The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-08

same cay dE2il n Davis, Snd tIe
[ next Gsv went NJ 20 BeEs:nr's 2. lis
/ invitation 10 see him. Fir. B. was ..
/ home, but went og- about one O'Clock
to water the cattle. The rest re-
NAMED st the house. HIr. 3. stoope Z
down 20 t.ke his c'5ves from undar
| the stove, and Mrs. 3. told the lirtle
boy to strike his tather. The boy did
30, and B-H-in- as Z thoG .G.. playful
I ly stTUc.> Nrs. Barsin-. The prisoner.
| uv brother caIei ne out AMI said.
There, Burt he tBausinsl was mad
enough chen 70 have killed her" He
4aso SAID something about going 20
have nor for his v1nl-. ie.5 abou.
our O'Clock. NeE- saw him 70 our
house, about I7I O. clock on Jhe even
/ ing OF she murder. Ha sail ''N;ck y
was shot and Mrs Bsnsiug wanted Us
ali to come M Iessc5him Who sho.
him, ard lie said som. chic5ar taier
!is said iir- Slsp. h-tl9.; him. lie
WIS sio-s, and s..t be was .girr ur
I % Barsi1E's lie E4s O. ere about Zen
minutes. Heard the VIZ sou when he
.eit coming toward Ema:ly. Sstur-
( ,!ay forenoon alter tA1 murder, had q
tal.S with the prisoner. Was not sent
i.r tie purpose. Mr.. Henry left uo
( IN. Marion Trcece vcF present. Stood
st window. DID not 20 90 get any
| thin cut q the prisoner. asked
tim vhv Ac c9mmuet the murder.
| Ditln say anything about the excite
meH'. i:a said when 5s>ei Why he
nd i, tbst'.s5e wanted him TO- Dom;
remember when I next vent to see
him. but think In ab7ut two weeks.
,rO5S- -ecaUz iasl-5iy-Ez.ae Is Ea-,
| GaTtee. i viii Js'Ig ou the IG,h O!
Iuezt April. Tie prisoner is next
older than me. Marion Treece was
present when we had this conversation
/ asked niu at once why lie had
killed BeasiHg. Net him at DAVIS
grocery Saturday previous TO tn
murder. Good many in tAe store.
lie said "Iog 30 yo1 do ?" and then
called we III the back part Of store,
and then across where Ec showed me
the pistol
,JghH HjF2moHs S'r77a--.NGn png-ge6
IN the hardware business in Fiuiiav,
AID kent weapcEs for sale. Sold
pistol, Ike Tie one exhibited, to :be
prisoner 2 Short tine 5a;ors the mar
der. He came into store ard l asked
Inn what he wished. lie said be
wanted pistol lie looked through
and bought pistol Ike the one shown
here.
Cross es1miR>7-The defendant did
not ask whether It would sheet s.rong|
enough to XII i dog.
John S. R,,ay ss0rn.-I live il
FiGj.ay, snd vas On tire street on tbeI
day oil TIE murder. Had gone home
IN the evening, wde4 Sheriff Henry
came TO my house a!.CT ne, and in
formed me Ci the murder. Went
with him 10 jha grocery of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Ksrst, jr., and found
that gentleman. Henry Bro N, n.
D. ShaieT, srd some young men. II
was then about 9 o'C,Cc5 in the eve
Mig, and We STATED to jha scene of
murder, On the farm Of 4. j. Sas.cr,
one ana . half miles east OF Findlay,
on the TIfIil roaj. Walked as last
SIS we could, and met the defendant,
GaTtee, Il the lane in . tuo horse
wagon coming toward FiGaiay. Some
one spoke 20 lin, bat DO not remem
Der who il vss. ashoG him no
questions. He cane or and we con
IlnIed On toward the house Of Ben
sing, uectiag no c9e else. Found
Vim. S8ydcr, AIr. Walters, Joseph
H2upt, aGd the !alily Of Eensjng at
at tae house. Tire b " Of tie mur
dcred maD, Nichcias Bensing, laid
on the floor, with pillow under the
head. Remained in the house but A
few minutes, and then started cut
with The others ID search for tlei
murderer. The sG2v WIS dGiI'ed and
Was tasce or iour inches deep IL
pia-ea. The party circled around
the stsbie, Sheriff Henry sUd mysciF
taking the css. aide. We examined |
the tracks &a tie stable first, and Mr. /
Shaier found hat; could notice the /
place where he fell ct the cate. /
though HOs distinctly, SIS IL bal been /
snOaiHg and drifting. 1. vas uoav {
tie gate, snd sbDU. twenty feet !ron (
tae porch l. looked a5 though he /
lad circied around .gom the stable !
70 where he fell. TIE tracks showed /
that LIE had ran from the sfahIe.
Looked SIS if he had been running .
Paid no arteal1n to the tracks thssI
went cut. Tra hat !ev o. the sou.r [
east corner of The stable. The yard /
between house ard stable is o pretty /
large one. TIE tracks did not lead /
ser0ss q fence The vCCi-p;Ie wss q |
li.tie eess G; q direct lioe from theI
gate 70 the southeast corner o. frei
stable. saw 10 blood On the ground. /
nor any other sr-;e.e Cg ci5lning *
cep5 the hat. Tsacks looked as Trough
he had a,aggero3. TUNED partially
around and iel. TIE she'd on e-at
ziGe Of barr looked ~ though il bad
been built after the barn. l. wac
weather boarie', ana there were
pretty vide cracks TUl1ir@ np and /.
dO-qn. Tra door vas c.csef, and @
pole or faii sitting against 70. The
door stool g ii-,ie oug s- enc bottom. /
Tie tracks we're vi hin a51u. tw0 /
feet Of the door. Tueg were pcoba /
aly five or SIX fees east Of The door
I did rot examine very close aJ that
time. Sheriff Henry aGd I went |
down n tre field west Of ;Ee br-u
zad cirClsG around 20 the east. Found /.
tracks a. the straw s' e. NORTH o. .he /
north CCv-st.bla r"lr. The Others I
also found tracks. We followed /
them across tbe T'ma -oa1 INTO g
strip o. vOois passing wet OF 3Ir !
Wa. Sayde,'5 barn, gong north /
nearly o1e iOus.L o. z nile before :
turning west. The tracks i1Diss If lie +
party llsz:ng tIem bad Lsel going
very fast 81 times. sad rg. so fat =.
Others. The heel On tie In b7os {.
the track vas turned ont, aod The
tracks Ws-e pigeon toed. L was
about 4 medium siEs6 track. | fol
loved them 70 The vest side Of Wei
ters' house. L VS. showing and +
drifting enough 10 almost ob.-e-lts
she tracks IN places. THev circlei .
toward Fin5laY. S2a G7r.e4 il aj-u. /.
a hali al hour after He Tea. hack 20
Inc house. SNYDER, Hsup,, Hsger- /
msa, Mrs BeasilE, RCbsmab Sni.i /
and the party taa. we1s cut along
from Fi1diay were present ghen le
csme back. lie said nothing when
be came in. he shook tie SNOW OF
Lis feet end sat down on tie north
side Of the stove. i, was then be
tween il and II 0 oclock. He sat
pretty st.ll. Ir. Eagermaa sat east
Of Lin, @0t Nr1. Ber=lz Oh the
south side. DID I1t lo-.es any Oaa
-peasing 70 HIN. Kcs,s lay eve on
Li,l as J noticed tust Ac appeared
uleaay and rcs,3ess, al'cli-g F1e
closely. ] valkei ~ % Hin. struck
lisa On the shoulder ant sai'.
You are the fellow who did this
deed . Then took HIN ay the collar
and lei lin ops i1.o the yard
.lr,uza the gate, about hsl' w-.
toward tae barn, ss5 walked bin
araurd r. ius SNOW. saiis Mr. Ksrst
measured his tracks. We aiso E-az-
urcd the tracks pa SGT-eE5 woods,
/ wheTe they were p.sLEe-t- aad found
them to be the same Was presart
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