Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-11-26

been removed, and was afterward utbaclS.
Lattsrlv the deceased had looked htIittls
"dueer ike she thought
"A farm -laborer deposed to seeing a rider
less horse trotting up Houeygrove Hill as he
was going to his work on the morning in
question; and coming upon the animals hoof-
prints "a he reached the road he tracked
them back-they lying in HE way--to Hon
eygrove Bottom. There, against oTe OF the
buttresses OF the bridge which crosses the
little river Glebe, he saw lying half on the lee
and half in the water a sailors pea Jacket. On
scrambling down 10 II he came upon a cap
(produced with the jacket and identified as
Mr. Dargle's). He secured them, and OBJ
served that the ice was much broken near the
middle OF the stream, as II something had
fallen through II. There were a mans foot
steps in addition 10 those Of the horse all
about the spots but while he was examining
these marks 10 came on to snow heavily and
they we're soon all hidden
The owner Of the livery.stables at Worces-
ter stated that on the morning succeeding
the day on which Mr.. Dargle had hired the
horse the creature returned 10 the yard by IT.
self; but he did not know the rights of the
case until summoned to the inquest.
The chief Of the county cunstabulary stated
that he had made minute inspection Of the
place where the deceased met his death, and
that he found the turning Of the newell acted
upon bolt under the trap on the stair land
ing. When turned in one direction the
| planlSing was supported by 1t; but when in the
other, the support being withdrawn, the
/ planking would open at the slightest press
| ure. -
The foreman Of the works stated that any
such apparatus was quite unknown to him,
and that no springs or shafts Of wood
work connecting the landing with the well
had been made under his eyes; the well had
been left planked over merely, according to
/ Mr.. Makerace's orders.
The Jury inspected the mechanism of the
stairs before retiring to consider their YER
| diet.
When they returned, the foreman said:
"They found that the deceased had come TO
! his death by falling into a well through a
/ trap door, which had been unfastened acct
dentally by Mr.. Crouch while that witness
was examining the ornament by which the bolt
was turned; but by whom and for what pur
| pose such a contrivance had been constructed
! there was no evidence to show"
| " No evidence to show" very likely; but we
/ may draw our own conclusions without be-
| ing all of us lawyers. Anyway John Dar-
J gle drew his, and very soon sold the Chile
| stone property. His impressionable nature
which, by the way, from laying him open to
presentimcnt of danger, probably saved
| his life-made him shrink from adopting q
the house as his home. OF course he
| thought no more of eating his Christmas din
ner there; he and his mother shared that
meal with me.
Over our wine, and while discussing the
! topic uppermost in our minds, | asked him
whether he thought Makerace had supposed
his plan had been successful.
Certainly" said Jack "He concluded
that as came down the stairs to open Che
door to the supposed housekeeper l fell
through, which should have done, without
making more noise than he did, if it had not
been for my own wariness and wakefulness
and when he thought it was all over with
me he doubtless entered the house by the
back way, as he had gone out. He imagined
was safe in the depths of the we'll. Whether
he intended to leave my body there forever
will never be known. No; had fallen into
his trap, it would have gene forth that l had
committed suicide. The scrimmage in the
snow and ice at the bridge, spoken of by the
laborer, and the finding of the cap and coat
would have been sort of proof; but, o'
course, my unlucky remains would never
have been found. Such disappearances have
happened before now"-Hag WeeIlV