The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-05-18
CONFESSION.

CONFESSION.
Anderson came to my house on Sat
urday evening, the Sd day of March.
and apparently was in as good hnmor
and as lively as usual. l invited him
in, asked him if he had been to supper,
and upon his replying in the negative,
Inyself proceeded at once TO prepare
some. as my wife and son were both ab
sent. Supper ready We both sat down
and ate, after which ] went out TO milk
When returned to the house, to my
surprise, | found Anderson with is
sleeves rolled above his elbows, his
shirt collar open and turned under, and
with an old ak, which had been lying
in the fence corner, near the house. for
two years, within his reach. We seated
ourselves, one ON each side of the stove
He then commenced about the letters
that had taken from the post Office,
and said that he must have them.
replied that / would not give Them up.
He then seized the AK, and rs he was
in the act of lifting il TO strike, gave
him a blow with my fiss which felled
him to the floor, and taking the AK from
his grasp, flung it across the room. l
then delivered a second blow with my
fist as be was IN the act of recovering
his feet, this time sending him with his
head between the cupboard and wall,
and followed up the advantage; |
kicked him until he begged of me 20
let hin up, that his arm was broken.
He. however, no sooner recovered his
e. l,o, h, h,rrl fuo of
and Immediately following came jug
which ! managed to dodg" We
clinched again, and being within reach
of the knife box / drew therefrom a
case knife with which could do moth
ing. l reached again and this time got
the butcher-knife with hich / stab
bed. ! think, four times, when he sank
to The fioor and Immediately expired;
| then took him to the old house, dis
taEce 14O yards and buried him.
afterwards converted the house into a
stable and fed stock over the grave.
He remarked that he WIS not afraid of
the law, but he was of the crowd of
men (about COY that had assembled on
his premises. Mr.. Askins led the men
to the woods and detained them there
until DIR. Rice, taking the prisoner in
a buggy skipped" for Van Vert, where
he was delivered to the authorities,
and is now in Jail awaiting his trial,
Mr.. Askins. after giving the doctor
time TO get out of the way, led the
crowd to the old house, and after
going about 2 1-2 feet below the sur
face, at the spot described by Annisor,
they came to the remains of Arthur
Anderson. The body was in a good
state of preservation. The body when
found had canvass sack slipped over
the head and tied to the legs. The
sleeves of the shirt were both rolled
above the elbows, and shirt collar open
and turned under. After the clothes
had been removed and The body wash
I'd, the face looked very natural, al
though dead Zine weeks. The follow
wounds, any one of which
would have been fatal, we've found:
One on left side of neck, which almost
,evered the jugular vein, and entered
the wind pipe; another on the left
breast 2 2 inches from the breast
bone and just below the third rib,
another 212 in length on the right
,ide between sixth and seventh ribs,
and the sixth rib was broken; face was
bruised about the right eye; left side
also bruised. His remains were brought.
10 this place the same day, and on the
next inferred in the old grave yard.
The deceased was about SO years of
age, and the man at whose hands he
net bis fate So years of nge.
The letters written by Annisor's
wife to Anderson, have been placed in
he hands of Annisor's attorney who
will use them In his defense.