The New York herald., 1871-11-24
RORRsBLE MURDER In CLEVELAND.
An Old and Much Respected Negro More
Than Bulchered.
The Victim Was a Well KaOwn Republican
Stamp Speaker.
From the Cleveland Herald, Nov. o.,

from the Cleveland Herald. Nov. 22]
On Tuesday .ofeii0on was pcrlelri ed one or the
foulest and Uolaest murders and dis
covered IN lnis ely. Ja,icS Il. Swtns, Il muiattv,
WHO rcslues 81 Cedar avenue wacre he keeps q
TN snor, was round ny ns nelgnoor, Jaat after noon
aeld. his mead snuck.ngls battered Win hammer,
wilcn Was also ioiid iynig near hun on The doO
wh.g ~ quite an aged III al. and mas lived Tor many
years IN these eIiiises dutlix ms own houscwCrk
anu dev0tIng MS time ~ the occupation oi tnncr
keeping 4 s,na snUp and store IN the front
palt VI the Uunaing. BE probably arose on
Tuesday ulurninK, AS usual. atd bu IRE to
prepare his mvrnlng', me-. aS smoke was seen by
h.s nexnburs i>saina from the chimney OF the
hruse. Aucit eighi O'CLOCK Il noise was heard IN
sde Oi SWING 8 house ny some people rcsidIas IN
room hich ~ U4iy lew fcct removed rom The
house III when the murdered man was afterwards
fOl.id they uiu mol, bu"cver. suspect amy ihing
wrun5 AID MADE iuphir, us 10 the cause Of the
u.iua,ural aUuii0s A nttie bu, auaii tweive wears
Old, thc uvrt Shle Of tile eel nearly
OF oslte 10 the mouse III wn.cu wing uved. went TO
See The dcccuscd shortly alier O'Clock on
day nvrn.ng. lac sa,s that swung was AZ that time
sitting w Cue ne siuokig. while ms brcSAIass was
IOokisiG.
Incle was also IN the room at the same tune
muidtlo, apparently twenty years DID, Who was
were excnanYcI Ue,wcen SWING and the unknown
vlsnOr, Dut u what nature ne uOes i,Ot rccoiect,
that snort time the latter handed the paper
TO SWING aud departed. eaving swing stiii sitting
b., the stove. IN, uey dd not notice anything iecu-
mar In Inc actions o. e,tIrr swing or Inc young
man. whom no sAvS has Uecn NJ ne snOp several
times upUre. NOtnin< more WIS seen Oi lne victim
untiI ms eIess corpse was iound ou, one O'Clock.
IL appears very strange thai nVbo,ty went 10 tno
store before thar time, uut sucn appears 10
nave been the Case. About that time Mr.
J. Amer, who resides on Garden street,
near 10 SWINGS place, assoc across the street
irvm store on the cppusite suc where he had been
10 TRANSACT some business lor the purLose ol seeing
II SwIng nal complcled small JOD for which an
uer mad been let SON days DC ore. just IA no
stepped On me or of swings hou-c Mr. lanraus
drove up and got uuO uf lS wagon. Tue ooJect ui ms
v.st vas ne afterwards san. 10 ''have friendly
conversation wi.h the Old man, ianrans learned
the unlicts' tr the shO, Of SWING ami says he
MAS III the habit oi irequeatIv stopping To STE iIm
The mont dcOt ,UuId smut but letei AID
the men walked III. pas>ing al once mlc me STOP IN
the rear. See.us uothing OF MN tacy went INTO The
back ard, one ueii rciiar~iiig tht ne iiighS oe
ouL Attending 10 his cI,chens. Alter lobkma about
Tie yard ihey went BACK .nlo the house. when iaey
Erst discovered twu iar9e LOoi5 oI blood which
were nOUr uirecliy IN the oath they hal Just
passea ..ver. AZ nrst they were mol positive as o
its beng blood; but upon slight examination trc
reason ior IT'S DcDg there ami iep ar,iing LIS
Mr.. labraus Thought thai u might uc The oO0d u o
pre,n,ses Out ,s quantity would not admit Of sucn
utun 10 the mvslery, aud incy then Hrst sus.
pected "iou piaj." inty u ied u open i'e n,room
duui, but ~ waS locke,L they Raped loudly and
c,llied SWING bs namc hui no answef came. 0ne OF
tnem went around the house 10 louk INTO the bed
rom wInuow, DuL q map WAS hung across II, ana II
was not sible zee unythii. on Inc inside OF tho
room. they went The street aiu hailed Mr.. NJ.
j. Llwrouce, who was drlstng Uy, asking uim II he
had seon a.J tninY ot Swiig, ami reiatg tue mys-
ferrous uuinsiAnces TO hin. Tie hfeG went hack
into t,e house, anu exaIniiias ths door, oaEd WAT
Il WAS Iastclied outside bs sHttl OOit coin.
bincd III The lock. Upon opening the door one OF
the most sckenlLg scenes thai the Inauguration can
depict presented Itseii, ana caused them inVolun-
tariiy 10 recou with horror There on Tue nuur, In
a mosg unnatural po lti,n, lay the 'aurdeted man
who nni uctn the object Oi thcf search. Ills body
WAS 50 bcn IA to a,iniit u With The narrow space
Oi tue roum Ills arms were bare, a,d one oi them
III se -prcectlon or IN tac sgony Of the dcnin
sirugalc, lis face WIS turncd upward ami ih-
chncu toward the door. he handle OF
soldering was protruding from his mouth,
aud wnen tue physician ca,ue TO remove
IL he iound that u nld teen driven In
with a wicked orcc, and II required u considerable
euv / u extract u. In MS le the ,ec,ased had
very pecu,iar II. pcarinB eye u ucig evidently
bind aud AZ ne lay on the fvor m me dark room
where no had been fJ,ht murdered this eve was
PLAINLY viSiu,e. ms lace anu arms were literally
covered WIN uioud. Tho roonl u which the yv''y
was round nidi,a cd b, unnstakarlc evidences that
u ierriue s,ru4t ic had c,sue.t. chairs were uin
tle uw H. boxes were upset, dstc AMI The various
utesiis ui Kitchen scattered about IN tel taie 'iis
uruer The ui the vIcti ay III p0oi Oi .iuttcd
u.uoai, aii be, wcen tile imuy nHl the door was an
other wniie Oh TIE waits ditd on he door casinIS
WAS large amount OF pivod wach furnished :ur-
LiIcr IihtI,aliuiiJ al tue Lefribo siruEHc tE0t
must isfc l'cei ehaticu. un me uoof neut ms
body Jay chess huard reniindfn fo MS friends OF
the tUn,Incss winch Swini aiwars mani cstci for
tue game. IN this room also ncar nus budy was DIS
covered heavy. dnubie hammer. covered with
b!uo.,, anu large hiekory ciuu, freshly cut, IN The
same pIsni. lGvstie ny tim mari pariii hon from
the apar ,aicnt III hen swings buly lay was mar
row rtom ~ wnicn ms ne,t was siiuaiei. This wss
also iouhi In nj disorder. HUNK was open
On tue ucu and hat ueen rn,sickci aud aprarebtly
rie,i q! It's contents. Autiina was left IN u but
some ohs ami musty papers AMI a fow arii-
cies. such an Oh uressipi'. n worn out pocket.
ncar the mead OF the ued. autc lsv on Il siand IN
the room. ana numerous articles or OIL AMI nlihy
cloiAirg svatterc,l dlsUr,tcrlY about. a map
OF OHIO hung iesorc the only window which ad.
Mlttea The ngnt oi day ne The rooms. answer.
anu window rurrafn. lie was ms own nvuse
keeper, anu every tnns about the d0faiclic would
Ii his snop everything was IN the order winch
Is usually observed wien ne Is NJ work, ana ap-
pesrances mere. - weh as the lact oi having n,s
thar ne nasI alrcad, coumeieed The ls,bor ct rhe
la, when Ms tragic iaic was sealed. ON tencn
was small, IN uux. wiitch hA,i Uecu opcned and
rIicd oi It's contcnts. there were lying near
y on the helcn some letters addressed
10 the deceased and icw greasy
pppers. e,hicnhy taken IRON an arcuunt
Dook. On hign svol ~ the ulia. lIe OF the roor
was IL coiu,non wash basin, coi..ln,ng me wslcr
when the pvrpctr,iu HAD used H. euace the n,lrca-
ions ~ his gull. Near Uy u waS me mood stained
trwel wlh wnirb nc had deliacraieiy wiped Oh the
tell llu0u niii ~ ivm his hn-e els On The floor
near tue Ucncn was TN suJH wuitc nai which mo
vicini had iong wvrn, alu wnich was Almost as
!ahiuiar to hts lrivnus as was tue lace iiseu OF
Swnp. Tie hdi was perforated ia one place, but
no stains o uiood we've vlsbe. When found The
h0uy oi the murdered man was cuihed only IN
shrt. paus ani ueJts. lu one pocket % the rshts
or IN the icor q ar the body wiS found lvcArt
loon, Uesangarcd Win uiJvd apti tearing eVlle.ce
ol nayng upcn Liteli enlplso IL contents
III orurr tlat 1t co1u br more ,uhvcnivn.iy cx.
auI.ncd TIE body was taken ini0 tue store aud as
moved tht Uivct 3c an 70 pour ,Tuti s'le aalr
ard Tue woun.is IN bis heai. The n.sf examination
by ihe - ,stat showed eleven blows On the head
any nue o wllCh "1u.' ,iavc caused death. The
slnfl wa not uElt prokeM bilt u.iyen int0 the
pra,p ~ Iour dpileIcrl pi.r cs.
Tne vtvt,ln ~ ials d;i-,aru,s DIurlcr WIS quiet
and ihufegsye neElu. "A, oul nlly ,cils ,a. has
he, i IL rvsi,leb O hs Guy lur uNoi score 81 wears.
lie has wutkcd ,iur.hn Ills itsidehcc he;e al ms
tlldu, bavlnl been ehpluAed ~ Jacob WansCr as
lnuc aru as IN 1850 lie ralucu ~ - - "iwnvs
tC,I u reputation iui ln'iusu N#f
uccupathiL lie Wa. especially W ENN aN Ht
tnJl huvi uf his resi- ehCc !ur his NaM
hls ,ie,cr good mai vfC'ilicss iis raN#8l.tf
aha 4. n. !ear;ec acIicns .,id eis MMN eisNN
!, CLII,irep IL the vciIIItt. who. I'll N.A hitHe