The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-17
4 TERRIBLE HISTORY.


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From the Ashland Press)
Many of our readers, especially those who live
in Milton township, remember Alvin McKenney,
who lived for number years with Mr.. John Wood
burn, Mr., Woodbum received him in charge as
his guardian when he was quite young, educated
him and provided him home until he was of
age, He was not prepossessing in appearance, and
had bad temper which sometimes got him into
trouble.
After leaving Mr. WOodburn's he led sort Of
itinerant life working here and there and not re-
naming long at one place; yet not beyond the ra-
dius ofa few miles, About three years ago he was
married in Mansfield, after which he worked In
the north part of Richtand county Some months
ago he was convicted of stealing and sent to the
Crawford county jail after which his wife refused
to live with him, After the separation he wan
dered about some time, and in September last re-
turned to Richland county, and meeting his wife
at Shelby shot and killed her. The points of his
strange but terrible history are given in the follow
ing confession made in prison at Evansville, Indi-
ana, and teegraphed to the Cincinnati Gazette!
LOUISVILLE, KY, November %.
"An Evansville special gives the points in the
confession of George Pima, in jail in that city
awaiting removal to the JefeBonville Penilentiary
to serve sentence Of two years for stealing watch
from J. f. Walker, Pima, whose real name is Al
win McKenny states that he is twentyseyen years,
Of age; was born tn Riehland county, Ohio, but
was raised by guardian in Ashland county both
of his parents having died when he was quite
young March 9th, 1872 he married Eunice Ber.
gen at Mansfield, by whom he had a son in April
last. The couple lived on good terms until last
July, when his wife refused to cohabit longer with
him, because about this time he was sent to prison
in Crawford county, for stealing Sl2 from farmer
residing in that section Of Ohio.
AFTER the separation, he wandered through
that State and Indiana, and finally returned to
Shelby Ohio and found his wife living in house
of Ill fame having left her child with relatives
siding near Plymouth. On meeting her she prom
ised, after much persuasion, to abandon prostitu-
tion and go with him TO Auburn. Indiana; but be-
fore departing they quarreled thus breaking the
good resolutions of each He at once purchased a
revolver, and on the evening Of September 2Sth,
meeting his wife in the company Of two prosti.
tutes on the street. fired at her inicting injuries
from which she died three days after. He escaped
to the woods, and in time went to Texas under
his present assumed name, expecting to find a
brother but on arriving in that State, he learned
that the brother had gone back to Ohio. He then
started eastward on foot with the determination
of going back to Shelby and confessing his crime,
though not aware of its fatal character Last
Sunday he met an acquaintance near Hender-
son, Ky, from whom he frst learned that ne was
an actual murderer.
Pima alias McKenuy is about 515 feet high,
dark complexion, large gray eyes, and in conver.
sation lsps. The -erime for which he is now
confined in prison IS of recent origin, and no mo-
tive can be assigned for his making the above vol
untary confession, exceptas he says,his conscience
troubled him.