Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-27
State and NeighborhOOd News.
Hillshoro News, March Goth.

Hillshoro News, March goth.
The protracted meeting of the M. Z.
Church closed last Thursday evening, af- |
ter one of the most successful revival |
seasons that our city has ever expert |
enced. The number of accessions to the |
church was seventy-six, making the total
membership one hundred and fYe.
Brushcreek township, which has fig
ured so prominently in the newspapers
for the past eighteen months, now comes
to the front with another sensation, or
rather with the old sensation of the burn
ing of john Bell's barn revived. 1t is too
well known to need repetition that Jas.
G. and Marion West, who were sent to
the Penitentiary at the recent term of
Court for the crime, stoutly denied their
guilt to the last, and many persons have
had serious doubts since the trial as to
their completely in the crime. 1t is now
stated that during the progress of the
trial, or just after it was over, "Stuf1e"
John Roads, a brother of Dave and Dan
Roads, made confession to Dan Roads
and Simon Murphin, two of the defend
ants, that he burned the barn, and was
sorry he had not confessed it before and
saved the Vests from the Penitentiary.
It seems that the Vests never heard of
the confession until they were on the road
to the Penitentiary, when they were in
formed of it by their counsel. 1t will be
remembered that Detective Norris Joined
the party at ChillicOthe, and it is now said
that the Vests and Dan Roads made a
contract with him to work the matter up
as soon as he got through with his Nc
Kimie business in Pike county.
Norris went down to Brushcreek town
ship last Saturday, evening, and made an
investigation of the matter, and on Mon
day arrested ''Stufie'' John Roads, who
again fully confessed the crime to Norris,
in the presence of witnesses.
CirclevilIe Democrat, March 2lst.
Last Monday, nine brothers, viz: Da-
vid r. Yates, Marcus L. Yates, Dewitt G
Yates, William Yates, F. NJ. Yates, Johr
Yates, S. NJ. Yates, r. B. Yates and T
Yates, were in the city attending Court
and dined together at the Star Restaurant
They are sons of the late John Yates, o.
Deercreek township, and reside in Picka
way, Madison and Fayette counties, arr
solid men, prominent citizens and goo(
Democrats.
r j. Edwin Lutz, the whilOm editor o
the Circleville Advertiser, son of J. A
Lutz, Esq, and whose mysterious disap
, pearance from this city nearly three year
ago, caused considerable excitement a
the time, came home last Friday morning
on brief visit to his parents, returnin
Monday morning to Philadelphia, wher
he is engaged in the book and periodica
business. Fortune has been a tickle god
dess with him since his unexpected de
parture in June, 1876, and his adventure
: have not always been those of pleasure
y After shaking the dust of Circleville frOI
! his feet, he made an extended tour of tn
: South, going as far as the gulf, and spend
k ing much time in Georgia, Louisiana an
!, the CarOlinas. He was in New Orleans
It Tallahassee and Charleston, during th
II excitement pending the action of the Re
If turning Boards, in the Presidential elet
= ton of the Centennial year, and wrot
It letters to several Northern journals d'
It picting the political situation in thos
places. He afterward went to Washing
ton, D. c., and New York, and from tn
latter place sailed for Liverpool, workin
4 his passage on one of the White Star Lin
. of steamers. After a short residence
England, subsisting in manner histor
fails to record, he returned to this cour
Il try. He afterward made several othe
o voyages to Liverpool, extending his iouI
i entered the U. S. marine service in Phil,
: delphia and lay sick at the Marine Hosp
tai in that city for some time, but throug
:, the intervention of friends he was r.
i leased.