The daily gazette., 1874-11-24

before his arrest he was in company with
some young men to whom bad Introduced
him; Taylor wore dark snuff-coIored hat
identifies the hat.)
A reporter Of the Crawford county
Forum" visited Taylor and that paper
publisheda a statement which Taylor made
openly to the reporter in the presence of
the Sheriff and myself The Sheriff did
not state to Taylor why he was arrested.
He was arrested August 18th and taken
away on Monday; the interview the Shcr-
liff, reporter and had with Taylor lasted
about 10 minutes; when left him on that
occasion, left no one with him.
The population of Bucyrus is about
Is, 900.
| John Taylor was recalled and indenti-
fed the hat, which Mcbride identified, as
his sons hat.
| X. Lewis Armstrong, sworn--I was the
Sheriff Of New Castle county for the Inst
two years and Just went out of Office: l
visited Ohio to bring Taylor home; Mr..
Hammill first applied to me saying he
had O requisition, he wanted me to 70 ,
and was reluctant then as 1 had other
pressing business, but | went; / had a
man picked out to go with me, but Ham
mill seemed anxious to so and get his OK
penses paid, paid his expenses, / first
/ ShW luylOr ttU tile jail Ou Duuuuy IQOrn-
ing, l did not know him previously; start
cd away with him on a Monday morning,
at 3 o'clock; sat near him with MIR.
Hammill for some time; for the first loo
miles were in O sleeping car; ve slept
about 3 hours and l was in the bunk
with Taylor, during the whole Journey
he made no statement to mo, as l check
him; heard him make no statement to
Hammill; told Herdman the jailor thnt
no enc was to be allowed to see Taylor us
l would allow no profane language used
towards any prisoner.
The defense here closed. .I.i
At about Is p. III. Deputy Attorney
General Hodgson commenced the argu-
ment for the State speaking substantial
ly as follows
This is an exceeding serious matter,
lgentleman of the jury, You are en-
lpapnelled as jury of 10 honest citi-
zens to sit in judgment upon a fellow
being. 1t is for you to say whether Or
not from the evidence which has come
| from the witness box the prisoner at the
bar is guilty of the crime with which he
stands charged. 1t is not for you to
take the evidence from counsel but from
the facts you arc determine. am not
disposed to tell you whether or not I
believe him guilty. or innoccnt;I would
be oyerstepping my duty, if l asked
you to take my private feeling as evil
dencc, when you men from every part
OF the state are as capable of forming
your judgment as | or any one else
would be, am not seeking for this
mans blood but as an honest officer OF
the State | but ask that you do your
duty and say that no man shall como
into your state and violate your laws
with impunity. 1t is alleged to be a
fact that horrible crime has been
committed within the borders of this
State. 1t is alleged that Joseph III.
Taylor the prisoner at the bar, commit
ted the dire deed.
To determine whether it be fact you
are the ones, I believe. l can compre-
hend the responsibility of 12 men in
passing upon fellow in being in ca
pital felony, therefore merely ask that
the matter be weighed fairly and quiet
ly that every circumstance be consider
ed, everything that was said or done
from the. first day the prisoner met
Mackey at the Deer Park Hotel at New
ark until he returned from Ohio. Take
it all and from these facts arrive at
your conclusion. Joseph II. Taylor
is indicted for the murder of one Robt.
A. Mackey on the 2eth of July of this
year in this county and st. Georges
Hundred. Now before coming to CON
clusion in anything you must first
know what that thing is. Mr.. III. then
defined at length murder, drawing the
distinction between murder In the first
and second degree. -. .-
Did r. A. Mackey come to his death at
the hands of Taylor and did Taylor in
tend to murder himp 1t is for you to
say from the facts. AS tho learned At
torney General told you in his opinion Of
this case is matter entirely circumstan-
tial. No one saw him fail into the creek;
no one knows whether he was thrown in
or fell in; but it is fact that no was
there. Mr.. Hodgson then at length went
over .he route taken by those two men,
following Taylor after the occurrance at
Drawers Creek. Saying that although
close facts had been attempted to be eY-
planned bat they remained undisputed.
He argued that circumstantial evidence
was more conclusive than direct proof
contending that men may err, but facts
cannot. Mr.. HI. concluded with an earn
est appeal to their Judgement, believing
that in the face of all the,facts thorough
~ proven ana eStaDllSneu That they
could arrive at no other conclusion than
a verdict of guilty; all he would insist
upon was that they would give the testi-
mony fair and honest consideration and
ii the prisoner be guilty, to so render
their verdict; but if he be innocent then
acquit. Mr.. Hodgson having a number
OF authorities to cite, and it being near
the hour of adjournment, by permission
of the Court, he deferred submitting
them until tomorrow morning
SALE OF MoNEY.-Last night. at the
laY. ,,,av hi II.