The daily gazette., 1882-08-29

night because she t'did not know he waa
missing" did not have a search instituted
IN that direction next day and did not tell
the neighbors about 1t. The Loose girl
also said ON Friday to the Coroner, "Mr.
jackson, will come to the inquest
saturday night, but don't want you to scare
me-" She also said, "I know Henry was
killed. will know it all. The person who
did It will tell me-" Another discovery was
made after this, that steps led from the
place where the body was found through
the corn to Loose's outbuildinRs. Mr..
Loose accounts for this by saying 1t shows
| now bewildered Crater must have been from
the pain of the rupture. There has been no
testimony to show that Crater was about
Loose's outbuiIdings on Sunday.
AT THE INQUEST.
| On Saturday night the adjourned hearing
OF the case was held in Squire Jackson's
Office in Kenton. The witness who attrac ted
the most attention was Looses daughter
Sne y widow, is about 46 years Of age and
her hrst name is Martha. At the inquest
she told different story about hearing the
groans. She said she went right past the
place where the body was found and she
heard the cries OF agony when she was about
lOO yards off from the place, but heard
nothing when she got near the spot Her
previous statement, It will be remembered.
was that she heard the cries while standing
by the gate at the house. When the woman
was asked who her companion was she re-
Iuseu 10 tell 1t, and this created sensation
She had to be taken into another room and
threatened with imprisonment before she
told 1t, and then she said 1t was young
man named John Ford. Her reason for
not wanting TO give the name was that
her iolks would object at home. The woman
reluctantly told that she met Ford at Colts
place, where he came near sundown, and
took her to a coiored camp meeting. She
dld not say when she came TO Colts, but
admitted that in going there she also went
past the place where Crater was found and
then she heard nothing.
The Coroner failod 10 find out what time.
the woman left home, and what hour she
passed the spoti where the body of Crater,
VINO had last been seen on Sunday forenoon,
must have been lying on Sunday at mid
nlght, II the woman's story that she heard
moans OF pain are to be believed
Young Ford said at first that he heard no
sounds, but atterward admitted that he did.
Ills testimony was somewhat mixed and
contradicted that of the woman on the route
that was taken. The Loose woman in her
statement TO the Coroner and DIR. Cooper,
said that Ford called her attention TO the
noise, but to the jury she did not say so
In this respect her statement differed, as
well as to the y ace she was when she heard
the cries.
When the jury came to render a verdict |
there WAS some trouble. Dr. Cooper had |
given his opinion that the man had been
murdered and that more than one must |
have been engaged in the crime. A verdict |
was drawn up that the deceased came to his |
death from perforated wound of the abdo- |
men, inflicted by a person or persons un-
known To the jury. This was signed by Nath- |
aniel Griffin, Denny Loose, Alexander Moore,
Joseph Colt, Emory Temple, Nehemiah
David, George Warren, Samuel Vible, Elias i
Hamilton, Henry Colt, Hubert Guessford
and Two or three other jurymen; but Peter
Loose, with whom Crater worked, Peter
Loose, Ir., and John Brindle, a hand on
Loose's place refused to sign It., declaring
that the man had committed suicide and
finally they all signed 1t with the word,
suicide" having been written in brackets
after each OF their three names. So the case
rests but Coroner jackson is still hard at
work.
The brother and brotheF-in-law of Crater
were In kenton yesterday. The brother |
lives In Dauphin street, Philadelphia, and
his name is Martin crater He is quite
poor man. He went TO see Mr.. Loose about
having the body disinterred, AMI he said
they had better wait till cold weather, as it
could not be moved now. They intended to
nave 1t raised and careful examination,
of the wound in the head, made
by DIR. Cooper, and after that will take the
emains to Philadelphia. If the examina-
ion shows the wound to have been made
~ pistol ball, 1t will tend to further com
llcate the horrid mystery.