Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-29
The Windsor Lock Murderers.
THEIR ARREST IN VAN VERT, OHIO.

THEIR ARREST IN VAN VERT OHIO
 Our readers will we'll remember that on Tuesday, January 2d, terrible triple murder was committed in the town of Windsor Locks, at house of ill repute. commonly known as Bull Run," and To- eated about two miles west of the railroad station. 1t will also be remembered that at the inquest the dreadful crime was fas-. tened, beyond the possibility of doubt, upon two young men, half-brothers. named David Scott and Mitchell Cherest. who had been employed in the vicinity as woodchoppers, and who suddenly disap- peared. A reward of. of..s sa t0a 0a4 8as raafoaoi HaoaEs for Aha;-.-----~AA, eao--aA.~o., Je-v- eff subsequently offered reward of $1, 900 additional. Handbills with descriptions and photographs of the murderers were issued and sent in all directions, and of- ticers were dispatched in pursuit. The murderers were reported to have been seen in Tariffville few hours after the crime had been committed, and it was re- ported that they took the the train for this city, and then went north. The fact that they had formerly resided near Mon treal, and had friends there, gave strength to the supposition that they might have fled to Canada, and the officers went to Montreal in pursuit, but learned nothing of. their whereabouts. A gentleman who knew the criminals, reported that he saw them take-a western-bound train at AL bany, the day after the murder was com mitted, and that they appeared anxious to avoid observation. On the strength of this report an officer was also dispatched to Buffalo but he too returned unsuccess- full. Open efforts were then abandoned (although in all parts of the country poor French Canadians travelling in pairs, were snapped up and held until the fact that they were not the men wanted was estab- ished) and the matter died out of the public mind. But the Windsor Locks authorities were not idle, and suspecting that the parties might have gone west, employed detectives to be on the lookout. The wisdom of their course is at last con- tirmed, 4 dispatch was received from 8 Chicago detective, acting under orders from the Windsor Locks selectmen, to the effect that he had certainly arrested the parties at Van Vert, Ohio, and would shortly bring them on. The news will be received with satisfaction by all lovers of law and order.
 Van Vert, the place where the arrest was made, is a village in the northwestern part of the Ohio and Indiana railroad The murderers may have gone, and prob- ably did go, to Buffalo, and on from that point, or possibly north to Montreal, and then made their way up the St. Lawrence and acrosa the lakes to Toledo and so to Van Vert.
 Since writing the above, further informa- ton has been received which establishes the fact beyond doubt. that the parties arrested are the ones wanted. They have been roaming around Ohio for several weeks, and have actually been travelling under their own names (viz David Scott and Mitchell Cherest,) with no attempt at concealment. It seems hardly possible that men could have been so stupid, but it will be remembered that they were very ignorant and unable to read or write, and they undoubtedly supposed that after having put so great 8 distance between the scene of thier crime and themselves they were safe. Be that as it may, they are certainly captured, and will be brought back for trial as soon aa requisition can be procured.
 The opening argument of the attorney general of England, Sir John D. Cole ridge, who appears for the defense in the celebrated Tchborne case, has proved perhaps the very longest speech ever heard of. It was begun on the 14th o1 January, and our last accounts, it had not been concluded. Ten days after he began, neither Judge nor jury showed any wish to have the distinguished advocate stop speaking. Before proceeding on that day, he remarked that certain ingen- uous persons who were ignorant of the facts, had criticised him for not restrict ing himself to day and a half. But il was necessary, inasmuch as the jury were now to hear for the first time connected account of the case from the outset, that 1 he should still detain them. This, how ever, he would not do one moment longer than was absolutely necessary. Both the
 lord chief justice and the jury at once ex pressed the opinion that the attorney
 general had not wasted 8 single momen
 since he began to speak.
 Mir. Ezra HnhhaEd, postmaster at Abra
 ham Lincoln county, Kansas, was recent
 ly murdered by three or four Irishmen I friends of a fellow he had shot in aelf- de
 fense. Hubbard had given himself up t
 the Sheriff who placed the murderer I over him as guards. MT. Hubbard leave II -vtdovv and ovaeS 1ax. &e< ssY Nfs -rv