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

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G east side OF the shock. Sheriff Henry
IS picked up the pistol, and it was then
B. ,las the prisoner ssid, THAT'S IT,"
< Looked the next dsy, with Dr. Gsl-
- -01sy, and found the powder mark
Z On tIe east side Of the door, but on
r the west side of the crack, which
e va5 shout two feet from the door,
I and strong three feet from the ground
on tde inside. The inside ground
!, vas ab0u. . toOs higher than the cut
size. The powder mark was near
( the tracks. The CTsck was between
e tHo art three Inches wide, and rsn
o Un sDd down. Eesrd the prisoner
. say thar ne hs7 . bullet with him.
? Gross. .esslsiRc3---I was setting as
| Marshal &c size time OF the murder. I
p GiJ nc. look iortbo tracks IS we went
S oct. TIE second time we found the
. tracks. The first olc I noticed was
ue7r lHc wood Pile, and led to the
G south COW able door. The tracks
p w-,1 not altogether plain. I have
q the sack Of powder which was shown
c II court in tais case. l. vas given
= ne hv the prisoner, Gsrtse, il jsi!, on
q the first Saturday after the murder.
Z Never seen l. before that time.
oi Jones I. HeTy SV0rs.-Was with
] She party clas went TO the scene of
3 .he murder. Left Findlay between
% $ and ' c,ocS the evening Of the
r. 2i-2 ci February. Met man COM
, ilg out Oi the lane whom they SAID
a "a5 jayjee, the prisoner. Some one
{ a-Aed hna waere he was going, and
e ae fsn-et tl-- he was aOiug after
j--s,a.'- relatives. j. was after 10
rs o. 'c-ac@ -.,ssu ne sTrlFei At the house.
't Did not know Tie parties whom we
4 found thore. I went cut with tha
- rest 20 lock for tracks. Examined
first St tie gate, agd walked toward
z The stable and saw the hat, bGt, as
The suggestion Of some one, decided
q not 20 ssarcn until we had gone in TO
TO the aCuse. Did not disturb the
Z h2t. Found the track around to the
Fa03-Fj,s and ,Cen straight to the
2 g2te. Could notice where lie had
fallen. Il. j. Shaler said. 'sThere
she p-or fellow !eu' Here the
iJGess shows 8 cylindrical slug or
ballet Eliea the prisoner had taken
.sum lis vesl pocEet a1d given him
| -hs ugricg after she mu.der.1 lie
/ showed ne where he bad torn q
pistol pocket ont Of mis- vest. Ssia
| Mrs. Beusing had made il. Said he
had torn it out the night Of the mur-
der on the way back from town, and
pCt the pistol through the fence into
"a .OGd-r-zb heck 70 avoid detection.
| We were talking in the jail when he
.old RE This. lie talked with VIM.
| Anderson on the Sunday afternoon
SITTER the murder, Ia the jail in nv
presence. There were no induce
meBls held out to him; nothing said
at that time shout excitement running
high on the outside. Anderson told
b.I there were so many rumCrs
sflG2t outside that he would like TO
hear the truth. He might be against
him on tie trial, and he did not ex-
peCs hin tD tell unless he wished to
30 90. The prisoner said be would
| tell hin all about it. That Mrs. Ben
| sing first wanted him 70 Gus Bensing's
TRACK out Of the mud and hang il up
. dry, and as 10 dried up, BensiDg
would sicken and die. She had also
asked him TO kill him with the ak
when out chopping, lay z limo of
tree upon him and pretend that it
he fallen upon him, and thst he had
told her there were too rlany hunters
in the woods. She then gave bin
money and wanted hin to buy
poison. lie then bought the pistol
which appeared to plesss her. She
then gave him the spoon, out OF
which the bullet wss made, and he
bought The cops, which she carried in
! her bosom. Tsoy we're cut milking
| together that night Of the murder,
and she asked him il he was going to
DO that. he aaid he told her there
| lg25 too muca Stow. Sha said Snow
or no snOa, be must do il then. I
think lie said he was sitting or had
| bis knee on the sill Of the stable when
/ -e fred the 54C5; am not positive,
however. He spoke about Mrs. Ben
sing coming 10 tie door before Ben
sing came oI-.
/ Court then Adjourned until
THCETDAY MORNING.
Sheriff James l.. Henry took the
stand and was
/ CToss Esga3incI THE prisoner
scli nothing 10 me ab0u self defense
'.gr he wss in jail, but claimed it on
| the nigh. Of the arrest. He offered
60 give ne o dollar On Sunday
morning IL I would take him out to
the funeral Cf BensiBg l told him
| 4, would rot be safe Tor him 70 20, rs
/ be ui Eat Pc ms55ed. I Glj not hear
sIy one threaten 10 EloJ that day. I
| did l1J Rosan berg into the jsil; he
EG5 somewhat intoxicated and had 3
small flask Oi whisksy. Do not re-
member Hl0 w1s with HIN think Mr.
Anderson vas there So lhe time. The
statements made by Mr. Gartee to me
we're made before the preliminary cx-
auiEa-iol.
Frgnh K9rst, Jr,es59Ts Was with
the party that vent oa. 70 the scene OF
the murder on the ighs OF the 27th
o. February last. We vent oct about
0 O'ciccEil the evening and met the
prisoner Gartee, in the lane, coming
toward FindIay. Some one in tho
party asked Ljn where he was going,
and he reUiieJ that he wss going to
Philip Wsi-more'5. [ asked VI. j.
SaAter, who told me Who Gartea Ias.
We found S1vccr, Wai-ers. Hager-
man, Hcups and ,l5 f1mily .; the :
murdered nan as tn house. Z stailRD
in ta- L5g-s few minutes, aad, az
coroner. took cNsrge a. the body n
tae murdered m1n TIE FIRE, track
,g-ll was In the la7s about 100 feet
from tie house. Afer following z
around, taen examined between She
house and the stable. The track IN
. Gle co-uie'd On the east side Of tle
i--a lz3 zortb1zst acr0s5 the Tima
roa3. ! examine o. the north side
o. ;e stable % iad tracks That cane
CG- o. -he nGrch sable door. The
f-as looked Just ks the others. It
I W15 rot very distinct st the stable,
al- -es7 were pie!n eEoagh 70 be
seen. ue made some pretty good
/ jumps. r the south door had been
open e person might easily have
. passed through. Cat 2 stick and
( measured and compared the tracks.
\ Haj been g the hOCse the last time
shout haltsn hour when Gsr.ee cane
back. He seemed excited and fright
ened pulled of bis coat and hat and
/ sai& someth.ng about putting the
team away Ssaier s5id bin t5at
. lie would = end 70 Tie team Garteo
sse s.. The stove sut complained OF
. being C1l3. Do nos Ieuau5er how
Hong lo ha5 been il the room when
. R1al caught bold Of him by the
.sao-,5eF saj charged him with the
murder. lie seemed frightened. l Wss
aI.a lec parry tl4. examined the
tracks In tie stable yart- They
took Ike those n the woods l ex-
-1f-el sE-zl carefully ard measured
r.e-. .i-.. astfck. They were evident
p ..- tie same I was present when The
.,--ts. was fould, ahou. half an hour
I .,f.-- C.rtss came back. Was with
I - rs-sy that tailed WITH Gartee
. ..-,. -,e r.=t-l. 7. wzs either isuhl
Il.