The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-02-28

State Of Ohio VS. Dennis Dugan, Den
mis- McGhee and Michael McGhee. Thii
was an indictment charging defendants
with cutting David Edgar with intent tc
kill. Dugln elected to have a separa
trial, and the McGhees were put upon
trial.
The first witness called was David
Edgar reside in wellston, and am
acquainted with Dennis McGhee and
Michael McGhee. On the 18th Of Janu-
airy, 1878, had difficulty with the de
PENDANTS On the 18th was appointed
deputy Marshal of wellston, and war
rant from G L. Monahan, Mayor of the
village Of wellston, was put in my hands
for the arrest Of certain parties, and |
took Bob Ramsey and John Conrad as
assistants. We went to Hamden, but not
finding the parties, we afterwards met
them on the road. They refused to be
arrested, and had more men than we had
They finally agreed to go, on condition
that they be permitted to 60 to McGhee's,
where they boarded. On the way they
got other parties to 60 with them. /
wanted to put them in the calaboose, but
they refused We found other parties
at McGhee's. They told Dennis McGhee
that they were under arrest, and Dennis
swore they should not be arrested, and
he would kill the first man who attempt
ed to arrest them Dennis then talked
to them in Irish, or some language | did
not understand. While they were talk
ing, the old man McGhee, Michael jump
ed up and struck me on the side of the
head, and swore that | owed the
old woman bar bill Dennis took
hold of the old man and shook him,
talked to him in Irish, and the old man
sat down again. Old Mrs. McGhee told
me not to mind the old man, he was
drunk Some Of the prisoners said we
had promised to treat, and we must do
so We all went into the bar-room, and
treated the crowd, eight persons in all,
Dennis McGhee and an old man named
Mckinley, were behind the bar, and
furnished the whisky. Then told Mrs.
McGhee and Dennis to shut the bar
The three prisoners then said they had
not heard the warrant read, and ! COM
menced reading it. l am poor reader,
and got John Conrad to finish reading
it. Dennis McGhee said, Edgar, how
came you to be in this thing p told
him the Mayor came to my shoe-shop and
told me l must go. as the Marshal was
afraid TO 60 Dennis said "by God, if
had known you was Marshal, l would
have shot you as you passed the window
in the evening" Said he did not know
how they picked up three Of the best
men in the town to 60. He said, you
would have had warm time if you had
come over to Petersburg to take US, as we
had guns, and there were about forty Of
us" Petersburg is Wellston Furnace
He told the prisoners they ought to have
taken his advice. and not to have gone
off by themselves. Ed. Kerns. one of the
prisoners, asked me if could talk Irish,
as he had been told that l was an Irish
man. He said something to me in Irish,
and asked me if understood him. Den
mis- told the prisoners that they must get
out before daylight as it would not do to
stand trial, as Wells had men around
there who would swear them into the
Penitentiary. then went home, dis
tance Of three or four hundred yards, to
tell my woman not to be uneasy about
my absence. Was not gone more than
ten to fifteen minutes. All were quiet
when | came back. One was asleep, and
one was hugging one of the girls. | told
John Conrad to watch the windows, and
asked Mrs. McGhee for the key Of the
front room. The door was locked. She
said there was no key. Dennis McGhee
called lot Of them from the sitting room
to the bar-rodan. Got to talking excited
ly in their own language, in the bar-room.
| went to the Mayor and asked him for
help This was about . o'clock in the
morning. / weut and got revolver
Was not gone over Is minutes. When |
came back Dennis and the prisoners were
in the bar-room Ramsey went to get
tobacco. | did not want him to 60, as !
was afraid there would be an attack be-
fore he got back, as / knew it from their
talk. When | went into the barroom
Dennis McGhee had a piece of Bologna
sausage, and a butcher-knife, and was
cutting the sausage, and giving it to the
men. Dennis said, these parties cannot
hold you men," Barney McGhee took
off his coat and said, 81 can attend to the
shoemaker" The light was extinguish-
die was put out, and the fire in the CRATE
in the other room was drowned out 1t
was all dark in the house. Dennis said
he would shoot me in the head. He
said this two minutes before the fight
commenced, and repeated it, They all
rushed upon me then. 1t was dark
could not tell who they were. Dennis
McGhee was nearest to me when the
lights were put out. lie was three feet
or less from me. Right at the time the
lights went out, and they rushed at me,
| shot at the crowd, and then ran. There
were three in the crowd at which shot.
Barney McGhee was one of the crowd.-
Dennis was not in the direction in which
| shot. He was right by my side. ran
through the door into the middle room,
so as to get out through the. kitchen, as
it was the only way to get. out. In the
middle room was caught by some one,
and | struck him with the revolver and
knock him out Of the way. / do not
know who it was. Just then was cut in
the back, and heard the voice of Dennis
McGhee, saving, damn you, take that :"