Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-07-21
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While they stood transfixed with
terror and amazement atthis sight,
footsteps were heard below, and
three or four of the neighbors,
headed by Hannah Goodale, came
dashing up stairs, and into the
room where the murdered man lay.
"There he is !" yelled Hannah.
'SThat's, the murderer And his
wife's close. Here she is" contin-
ued the girl, drawing forth the
deacon's wife, who had in her
fright almost unconsciously, step
ped into q side bedroom moment
before. "They killed him for his
money and his watch (! Hold on to
'em!" she continued, wildly and,
Jumping down stairs, she instantly
returned with the overcoat which
the deacon had thrown off as he
came into the house. "Examine
for yourself y she added viciously.
And, upon turning out the breast
pocket, the dead mans pocket book
and bundle of papers, together
with diamond ring belonging to
Dillaway, were discovered there.
The deacon did not speak. He
could not utter a syllable. His
wife turned pale, moaned, and fell
fainting to the floor.
"See, see !" exclaimed Hannah
with raving triumph. "See the
blood here, on his his hands and
sleeve !"
And there It was, too, fresh and
clear as broad daylight. Joel had
moved the body and thus stain
ed his hands and sleeve.
The deacon's horse had not yet
been taken out of the wagon, and
the remainder of that fearful night
was passed by Joel and his wife in
close confinement. The nei9hbors
seized them, put them in their own
vehicle, and drove them five miles
away to the nearest Jail.
They were examined the next !
day, the evidence of the girl was
heard and the circumstances were
recounted that had been witnessed |
by the neighbors, and they were
imprisoned at once and without
much pity, to be tried at a future
day for the murder. At the expi-
ration of eleven weary weeks true
bills were found by the grand jury
against them they were duly in
dicted, and few days after, they
were separated, put upon trial for
their lives, the case of the husband
up first.
The deacon was placed at the
bar, and he pleaded "Not guilty"
in a clear, manly voice. He had
had leisure enough for reflection
since the night of the murder, and !
lis counsel had been truthfully in {
'ormed of the circumstances of [
he case, so far as he knew any .
hing about them. lie now ap- {
oeared calm and self-possessed, but
he chances were decidedly against
him. s
The prosecution proved, by
Hannah Goodale, that the prisoner S
md the deceased Dillaway had f
conferences about money s
matters, which she had overheard b
Unknown to them. 1t was also t
ffirmed through her, that the s
leacon and his wife had come home n
wo hours prior to her giving the g
larm, and that the horse had been h
eft before the house door where +
e was found. 1t was proved that O
DEL started for town at o certain a
our, and he ought to have been h
t home quite as soon as the p
eriod of his arrival there, thus 81
worn by the servant girl. n
The pocket book and papers ic
'und in the prisoners pocket was I
lentified as Dillaway's property; ST
nd the bloody hands were the al
nal turning point against him. Il
To certain questions put to Han ii
alb by the defendants counsel, she et
ated that she was but q little ac- w
with young man named III
addeford; she had seen him I'll
new who was meant-but had III
ot seen him for two or three weeks IL
rior to the murder. She hadn't &c
zen him since, either. al
Then the defence of Joel was en- m
red on, with an earnestness cred u
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