The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-04-25


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the acoused bed . Iarye sstfels q
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ftiends. Hh faiehful coussel also, 1,
| this desperate sxtsssnity, Clsng % IL
1 fsrtaass Of HE client II . naaas
which tsAssss the highsst csedls hpos
hts pge6sasi00al Chasastse aWd stiiity
He csaid not gain s6nisstou 10 Iii,
provinces, to ths coust . counsel |,
the case. but ali that cou,d pfspsrl,
b done BY = lawyer for his client wa
done BY him. nsssa s
A am Informed, the efforts pu
forth to savs Captsin Westherwas
from the gaIiows were simply dssper'
ate, % far as anything can bs called
desperate in criminal proceedinss
I need not inform those who are It q,
familiar With criminsi trials, thai
there aro methods, known to the
Unlisted, by which evidences changes
it, character, and black beComes
white, snd two and Two, when added
together. BY some st range process, afs
made exactly equsl to i've. II Is only
necessary fof me here TO Affude % th1s
fact. Recoiisction. aud traditions oi
the criminal Courts Of Albany. or Of
any city, will suggest abundant illus.
trations. In the case Of which / am
writing there ars names which have.
By request, suppressed, and to persons
to whom I have made no allusion,
because they were understood to have
been 90 far compromised In cheating
justice In the effort to save Capt. W.,
that after this long interval Of time
they do not wish to be mentioned or
alluded to in connection with the man
whose innocence has first bsen demon .
strated since th, commencement Of
the present calendar month.
The accused remained IL conflne.
msnt In Montreal for the space OF one
year. / will not attempt to describe
any Of the mAnipulations 10 which it
is understood lie was indebted for his
life. 1t Is sufficient to state that the
accused is said to have been once tried
BY ajury who failed to agree. and I
6nd II Oh tile record that he was tried
BY jury and acquitted, on the charge
Of the Judge, that the evidence was
not sufficient to convict.
So ten years ago the Captain was
again released and returned 10 his
home in Plst,sburg. Thus legal
proceeding ended. But the lie saved
to the accnsed sesmel hardly worth
the having. No one believed him
innocent. The mark OF Cain was
placed upon him, and hs was shunoed
and drssdcd even by his own relatives.
A thousand times he bad been accused
BY them OF the murder OF their kins-
man. sGHE
It would seem that the dread OF
disgrace, rathsr than doubts Of guilt.
had casssd the sAbets to ssavs his
nom puoishment. Tue eleven years
that have passsd aimee the accusation
was meds have been sod and weasy
indeed 70 this man. He hss sf0od
alone In the belief and knowledee q
And here We resch the hst. aud
above all Others, strange event of this
history. Early in the present. month
Of October, Andrew Weathsrwax
appeared among his friends and rsla-
tives Ii the southern part Of the town
OF Plattsburg. When intelligence of
his return was brought to thoss who
participated in the scenes Of 1850,
which I have narrated, they refused
to credit It. Said Mr.. Macnaster, I
will believe " when l see him, not
before. And 80 some ten days sinoe,
the veritable Andrew came to the
village, to the astonishment Of those
who were intimate with him, aud had
taken deep interest in the case.
The account which Andrew gives
of himself is, that on that July night,
In 1856. he left the boat lying at the
wharf at pike River, and wandered
off to rum shop somewhere in the
neighboring settlements. Already
partially intoxicated, and irritated by
the events Of the day, it did not long
for him to become embroiled with GER
tain tipsy fellows he found there. He
says he was arrested, brought before y
magistrstr and fined. Not having the
money to pay the fine. he was about to
be placed in close confinement, whom
. man stepped forward aud offered to
take him IS . seaman, giving an ad-
vance Of wages to pay the fine. An
drew accepted. and was speedily ship
ped on M English vessel. He went
% Y common sailor to China, to Aus.
tralia and to various partsof the world
10 different vessels. He returns now
and learns for the flrst time Of his
supposed death by violence.
Since the return Of his cousin, Cap.
tain John G. Weatherwax 10 another
man. Tho confidence, vigor and
light, hsartsdD of his younger days
have returned to him. Friends can.
not do enough to recompense him for
the suffering he has endured through
their unjust condemnation. -
There is still mystery connected
with this case. No rational account
can be given Of the body that was
found and Identified ~ that Of Andrew
Weatherwax. No other man was
missing. no other stranger or settler.
far or near. was known here or at Pike
River to have suddenly disappeared.
Too great an interval Of time has now
elapsed to solve this mystery, and the
truth In regard to it must be LEFT to
conjecture.
have thus given the facts Of this
remarkable case - they have hesn
brought to my knowledse. II snhss-