The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-04-25
T1PToN. Hita a1aIH a5 1879.
25.s 1872.

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blood, upon the Sbrward deck ef Ii,
vessel. The csptaln was moody and
taciturn, and did not speak o. ht
cousin. ss5
Such was the statement of. this nit.
ness. Was hs the only listsnsr % ths
sounds that came from the fearful
tragedy that was enactsd II thai
nightwstch. when human lifs VA
taken in anger By xinaman's hand
Il aftsrwarl appeared that such vas
not the case, The captain sf anethss
boat subsequently, testified that hs too
heard the altercation and the fatal
blow. az4
Just at that tune. however, nothing
was said o. dons, aud the nsxt day,
and the next. and still the next passsd
away. and NO accpsation was made
against Captain Wsathsrwax. II was
said and known. that . mau-ths man
WAS missing from the boat nothing
more. .8s *.s
Perhaps the two slistsuers, having
the terrible suspicion, which In their
own minds amounted to . ceEtsinty
Of guilt, each supposing that he VS.
alone In such kuo wledgs, did not care
to take the responsibility Of making IN
accusation which would be likely to
ruin the accuser, II 1t failed to convict
the accused. AT al events, the cap
tain returned unmolested With his
vessel to Plattsburg. When inquired
Of here In regard to his cousin. hs gave
what were deemed evasive answers.
The cousin, he said. had gone here or
there, or to some indefinite place Of
which the captain seemed unable or
unwilling to give any account. Thus
some six or eight days passed, reckon
ing from the date when the crime was
Aud now the second part Of this re-.
msrkable Transaction took place. An
event occurred which attracted much
at Pike River. On the very
spot where the boat Of Captain W. had
been moored the dead body Of . man.
recently killed. was taken from the
water. The man had evidently come
to his death Ly violence, for his skull
was crushed % II BY . fearful blow
from . murderous weapon IN the
hands Of . vigorous Assailapt. The
body was identified. The man rsoog-
nized. It appears, beyond question Or
; doubt, - the man whs had been
from the boat ~ Andrew, the
cousin Of Captain Weatherwax.
Such state OF Things aroused suspi-
cion the facts began to come out. and
in the same month Of June. some ten
days after the murder, John @.
was arrested on the
charge Of having murdered Andrew.
see BY the record before me that he
was arrested on the warrant Of 8. q.
M. Beckwith, then > Justice Of the
peace in this town. The warrant y
dated July 8. 1850. Mr., Bsckvith
(whoss pssssnt rssidsncs y Canton.
N. W. is In attendance at this circuit
Is attorney and counsellor, aad I am
In having had ~ opportnl.i-
y e s9sx.sEss .s .iAh ~ se .:sssses: es
Of witnessess to asosrtain
whether or not Captain w. ought to
be held for trial, occupied nine days,
aud Mr.. Bsckwith tells me that the
facts were pretty fully brought out,
n Was then underst0od. Hssays that
II the evidences produced upon this
bad been given to the
Jury upon the trial, IL would have been
but thst the prisoner must
have been proOouuced guilty Of mur.
der In the flFst degree. and sentenced
TO be hung by the nscks till be was
dead. H
We come now to third especially
eventiD this history. Az
Ter the facts were oil out = stated
above, and there was no doubt Of the
,aptain's guilt, and NO chascs Of bis
from the doom that hung
over him, his ingenious council b.
thought themselves Of the resources OF
law and treaties. They
succeeded in establishing themselves
IN the position, that in ~ much ~ this
affair had taken place In Canada,
neither the authorities of Plattsburg
nor Of Clinton county, nor yet Of the
State Of New York. had anything
whatever to do with the matter. They
busted Judge Beckwith from his %.
,un,ed j0risdiction. The criminal la
he WIS now esteemed) was released
from custody.
As an incident showing the deep
OF his guilt which rested
On the minds Of all parties having any
knowledge Of the case, / note tho fact
that his counsel. Mr.. Macmaster, has
upon the brief record which he has
preserved Of the points thAt he deemed
of special Interest In the transaction
III epitome Of the professional advice
be gave Captain w when he was
from arrest. As the entry Il
stated to me, he recommends his client
10 flee from his native country, to
change his name and appearance, to
70 to the end Of some unfrequented
road, and there out Of the world. his
Identity concealed, to load now and
different life. 81
But the fearless and determined /
Captain BY no means accepted this
advice. In the fhce OF hts aoCussrs
aud oil the world, he steadily and per.
sistently declared his entire innocence,
and refused to bulge . single inch
from his accustomed round of busi.
ness. fB f-se g
But no community could rest under
the reproAch Of permitting such .
to walk at large among ths@.
The friends Of iuetiOo did not sloep,