, 1879-05-17

tlcnco 4 90 cosuplela as to atsnoat preclude t!o
possibility nj 'louht Of The guilt Of .hc nrts-
oncr. 1rue, ono Ut The wltncsssa,'n y fe1'nw-prs..
I" lin, rut Ill. a III tte efro,t, Il IT. any. ,!n
tue Jury. In Pilot tiroyc Township. aioont
twolvo miles wcHt of l}tnnvie. on Saturday
n!nrnlhg, thu hsh Of Ortober, 1878, about ~
ca'ia, tn Il corfl.Iltl.I IN Which he was at work,
to lEbt his ME. Willis fhcsn he l11tirch
yrst hanging ut, a.!d go!ng bnre to TUG field TOLD
lin brother Of '''p fac. liz tE,t.''Eht i ssranse
hcrn nctuprta fur long time, sfhl wn4 in I'll
aut-of.lhe-waf utaec. TN eutcr'ug he saw some
straw on tie flo'r, AMI hlood TN the straw aud
crAcks IN lie li.or. iic iit,c. un onu u the
p'anks and saw lie b'snely corpse Of man lying
luce down. lln ttronpc.1 ll'c I!anI, went "at
nn,l informed solnc VI isu. nclghbors, who Nent
10 silc Gabin to investigate.
TUEY FOUND TILE nopY
Of a mnn, n1A,ut q or % years Of nge, with dark
hair, ct short, brartt of about weeks growth.
niussnel.a aM shose Et"tec; he seetNed to es
about tlyo ni'd halt fcrt high. we'll ,prurur:;
TONED, n'"i. Us Iar ~ ,ary y.,,ll taagc, tad
dark vest, 'arl: pants, nlnl stc sucks; NJ cont,
hu'. Ur sttot were fuul rhlre was n1sU f1llntl
II ~ rMhin wh.ts sh5ft atA ('a1s os Tfa3 paa.s,
iwt1, bl9otiy, nN vest hanging ny, ut bloody;
Tint tho forehead #na lflaacd III CLEAR aeross
ahoye the eyebrows the nnsu Eas hE0aeu, aud
| tlr upper front teeth broken In. 4 doctor saw
it,u t,o1y about o'csrk, Ht,I said the man 1lnh
becn ucsa.i but a lev hours. as tho joluts Of tue
limbs were not stl then. Ills opinion ~as TINT
| death must have bcesl almost instantaneous
" tho flrcputo Of the enuin, covered np II, thr
nsl.cs, n large rock was found, sm"arctl WITH
hIun.l alld burnt lair THIS was evidently It. q
Instrument with which the dcctl rms ctnlt1f t.
ted, and tho nan was psohnhty dsccp VI len
| murdered, AMI never knew what struck lin.
| An Inquest was held tlat evening: nnl the In
formation nbtAincd tlcn afterwards lul 70 tho
| nrrrst Ut J0hM |. West ut McCjcl!a,4's cual-
hn,,ks, two miles south Of Arrow nost, on FRI
| day, tho 1ltl' Of October, lust onu wef,K
AFTEn the MURDER.
When 1ln was arrested he did htt scen at MI
alarmed Or Nnen>y, att1 asknt! seysra, tncs why
! l,e was asrestet: finally he aakefl Il It Wua for
tl,r murder .! the man at II! Ut Grove, ul,tl
when told TINT u was, lie sai1 tt Int he was limo
cent, West bad on when nrrcstcd s'back allk
ais over his pants. lie hid In small sack
tnnao Of. bcd.t!ckhG ar, cxtr cont, baci. Blouch
Int, mt, nail. OF saoes. Tic a!so Ind an old
TIRES rings, mud u littic. money. He told tic
Sheriff 1ouE story abt.ut trumpug around the
country. thMt he WsB IN Howard County tt,c
ngtt ii Tic murder, crossrd tic river at boom
through Pilot Gfo'o Township that day to Nc
Clcilan's conl bonk, i.ear Arrow ltock. Tic
| Sheriff offered ~ Take him oygr TO Howard
County to sGe II he could bu identified, but le
J evidence wns l.iycn: On the morning OF Fri
day, Oct. 4. 18iY two lnrn were suetl by differ.
cnt persnns Walking towIrd Pilot Grove. on the
roau hesweUn pleasant trccn, md Ej'ot Grove,
unl Within six niles Of the Inter u1acn. Ono
llatl Un 4 back alouah hat, dark clothes, u,d
CARRIED GRAY BUNDLE
Under lis arm nd nntc1ed hickory atct, III his
| hand Tic other wore a black EtIk cap, t1ark
coat, aiI1 brown overalls over Ills patts The
! nj 6nfltrt II Wf5etsE VfnHtns TIM f,t1fRr II
| yolnEer.looklng suan, With light n.ustaels ard
stnuI1 eoalce. Tie same two men wero seen
ami talked with in Pilot 1roye on tllr attcr-
were mot afterwards By different pcrsons On
The road between pisot Grow md The old cabin,
md Within quarter OF milo Of the cabsn,
about dars 1ltcsc witnesses were very sure
that the murdered t,an and West were the
two men that they met at these different
times. Iho next morning, between daYltglIt
and sll1'rlsc. negro boy sa's Il luRl passlng hV
where hg 1iscd. itc vas about Elk tcct from
lin, antlAyore dark slolcl hat, dirk coat,
an1 carried a little strispd suck: Tie hoy
easily identified West In . crowd u men at tllu
nroitminary examination. About 1o;D o'clock
Church, about six and q hull miles from the
cabin, Hnd from there he went On noout milo
to 'Sauirc A'lcn's, wncrs be stopped a,,d got
Ills dlnner anu staid TWO or three hours. While
at Allcns
WEST GAVE MS NAME,
| bH@A II CAk N%&A AUuAk AaillbE4lt A]ul A9kEu II
great many questions about thu country, Ha
went un and crossed B,ackwater ut R1ckcr's
stose, where lie was seen, MN! from there to
McCic1lan's coal banks, where he stasd until ar
rested. The striped bc1.tick sack was aecu with
lin all the time, ntMl though he wore thr Int
after to left thu cabin, he llad on the black silk
cap when arrested. Ai,otl,rr witness vino knew
West IN Lamoiatc, where lie lived. testtfed tint
tie met West I'll ssdaln on the I'd of October,
the ttav Forcpaugh'a circus Nus there, which
wns two days before the .uflr13er. The defense
bud only two or three witnesses, whose testitno-
ny did uot amount to anythlng, Anu then West
lalo Of hts tratt'ps about the country. He fin
tsned by snyinE Tint hc cfossc'l the river here
iron, Howard County the morning betore ths
murder, went out tl9 SelaIla road some str or
se1e, sn,les, an! slept u,.tler haystark tho
hight Of tho murder, unn went on to 'Satlfrc
AiIen's the next day. He could not deny being
1T Atleu's, for hc had told them his name.
lie sA1D WHEN ARRESTED
That Io crossed tic river here Of, tho morning OF
the murder, md went on to Squire Alicn's to
dinner, but, when 1so found frnni tlir Testimony
during the trial that 1t wns impossible to haya
travelled thu; distance IN foUt In fur ioura nn1 u
morning before. West was very ably defended
by hls counsel, Aiessgs. CosgvoYe AND pe.,,l'c.
ton. but thc Jury, alter being out from Saturday
night tiil Nonday morning, brought tn verdict
"guilty." Only oucc during thu trial did the
pilsoucr show. any signs ot emotlUnal IcrlIng,
mud that was during Mr. Eosgruyu's speech, a.lI
even while the JuAge wns nvonoaneis,g the sen
tonce, liz looked perfectly uncouccrned. Since
te trlal, and w to !'c t!inu tho Supreme Court
refused to graut IL new tr3al, he has always
secn.et to be ~ good spirits, and would play
the tlddlc 11carly ull day. lii tic Inst three
weeks he has broken down several tttues, Tut
says ao will die game. Iiu scetrs to tuyc Kootl
deal Of nerve anl very fsttic sct,se.
| 4 FOUL MURDER.
| xpecfaf Dtstutch to The Tribune.
TORONTO, May 10.-To.day Edward Thick
penny, farm laborcr, was arrestcd at Sparta
EillaEe for numbering Mrs. Cntler[nn TlIuIu1,.