Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05
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FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 5. 1877.
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RETURN OF W.. H. WooDDELL.


RETURN OF W. Il. WO0DDELL.
HIS ESCAPE-HOW HE WAS RECAPTURED
HI ACCOUNT OF THE CHARGE
GAINS HIM -COURTESIES TO THE
VIRGINIA OFFICERS IN - vIR-
GINIANS THERE,
&C., &C., &C.
Last Sunday morning Sheriff VIM. l..
Mowry and Mr.. VIM. A. Burnett, clerk OF
the county court of Augusta, who had ac-
companied him 20 Ohio, returned to Staun-
tor, having in their custody VIM. III.
Wooddell, who escaped from the Staunton
Jail some weeks ago, where he was confined
on the charge of Matchmaking Benz. Kari>
COTE, a farmer living near Mt. Scion, out
of promissory notes and contracts to the
amount of $1,000, IN the charge of Kari
COTE having seduced his wife. When the
Virginia officers arrived at Lima, Ohio,
they found that Wooddell had fled to a
point where there were a number OF per-
sons from Augusta, including some OF the
Karicofes, living. many of them being his
CCl udlllCbliCCo3 iO LIZ fAAS h1ooS oHO wv
visits there himself on previous occasions.
They take the home papers, and one OF
them, who reads the VINDICAToR. saw
an account of the escape of Wooddell and
Estes from the jail here, and SEEING Wood
dell on the streets in Lima gave lnfor-
nation to Sheriff Miller, of that place,
who arrested bin and t~elegraphed to Vir-
ginia. When lodged in prison, NJ. Jno.
Irvine, who went from Augusta 10 years
ago, and vino is now a wealthy and re-
spected citizen of Lima, got out a habeas
corpus to effect his release, and Wooddeli
was to have been released the day after the
arrival of Sheriff Mowry. When put in
the hands of the Augusta sheriff, Wooddell
complained greatly Of the cruelty of his
treatment while in Lima Jail, and iii bid
ding goodbye to Sheriff Miller and his son
told them if ever he came back there he
would settle up accounts with them.
wooDDELL's D Of THE CASE.
On his way to Virginia Wooddell gave
the officers an account of his escape and
travels. He said after escaping from the
Jail here with Estes, he went to his W
house near Mt. Scion, and staid about there
some time and might have been arrested
if he had been sent after, for he should not
haye resisted the officers. He then made
his way to Keyser, the New Creek station
on the Baltimore q Ohio r. R., a hundred
miles away, walking all the way, though
the weather was bitterly cold. When he
had nearly gotten to the end CT his journey
his mind became disordered and he walk
ed d good distance back towards Augusta,
before he knew which way he was going.
He did not apprehend conviction on his
trial, as he thought what he had done Was
right. He said he had long suspected his
wife's fidelity, and on the Sunday night
previous to his interview with K2ricofe, he
watched her go down to the road and have
a long conversation with Karicofe. On her
return to the house he taxed her with her
infidelity, and she confessed that for three
years She had maintained improper re-
iations with him. He sent for Karicofe
next day, and he admitted the truth OF
Mrs. WIS statement in his presence.
Wooddell then told him to take the wo-
man home with him, and giving hei
her clothing started her off, Karicofe
taking her to his house. Wcoddell
says ne took this course for the sake
Of her children of which size has eight and
for the sake of Karicofe's family, he also
having eight children. Upon rejecting
on it afterwards he came TO the conclusion
that her lover would soon tire Of her and
throw her off, and that he cnuld not live
with her again nor yet know chat she was
suffering, he determined to make Ka-
ricofe support her and this fund Of 81, 900
was for that purpose only, and not for his
benefit in any way.
Wooddell said he regretted having fled
from the Staunton Jail, as he feared it
might prejudice his case on trial, and he
had determined if he had been released at
Lima to return to Staunton and give him
self up. He had a very poor opinion OF the
lawyersat Lima saying that if all Of them to-
gether were boiled down and skinned they
wouldn't be equal to n lawyer in Staun-
ton, and ii he had a license to practice law
he could go back tn re Inc make a fortune.
On leaving the Lima jail he was very anx-
lous to bring with him some specimens of
the prisoners food there, to show how bad
ly they were used. Wooddell's trial will
take place at the next term of the County
Court. + penalty on conviction is from
three t>!en years confinement in the State
prison.
WHAT II OFFICERS SAW.
Sheriff M0wry and Mr.. Burnett went to
Ohio by the Valley r. r. route. They ar
rived at Columbus Ohio ON Tuesday with
their requisition, but could not see Gov.
Hayes who was absent on a visit to Zenia
and Judge Mackey of South Carolina was
there waiting for him. They were, howev-
er, very courteously treated by his private
Secretary, 1.-THE young man who wrote the
unlucky letter of acceptance to the native
American association and by Hon. Z. d.
Bell, Secretary OF State, whose mother,
a Hanger: went from Augusta county.
On their return with the prisoner they
again stopped at Columbus where they re-
ceiyed much courteous attention from Mr..
Samuel Thompson, the former Sheriff of
that city who came on to Staunton for
Robert Dunlap who was arrested here a
! year ago for the murder of a man III Ohio.
He took them TO the Ohio penitentiary to
Identify a young convict who was believed
to be young Sam Wren, who murdered Mr..
Rippetoe at Buffalo Gap a few weeks ago.
but it proved not to be the man. They saw
among the convicts Robt. Dunlap who was
sentenced for life. He was fat and hearty
and asked with interest after his relations
in Augusta.
VIRGTNTANS IN OHIO