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

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The following remarkable sketch Il
from the A9OAhy Evening Journal
aud wa1 furnlsoea h Oote6og tAsA D
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New York. The facts ere Siseas With
% much minuteness and c1Qdor thai
the story cannot be pronouo0gd ut1.
worthy Oe oaSonti0B, while % The eaaDl
time the rooder canu0t but fooa thal
come Of the circumstances must u
miastated. il is certainly one Of ths
most remarkable murder trials 81
which We have ever read: 9Tsfs q
Six miles southerly from the village
Of Plattsburg, but within the limits Of
the towp. there now i've and ions
have dweft severai fhmiiies by the
name Of Weatherwax. They consti.
tute neighborhood or clan, al rela-
ted to one another, such ~ is not
unfrequently found In the country
districts. Their general position,
character and oondition nov u SOB
stAntiaily = It was eleven ysam aons
at which time the facts III THE case
take their rise. In 1856 the Westher
wakes wers . numerous widely ks0wn
connection Of hearty vigorous people.
rough, daring and energetic. aud en-
gags1 for the most part, in the ordi-
nary pussuits OF Iaborsrs. The
monotonous labor Of the farm was not
well suited 10 the character and dis.
poaition ofsows OF their number.
Unusual physical povsr, end that
restlessness Of spirit which Is impa.
tient Of regulating Influences or Of
control. inclined them to punaits in
which somsthing Of hasArd and dan.
ger could be found, and which would
give some opportunity for rowing life.
Some Of them turned their attention 10
boating upon Lake Champlaiu, - the
pursuit which most readily mt and
gratiaed In . good degree their natural
TASTES and prefsrsa0es. OF this mum.
Der was Captain John g. Wsathsewax,
. man described to me = . type q his
class. . hale, hearty. fearless fslIsw Of
..a. pey:.ssl gs:ssp st,aAA rss& rs. ses; ss.
He was the captain
and probably the owner Of lake boat
which he piled between this and sther
ports on the New York and Vermont
shores, add down the Lake scron the
line to the ports OF Canada.
There was another Of the boatrnen,
Andrew WestherwAx, o cousin Of the
captain. At the date Of which I em
writing Andrew became the emR1Oyee
of Captain John G.. WestAerwax, and
aided him In the navigation Of his
vessel.
1t was In the latter part Of Juns of
the year 1856, as / have gathered the
facts, that Captain W., attended, by
his cousin, sailed from Plattsbusg for
. Canadian port. In the course OF The
cruise, having, Il would seem, dischar.
ged his cargo, he came with his boat
to Pike River, . stream or estuary
that emptiss into or connects with Lake
Champlain, just beyond the Canada
line and upon the east side o. the
lake. At Pike River there was . set.
Element Of considerable extent. md q
wharf at which the boat was convent
emily moored. Here Captain Wealth.
erwax was to obtain lading Of wood,
with which to freight his boat and
return to Plattsburg And here
occurred the tragedy which constitutes
the body ofthc crime In this remarka.
BILE case.
The boat was lying at the wharf.
and the loading Of the wood he'd al
ready commenced. AT this point
another person comes into notice. In
addition to the captain and his cousin
Andrew, there was third man upon
the boat, who was an employee, aud
made up the necessary complement
required to constitute aud complete
the crew Of the craft. This third msa
became the important witness In the
case. During the day. while they
were loading the boat, this witness, as
he afterward testified, observed the
captain and his cousin In vlossns
quarrel. There were high aud Pos.
siOnate words, aud threats employed
without stint or measure. The guar
rel and wrangling continued at iuter.
walls, aud the angry feelings Of the
parties did not appear to subside at all
as the day wore on, but seemed rather
to increase than diminish, and the
quarrel was 1t It's hight near night.
fall.
At evening, while the captain and
bis cousin were near the bow of the
boat, the witness stood alone at the
stern. Darkness had settled around
him aud the Stiffness OF the summer
night was disturbed only BY the alter.
cation. which, II Il had iulled at Ill,
had again broken out between the
captain and his employee, his cousin.
Az time passed on, although nothing
could be seen by this man u the stern
of the vessel, the noise Of the wordy
conflict and threats Of violence contln.
ued to be heard by him. Finally,
however, the quarrel seemed to have
been brought to sudden tsrmination
and in very singular manner. There
came through tho darkness to the ear
Of the lists0ss the sound Of dull,
heavy thud, ~ 0fa powerful blow with
some heavy weapon, crushing through
q skull, and then oil was sllll.
Soon after this the captain came Mt.
but without bis cousin. What could
- witness who had listened TO the
transaction. do or say: He hAd
seen nothing; he could pspvs nothing.
The captain was his employees, and
they two wsrs alone. The slnpl0yAe
fnok NO stsna In the matteP vhnAaVGr