The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-01


said, Kate. l will cut the heart right
out of you now. He then caught NE
by the coat collar and be drew the
knife and made jump and said, No,
Frank first, and still held to me He
drew knife again and made jrmp at
Francis. Francis was here 10 this
room all this time. Francis did not
have anything in his hands then. h
Jumped at Francis and said if you
shoot you had better shoot pretty
id quick. He then jumped to
ward Francis. dragiDg knife over his
head, still holding or Inc. Francis
jumped inside kitchen. Burroughs, as
Francis went into kitchen, sirIck at
Francis. and struck az him with knife,
still holding On 20 Inc. Francis caught
gun "a double-barreled shot lun) AZ d
shot him. Burroughs still held on TO
me. Burroughs fell agains door,
Burroughs fell Cead. he did no move.
He fell with the knife in his haa'l, and
he still clutches the knife in l,is maud
He got this knife in tue kitche., 9ben
he was after drink Of water, ihiuk
There was no one IN my part of the
house at time except Francis. Bur
roughs and iue This hou-a l. Soluble
house, story ana half high. West
part of house occupied by Hattie Day
and mother. Ted Plo-t,, Of Vanlup,
boards at Day'e. Mrs Day ana P!o:ls
were il West room at time tll- sh' or
ing was done, about three ,'ClGck of
the morning of the 20 u of D: ober
Burroughs claim ,d ~ be about wenty
four years Of age. H said I.e was
from Baltimore Nd He s-i.t his
mother died five years ago. +, e only
name 1 know is VIM Burrou@h- They
call him Baltimore Bill"
Francis ~ Blair iii b. II years
of age the 18Th or Nuv, 1873, ar-i
work for Wm. Messipger A. h"srd
with him. Last night ahoutl2 = OK
mother and Burroughs came - J~s
singers livery barn and mother r4pp@d q
on door and wanted me 10 let her in.
opened door ard size came in. b.
came in behind her. She said B. was
abusing her down here like q dog. |
was sleeping il the office | glt 1p,
put Oh my clothes, sat down on b-d.
B. denied he abused her. Ia-k-j hin
why he did not go OFF ard m'nd lis
business. He said he WASN'T ding
anything here | went up stairs in
stable and got gun. l fetched it down
and laid it in band wagon. Mother
and B. still being in Office. | went
back into the office. Eckert, the night
watch, came ia and asked why be did
not go off about his business and asked
him what he wanted to run after tnat
woman for. E. took B. out up as far
as EImes' corner. Mother asked me to
90 home with her as she was afraid. i
told her yes and went and got gun.
She and 1 started together. went TO
Shaler's coal house. told her to walk
on and l would go behind and not let
him see me. She went across street
and met z. there. He said he would
go along home with her. B. said ne
would go along. The three then
started together. | waited until they
got nearly here / went across by
First National Bank, along on that
side of the street to Clark's barn. !
heard him talking loud in the ouse
here. walked by the gate here and
he and Eckert went out aud towards
Main street. l then came il aad sat
down and in ten or fifteen minutes b.
came to front door and knocked.
Mother asked who was thera. He said
a friend. She told him she would not
let him in. She made him promise he
would behave himself if she did let him
IN She opened front door and let him
in. He came 10 and sat down awhile
before he said anything He com
menced abusing her and then said be
wanted drink of watSr. Mother told
him no water here, that she had TO
carry water and had not fetched any
this evening. He then asked for cold
coffee She told him to go and see.
He went into the kitchen and staid
so ne time and came back and sat do an
| by stove and abused mother. He then
got mad, sprang up aud caught her,
drew knife from his pocket with right
hand and said he would cut her heart
out. was standing close by. Mother
was then standing up and he then
turned around to me and said, no.
Frank first. He started for me and
made jump as though he was going
to stick me with knife. stepped back
into kitchen and grabbed gun and he
said if you are going to shoot, shoot
id quick, or you will be a corpse
iu a minute, you s-of a b..
grabbed the gun and shot him When
/ shot he fell back against the door
between the kitchen and the front
room. He did not move as l noticed.
ran out past him out front door and
up this street to Main street and met
Jimmy McCahill, Que of the night
watch. He called Eckert and E wept
with me to show me where Marshal
Byal lived. The marshal came down
here. The gun was a double barreled
shot gun, both barrels loaded with
common bird shot The gun was mine
and kept it at Messengers stable. 1t
has been loaded nearly two weeks and
wasn't shot off until last night. When
/ shot / think B. had hold of my
mother with bis left hand. can't say
how he held his right hand. l saw the
knife in it. He jumped towards me
me. l don't know whether he was
drunk or not when he came TO the
stable He acted as sober as anybody.
/ don't think he was drunk when /
shot him. | think he had sobered off
pretty much. had not seen him since
he came out of Jail. He had been in
Jail some time He had boarded with
my mother before he went 10 Jail. We
had trouble before. He had threat
ened TO kill Inc two or three tunes be
fore de had before this threatened
to kill my mother.
John Abrams Il am about 81 years
of age and work at Messengers stable
Burroughs came there last night with
Mrs. Sarah Corbin about 12 or one
o'clock He did not act drunk. She
came into the office and he followed,
They talked awhile and Frank and his
mother went cut into the main part of
the stable. g. staid in Office. Frank
went up stairs. B. came up to me
wheR | was in bed and said, Abrams,
God d-n you, are you asleep? said
no. He said to me, suppose she and
her kid have gone out to get their shct
guns and | am not afraid of a half
dozen of their shot guns. He then said
God d-n them, l will kill them both
before morning. He put his right
hand into his coat and pulled up the
end of revolver and said here is the
instrument will do it With. Eckert.
the night watch, came aud took him
away ard Francis and his mother
started towards home. Francis had
his gun with him when he started. He
(Burroughs) threatened to kill her
when in the Office in her presence.
then went to bed to sleep. In the
night Francis came back and walked |
me up and said he had shot Bill and |
he was going up to see Marshal Byal
and give himself up. Francis then
went out for Byal. B. did not make
any threats to Francis while in the
office. hut after thew went ont be said |