The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-01-06
WE0 MURDERED uIul

In q criminal case fn an interior CITY t.-.-
or four weeks ago a lawyer made refer....
to Tie Chaplin case in arrufur 90 the iH.
against circumstantial evidence. Hid
away iu the musty archives NJ taa State E..-
son are the details of oneor tl- lo=t curf.a=
cases iu tEa criH nal records of tie star.
Although it occurred quarter az cenfurr
since, the particulars are remembered by o..
the old menlher of the bar
Mr. AID Nrs. Chaplin were not wei mated
She was his third wife aud DE her second
husband lie met her in Chicago, proposed
on three days acquaialu-e and in O. week
more they were married. After marriage
they discovered each others faults. ANA they
lived a cstau5 dog life SHE wanted 90 re-
turn to Chicago and he preferred % live on
bis Michigan farm. and the u-i1EroIs were
first treated 20 her side OF She story and then
to his.
Que May morning Mrs CH71i0 called at
one of the uef.hbors and ASKED CD borrow
douhIe-barre' led pistol, stating tHat EeI has
band had gone away fer the day, and said
she had seen two strange men iu the C.ufeId
The weapon was given ler. each barrel ',a.
e. with baI, and she returned hoEe. That
evening about O'Clock. the uel-hhur who
had loaned her the pistol came over TO see /.
her husband had returned, and found hiz
dead Body Just inside tEe gate. He had been
shot thrrrsb the heart ana fen dead fn his
tracks.
The wife was accused of the deed alm-st
asa matter of course A dozen r-.-f. rrr,5
remember OF having heard r.r swish the
old fool 5ard. " and when She gave up the
ui-taI one barrel was found ra have recently
ba49 DISCHARGED. There were those. too.
who had heard Cr4of1 saw that she was q
5az,a,ts r----a- and .r...- l.a feared f-,r His
rf. and erf-ati...r t1rs,- made. ont "a -f-1n-
cas. AGAINST her
Tie woman seemed t9 be rar-r-z-l by
s5g She hzs--1ta1. told contra
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lAe ia5 next 10 the house and commenced
worrying tIe sheep aud tint aaa bad fred
al i-'.' ana broken DIS leg Thus h.- ...0sa
was sh'eiaitiaf.y a negative ONE. and did
h'l >''iH' minute with the jury. when The
I case came Cd iiia- she was promptly cgrsie-
ted of murder and sent to S-Hf- Prs 70 Tor
life. She weHf There declaring her ilno-
cenca' ou5 everybody knowing t-a e'reum-
stances OF Jle case ,Aoa-al AlF justly I'il-
isLgd.
Inc N--'i.a woman H'a desert. the dog
o'.' anu over -'.l' pug because the de-
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wy 'llN no great lance a'1Ee Tie -.aI-n
--'' was ai'---.i Ilfli All-.r whose
o'"sl ''7'i''1 '". --..igd -l5 l..s. 'l MS
""0 ., ii o"' S.-''-.- ON . certain
POSI- iue l-7t ported e-e eAl eL ne
l"''i'y c'''"es-iiir. ana having band az
n0op Iron -''oI-i 'iis ll--- an 'Ai'Aii'li'n
of The band showed that it had been struck
5y the bullet fired at the owl. and now they
were in q fair way 60 find out who BILLED
Farmer Chaplin. 4 rife was procured. and
bullet was SEM AGAINST the band a.r1--t ~