The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-21
THE STORY TOLD.
ooNrINUED YRoM rHE YIRsr PAaE.

ooNTINUED FRoM rHE BIKsr PAaE.
81 am shot in the breast" His father
replied, mo you're not; it's in the hand"
and continued by asking, "WhO shot
yOup Mcmillan replied, "Why, you
know" The father denied it at the
time, and said, IL will go over to your
mothers and tell them and you stay
here" He did, and Mcmillan ran over
to the next neighbOr's, MIR. Robson, and
asked to be let In, but they refused him
admission. In the meantime his cries
brought the police.
After he and his father were placed
under arrest, he had no opportunity to
speak TO him about his participation in
the crime, until the conclusion of the
preliminary trial, held in the Mayors
office. He was permitted to converse
with him in the hall, and he then in
quired of his father as to the motive of
his participation in the shooting, and at
the same time asked him why Fan Kill
lin had done it. His father answered
him in an evasive manner. but implOr-
cd him not to give him away, saying,
"As you told who did the shooting, you
need not give me away, as l do not want
to appear as witness against her. You
are innocent, and they can't convict an
innocent man." How true old man Me-
Millan's prophecy proved, every one
knows. Mcmillan added that whether
Fan KILN OF his own father shot his
wife he did not know, but he was posi-
tive Fan KILN shot him. He thought
it was her intention to shoot his wife
only, but that, fearing he might sue
ceed in OVertaking her and securing her
arrest for the murder of Mrs. Mcmillan,
she shot him in order to either kill or
disable him.
THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.
A post mOrtem examination of McMil-
lan's brain was made by DR.. Johnson,
assisted by Drs. Leininger, A. B. Walker,
Slusser, FTaulfelter and others. The
scalp was cut and thrown back, the
skull sawed off and the brain taken out.
1t was weighed by Mr.. Horace SOmeTs,
and was found to weigh 504 ounces aY-
OrdupOis. 1t was then dissected, and
the different parts of the brain weighed
as follows: The cerebrum 424 o., GER
ebellum 54 o., medulla OblOngata y
o., pOns variOla 16 o., and the mem
brane 1 q OF. The brain was then fur
ther dissected, and found to be in a
healthy condition. After the brain was
taken out an incisiOn was made in the
back of the neck, and an examination
of the neck was made, when 1T was
found that the transverse ligament was
broken, which, after breaking, pressed
back on the spinal marrow, suppressing
all sympathy between the brain and the
body, thus death was almost instantane-
GUS. After the physicians were through
with the pOst-mOrtem examination,
Messrs. Sharer & Bro, undertakers, took
the body in charge, and embalmed 1t
preparatory to shipping 1T to his friends
in Salineyille.
EXECUTION NOTES.
The scaffOld will be taken to Bowling
Green, Wood county, where Sheriff
Brown has hanging scrape on hand.
Peter High Stauffer, editor of the
LOudOnville Advocate, and James K.
Fisher, of the UhrichsVille Democrat,
were in attendance at the execution.
1t seemed cruel to deprive MeMillan's
children of their father after their
mother is already dead, but justice is
blind and must be meted out alike to
all.
Mr.. Asa Mattice, the veteran scaffOld
builder arrived early yesterday morning
and made complete examination of
the gallOws and surroundings, prepaTa-
tory to its final use.
The Sheriffs present at the hanging
were Z. ID. Sawyer, of Cleveland; +. A.
Galley, of COlumbiana; G. Nj. Brown, Of
Wood county; j. D. Stone, of Medina; G.
W. GOudy, of Tuscarawas.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
upon Sheriff Altekruse for the faithful
manner in which he performed the try
ing task imposed upon him by his office.
Mr.. AltekTuse has been the sheriff of
Stark county through the two most
memorable terms of that Office since the
incorporation of the county. To be ex-
ecutiOner for three boys and man is a
trial but few men are hardy enough to
undergo. Mr.. Altekruse never tlinched,
and did his duty in a manner which
commanded the admiration and respect
of all.