Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-11-03
AFTERNOON.

anime the premises: looked behind the counters
no one was there; We proceeded back towards = the
door In the partition, Drury preceding me; / then
appealed 10 him, and said 'Our son has never beer
night out Of our house, except when away from
home and to have him out on night like this when
there is 50 much turbulence; II you have him oi
know where he is let me have him; he said, YOU
son is in good hands and we'll cared for remarked
that that assurance wns all well enough, but that
did not satisfy his mother OF myself and then said
''Ifthereis il anything wrong let me have him: I'm
not brute; never laid hands on him Violently OF
in anger; he Is our only lOn;' We stood and d's
cussed the matter probably minute, when step
ped towards the door in the partition, when hC
placed himself in font of it with his back to the door
am not certain whether or not the door was open
we were standing between the partition and the
desk, which was in front Of the door: was facing
the Of the building and he was facing me; had
light fall overcoat On dark color. At the request OF
his counsel the witness put the coat onl; had No
other cat on under it; had no vest on; coat was
probably buttoned with one button; when came
there he said ''This sir, is my private apartment,
and you can't go In here" said, 'You have given
permission to examine the place and propose to
do it." and made step to go in the door, and said
"Get out of my way, am going to find my boy
As did so he placed himself in an attitude of re-
sstsnce stepping his left foot forward and extending
his left hand he pnt his right hand to his hip pocket
and slid If you attempt to 90 in here you do it
your peril" In that moment, for 1t was only mo-
ment he thereby put himselfin position OF attack
at the same moment / heard a shot and looked
around to my right to see whether there was not
back saw the young man sink down with his right
shoulder against the counter; at the SINE moment
observed that 1 had my revolver between my thumb
and finger at my side; then believed that 1t was
this revolver which had exploded, though had there
been third person present should not have thought
so; did not cock the revolver; l could not have
cooked It; was not sensible of having taken hold
of it, was not aware that had revolver about nv
person until saw it in my fingers the pistol was in
myright hand; Drury's right-front was towards me,
about two feet to my right and in front OF me;
tain'y did not aim the pisto at the young man,
neither directly o. indirectly; certainly had no in
tent nor Thought of doing him any injury; hs no in
tent to either rim or FIRE the pistol; did not see the
young man fall; he must have gone down quickly {;
am short-sighted; Immediately got down on my
kn" S beside him and spoke to him; have an in
distinct remembrance of feeling fhs face and pulse
| thought there was movement of the pulse; that
may have probably been nothing more than hope
while there heard my son call ''papa;' l jumped
up passed through the door, and ran up the stairs,
and when got to the top, he was knocking on the
door to Closet at the head of the stairs; spoke to
him and took hold of the door; he called to me to
tale him out; my first impression was to break the
door, but wae to much prostrated to do so; I
turned and went down stairs-slid down the
bannister 1 thjnk-and observing the keys on the
desk took them; the young man was still lying
there; noticed he had not moved; went up stairs,
unlocked the door and found in this closet by
the door; he said, "Papa, don't bameme couldn't
help it; he had his pahtaloons on and his socks;
said to him: MY son, get your shoes and coat on,
picked his coat up and handed it to him this dressing
was done in the bedroom; then took him by the
arm and went down stairs rapidly possible; as
we went out we stopped and looked at the body;
said, 'son we must hurry up and get some one to
help him. think that hung the keys the knob
Of the front door, or dropped them doUl, l am moi
certain which; am not sure whether the door was
locked or not; think not; did not lock it when We
went out; as we came to the door my son was vely
much agitated and could not wen let go of him
looked to see some one to call for help; saw one
but some boisterous persons who were swearing ant
threatening; hurried to the hotel; the door wa,
locked but Mr.. Stout opened it. said to him, "A
terrible accident has happened to me-" he sait
| "What:' told him that the clerk had acted be
gerently aud been shot, and feared killed; asked
Mr.. Stout to go down Immediately and if he coult
help him he refused and went to can Mr.. Roller
Mr.. Meekison then came in and told him in as few
words as possible what had occurred and asked hin
to go and see; he Immediately went out; Mr.. Kol'e
came down just then, Mr.. Facey was sitting in
chair at the side of the office; told him what ha(
happened, and he thought it impossible; said, &c
hope to God it is not so;' told him that feared
was, as had seen the blood; did not say that say
the blood spurt; my wife came down soon after Mr.
Roller came down; she was very much affected, 81
much SO as to occupy my attention for the time
after the shooting dropped the revolver back int
my overcoat pocket; at the hotel gave it to Mr
Miller; when put on the overcoat did not knov
the revolver was in the pocket; am not able TO sa
when it was put there had loaned it to Mr.. Meek
son in the summer, and he returning 1t loaded,
shooting (the 25th,) great many persons called up
on me; there were scarcely fifteen minutes at tim
but what some one was there; do not remember hay
ing a conversation with the Sheriff: he .probabl
overheard conversations had with others; do no
| think he asked que ltion have never stated any
thing different from what have in his examination
remember my son was very violent and turbulen
after the affair, and l requested Sheriff Daum
quiet him, which he was kind enough to do; the 81
cond time came down stairs to look after the boy
| Stout told me he was over in the crowd at Bitter
corner; first learned that he had gone to the dru
store when made inquiries in the crowd when tall
ing with Drlry at the door of the drug store tol
| him that If 1t was earlier would get an officer
| help me get my son.
| Know o. Thompson; had conversation with hil
on the subject of selling liouor to my son; it wa
soon after Easter week, $50. I was sitting in til
Miller House reading about the center of the readin
table, on the ncrth side, and between the stove an
front doors while there's gentleman sat leaning bac
near the window reading another at the other end
table near the stove; Thompson came in and salt
! Governor, | nave an apology to make to you;"
arose up and said, 'How dc you do and gave hi
chair; he sat down nearer the stove than L. he the
said, Il sold your son some beer the other day, IL
same day that you went down for him, and | m
You on the sidewalk coming up" He then detaile
the circumstance of selling the beer; he said tw
/ oung men came into his bar-room and asked (,
Ger which he gave them; he thought they looke
rather young and remarked to them that they lookt
young; they pointed to their shoulder-straps AZ
said tnat that ought to satisfy him that they
they were; he refused to give them more; he furth
said II talked to my wife about it and she advis,
me to come to you and tell you. She said you we
not man to wantto do any one HARM Now, Cove
nor, you have an action against me which hope yC
won't take advantage of After rejecting a mome
I said, ''Mr Thompson, am glad you told me
| this, l think Mrs. Thompson very wise woman
advise you in this manner, wish every liquor-sell
in town would adopt your course and desst in selii
liquor to boys " referred to number of instanc
in this town where boys had been ruined by drink;
so said that would rather man would shoot n
and bring him home dead than to sell him liqu
or get him drunk; never sad II want it distinct
understood that the first who sells my son liqu
or gets him drunk will shoot him dead in b
tracks" He staid fully half hour and invited n
to take cigar upon leaving; treated him courteor
ly and felt very kindly towards him.
Know the witness Withers; met him at the dep
one evening and had a conversation with him dol
recall the evening, but think it the second til
was taken to Defiance; the preliminary examir
} ton commenced on Monday; remember meeti
Withers in the depot; was sitting at the time on
seat in the ladies' room; Mr.. Whistler was stti
next to me all the time until got up to 90 into
0 train; several others we're about us; while stti
there heard some one say, Governor you have !
I deepest sympathy; 1t was said in voice which
] not carry sympathy with it; looked up and saw
Wthers and thanked him, and said that had no fe
but what time would develop oil the facts in the m
Ter; that my deepest grief was for the young maj
mother; I did not say to Withers on that occasio
.1 regarded young Drury as man who had set I
TO his own dwellinr, and was unable TO escape t
flames, nor she paced his hand on his hip pock
had seen SO much of this in the South that knt
what 1t meant. dropped my hand to my pock
pulled my revolver and fred It before realized WI
was DOING" never used such expressions to n
; Withers.
know the witness Rogers; remember having
conversation with him while was in the Defan
|; Jail when he came in with Mr.. Wann his first {
preston was that he had Just been telling Wann tf
t was singular that you should have passed throu
, the war and the turbulence which has followed o.
or words to that effect replied, at lie not stran
at all, Mr.. Rogers, any man is liable at any time
: have accidents occur to him." l said to him, "N
Rogers, you are the father of family and you C