T0.-
Last Fall, about apple picking time, /
came here at her request to see her,
and staid three days at her house.
got there 4 day ahead of time agreed
upon, walked from Hudson to Rich
field as 1 was in a hurry to see my in
tended wife. She opened the door and
threw her arms around me and kiss
ed me, introduced me as Mr.. Hunter
of Michigan. | spent all the evening
with her alone. On going home to
Michigan l stOppeda week in Oberlin,
wrote to Chloe tC come there and see
my sisters, and she did so. When /
started for Michigan she returned to
Richfleld. l had been home some
five or six weeks when 1 heard that
one of ChlOe's sisters had said she
would break off the match between us
because | smoked. This made me an
cry and / wrote 10 Chloe but she did
not answer me. When Chloe came
out to visit her sisters / called to see
her, but they would not let ME see
her, / took off my coat and swOre I
would see my intended wife. Her
sister told me to be quiet, that Chloe
was up stairs dressing. People had
accused me of being crazy, and Mrs.
Gargett, ChlOe's brothers. wife, search
ed me to see if I was armed. Mr..
James Gargett is the greatest rascal
in the whole country. He told Chloe
that my character was not good. -
When Chloe came down stairs she
was very white and would not shake
hands with me at first. l told her if
she wanted to break off the engage
ment, she must give me back the
deed of the Sl00 lot 1 had given her
and my engagement letters. She has
never done so. After this shesent for
me to call on her, and I went most
every night and also in the day time,
and satisfied her that the stories were
false she had heard about me. said
[ considered we We're married ana she
said she did, and what has made me
reveal these things is that they abus- !
ed me becaused L was poor. Size came
here about three weeks ago, and L !
have never heard from her my mind |
mas been so troubled about her that 1
asst Saturday started from Elm Hall, |
went to Detroit, and took boat there /
md got to Cleveland Saturday morn |
ng, then took the hack for RichfeId. |
talked with the driver about the /
amily, don't remember what I said. /
met Rodney at the Centre, told him |
wanted him to intercede with ChOle |
md get me an interview with her
lie said the old folks would never let |
ne have her, but if 1 did marry her 1 |
must not take her away. but must /
ettle down there with him. When 1 /
vent to the gate the old man struck 4
shoot Rodney ply
Here the prisoner broke completely |
Iown. He did not appear to know |
hat he had shot the mother or the |
10Y, and his grief was painful to wit
less. His whole story as given here
he occupied nearly two
hours in giving, often giving way to
yrief.