The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-26

lido HlU CoHiuueu hhph lVu'hey ANHi
Indianapolis 70 Alliance, o., where they
reached early ip ihp morning OF June q.
They went to the little stors Of CAtharine
Hunter, on the skirts Of the toSp, 4ear
the railway track, aud WattRough bought
some crackers and cheese then went oil
to board pile, ate their breakfast and
then lay down on the boards to sleep. As
soon as wattmough was sSlGcp 0hr rose
with coupliug.piu which had been
secured for the purpose, dealt tbs old
man some murderous blows on the head,
robhei LtH, OF his trowsers aud vest, hve
Dollars M InSlay and watch and some
other things. 1taRe they wrapped in a
rad baudana Handkerchief and fled. Their
hasty movements attracted The attention
Of A neighbor named Madison Frsil, aud
while he looked susplciously about say
Wattmough, with nothing on but bis
shirt and carrying q boot in his hand,
stavvering or Ia q different direction.
TraIl fastened TO learn what allied the
man, but beiorthe could reach him, Watt
mough fell, and another neighbor, henry
Davis, ran 10 his aid. He could tell moth
ing but that he had been beaten and rob-
bed by Ills travelling companions. A doc
tor was called, but Wattmough became
unconscious soon aud died at three In the
afternoon. The deed was dono in tho
morning between seven and eight
ARREST or DIR AND MANN. :
Marahal Klngsbury was notified and fol-
lowed ohr aud Mann, and by the descrip-
ton which Mrs. Hunter furnished, reeog.
nirsd them near BeloIt, arrested them and
took them back to Alliance. There ohr
confessed that the deed had been piannsd,
and the coupling pIn selected as tho wea'
pom; but he added that when the moment
10 make the attack came Mann weakened,
begged him not TO strike; that Mann even
sank down iAinung with remorse when
the blows were given, though he recuver'
ed the strength Of terror to by. A eoro'
uer's Jury found AgRlnSt theu and they
were committed for trial In Canton, the
seat Of Starke county. Mann was ried
tirst, his case beginning Deesmber 2isl
$50, aud closing on the Goth, with YER
J diet Oi guilty In the fret degree. Ohrl,
case wAG called on the Slh and finished
on the 18th, With like verdict. Mann's
defense was that be did not strike the
! blow aud, as Ohr had confessed, Mann
Q had protested against the blow. This evi.
a dence Of an Gccomplice the Court would
not admit Tor Mann.
dRoUSD OB TnR DEPEScE.
The defence iu 0hTs case vas that he
. did not Intend 70 murder, but to stur
I Wattmough, 80 hAt he could not resls
the robbery. The law ci Ohio ls Just The
n opposite Of that Of New York In instances
a like this. In that Of ChAstiue Cox II was
decided that homicide committed eyen nm
10 Intentionally dpring the perpeIration ri a
Ct teiony becomes RCApitAl crime, In OH,
n. the law requires proof Oi the intent b
=. Kill before the iel0nioHsaet isehanreCt int
one Of murder In the fitat -agErus. IndTs
Q Meyers, who tried the case, called tbe 4,
Of tention Of the Jury 70 the fact that Waii
na mough wAS attacked with deadly Weapon
:, aud the fact VaS considered by The Iur
" sufficient proof Of design 10 muide
in The boys were sentenced 70 be hung o
m. the 7th Of May, 1880.
nd AREfnEvE GRANTED.
to The sentence was not carried out G
90. that day because there was general vii
m. that they might be spared until the Ia
,sI. was TO be executed on sGmmett. II
. Is community was shocked at the thought
las the hAnHings, and wanted the torrit
Ia. work all done At once. There had DO,
ces but one hanging In statke county duri
in its whole history, and that Of a man nam
tbe Bach,el, iorty.two years ago. Two oth'
ior had been condemned, but one had
ma sentence eommuted and the other destrt
y cd himself In prison. What made
10 hanging more dreAdful TO the good p,
not ple Of stArke was the youth Of the bo
ave When they va arrested and one oil th,
M found WeGrilg he clothes Of WRttmoll
~, W then hardly 20 i 10 death, Il was hard
nld reStTaIn the crowd In Alliance from lynl
lte, ing them, bat this passion quickly d
nth down and those who urged summary y!
geance on the spot were signing Peati