Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-11-07
Mysterious Murder in Chilli
cOthe.

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The Chllicothe Gazette of last week
gives an account of murder in that /
city. Wesmake the following extract |
from the Gazette Of last week s=zzzz.s
On Tuesday of last week, the report |
was prevalent on the street that Henry !
Clinton Sunmersett, Familiarity /
known as "Clint, had been serious
by stabbed on Monday night, though
the name of the person who. did the
cutting was not given, and there ap-
peared to be but little Information. as
to the facts of the scase- The next
news that came was on Thursday
morning, when it was announced that
Mr.. SHmmersett was dead. having died
Wednesday night In this, as in all
gother similar cases, there are a mum
Der Of conflicting rumors regarding
the transaction, anil it seems difficult to
arrive to any positive or satisfactory
upon the subject. A care |
full inqniryt by our reporter, however.
has developed the following eircum-
stances in connection with the sad af-
fair. .a7a .5.s4rs o..r-;.-i .s.f.s,.....- -.-
On1Monday night at what time is
not precisely stated, Mr.. Summersett
wentinto the grocery of Mr. Stephens
on High street, and called fora glass
of beer Here he met Mr.. Valentine
Weiss, a German, engaged in -. conEer-
sation with number of friends, and
invited him to take q glass of beer.
which Mr.. w eisr did, and returned the
L.,
to drink with, him. w eiss is elder
! ly man, butcher by traae,r of slender
form and has been in delicate health
for tile past year or two. He resides
ION Church Street, on the east, side,
above Limestonesro and but sh9rt
| distance = from where the deceased
! livcda Soon after, q ore abeat ten
lo'cloek, Stephens notified the
Epartiessthat he wanted to close znpy and
| Weiss and SuInmersett left the gro
Gerry ttogothery apparently on the most
amieaUle terms, altIo ugh it is said
| thatSummersett was considerably une
der the influence of drink, while Weiss
was sober, This is thelast JinfOrrnas
| ton that can be cleaned of their move
/ mehtsF1 What passed between them
after that can probably never be
4 known. In order to reachtheir homes
/ tile parties had choice of. the "alley'
4 route" or of passing on up to z the
next street. and then over to Church
! street. 1.-The alievl route it seems was
1 the one most commonly used. This
4 alley runs east and westlfrom High to
4 Church street, and crosses another al
1 ley running north and southe and i'm.
/ mediately in the rear of both mem s
residences. 1t was sometimes the
4 case that both men would turn into
this second alley when going. home
and enter their premises by Il gate in
4 the rearIend of their LOTS What they
did on this occasion, is of course an
known. .a2' Before going further, how
evef,'it willbe necessary to say why,
II 1iha connections with the fact that he
4 left Stephens Groeery in iSommer;
= sett' s compan yoaHd was the last per.
q sou known to be in hiscompany,) sus,
llpicion should fall upon Weiss, as hay.
:, ing committed the assault upon the de
ceased We have before remarked
that Weiss was a butcher by trade
Sometime last Spring he brought sui
J. against Mrs. Summersett, the mother
of the deceased, for the payment. of (
meat bin which he claimed was due
him, and in which suit he was defeat
ed. In this snit the deceased was il
, some way involved and it is claimed
that the deceased had made threats o
whipping Weiss, which made the lat
ter, as he claims, avoid him from tina
time, as much as possible. Atte
leaving Stephens grocery on Monda!
night it is not known that any one
} saw or heard anything of either 0
the parties. until after the consumma
ton of the tragedy. In fact, the mex
thing known of the affair, in an!
: shape, is that somewhere betwesn L
: and IL o'clock on Monday night, Sum
mersett reached home and was fount
to be fatally stabbed, (this being stat
cd upon the authority OF the attend
ing physician and that he died of th
}. effects Of the stab on Wednesda
night AS to who did the deed, 0
where it was committed nothing i
e known, even the Coroner's s inques
J. throwing on light upon the subject
On Wednesday, when it become full
apparent that Mr.. Summersett coult
I |
p upon statements and declarations mad
by the deceased, swore out a warren
u for the arrest of Valentine Weiss, up
on charge of ''cutting with intent t
wound" but Weiss was not arFeste
II upon the warrant, until after Summer
Is eett's death on Wednesday night, til
~ Marshall finding him at home in bee
= It is Justice to Mr.. Weiss to state tn,
lie denied then, and does now, a
is knowledge of the affair, and that
C. the time of his arrest he was nC
w aware of Mr. Summsrsett's DEATH
He expressed his regret to Marsh
Denschle that he had not arrested hi
=. in the day time, in order that he mig
~ have been enabled to obtain bail, b
is made no objection or resistance to tt
m arrest, going with the Marshall qule
es ly.
en- A coroner's jury was held in t
of above case and the following verdi
a was rendered after hearing the ev
O. dence: .#e.
re "Henrv Clinton Summersett car
le to his death through stabs, or Gu
Inflicted by some person or perso
unknown"
iss The Gazette adds:
ed 8 BY the, sad event three families a
ty i plunged in deepest grief and an {
IL phaned child and widowed wife i
- Il alone to battle with the world. v
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