Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-02-14

much alike. George Williams lay with
his hands raised and arms akimbo In a
convulsive shape, showing that the
wound was made first In the upper part
of the brain. Had he been struck the
deepest blow across the neck first he
would have fallen limp as Mrs. Will
liams was found.
/ Redirect: "There was that i'm the
character of the cuts which showed
which had been made first; could not
tell how long either of the parties had
been dead.n
DIR. BLOOMFIELD SWORN.
His testimony was i'm substance as
has already been given, excepting that
both the parties murdered were proba-
bly, killed by the same instrument.
AL. sHAsTAEN.
"Reside at Napoleon; visited the res
idence of Williams Oct. 25th; took the
names of the deceased, searched for the
weapon by which they were killed;
found the AK" AK exhibited; identi-
fled it as same he had found "Therc
was blood and hair on this AK when he
found 1t; the hair of one was of light
color, the other was dark; there was
more hair on the AK then than now; the
AK was covered with straw; the bit of
the AK was covered Is inches; the ham
die about six; no part of the AK or had
die was visible; the straw where the AK
had entered it was wet; found the AK
by feeling around for it, about noon on
the Goth; stack L should judge was near
ly rod south of the barn, on the same
side of the barn, or more to the west
end of the barn, Il rod and half away"
[The AK was here offered in evidence.
CHARLES YARNELL.
last saw Geo. w. Williams alive
/ Oct. %, 1883; he was at my house in the
morning; on the oath l was at home,
and on the 25th; on the latter went to
Williams house about O'Clock p. M;
Addison Crew, Geo and Henry An
drews, Chester Peters and others were
there; found the horse troughs and
managers empty; the troughs were eaten
out considerably, also the manger in
the bottom; had been there week be-
fore; the horse troughs and manger had
not been eaten then; then went into
the house; examined the house next
day to see if anything was missing;
found no pocket-book or money or
breastpin, which / looked for; found
some other jewelry and a suit of clothes
that Williams had had only about q
week; saw Williams when dead; had
on pants, shirt and boots, but no hat;
my wife and Emma Williams as
sisted in the search; ! helped to move
away the furniture about week after
the bodies were found; removed every
thing in the house; the things were
handled by myself, John Williams, De-
witt Neville, and others; did not re-
| move watch or pocket-book; last saw
Mrs. Williams at her house, Sunday,
Oct. 2lst, noticed she had on breast
pin about two and half inches long,
kind of a bow over the sets; took it to
be gold" Pin here produced and full
ly identified. Pin was then put in evil
dence.] Was on intimate terms with
the Williams family; am related by
marriage to Mrs. Williams; when there
on Oct. 2lst was within three feet of
Mrs. Williams; she sat facing me with
her child in her lap; had seen her wear
the pin frequently. WITNESS then de-
scribed relative position of things in the
house when there last. Know that
Williams was in the habit of letting his
COW run out in the road; Williams had
81 bushels of clover seed; he kept it in
the house in a bed room.
CrOss-examined: Live about mile
and half from the residence of George
Williams; have seen the pin only once
since the arrest of Johnson; it was
about Friday after the murder near
Williams; was asked if could identify
it.
Counsel for defense tried the witness
hard, but was unable to shake his testi-
mony. Williams and wife stayed at his
house all night.
Mrs. Williams had this pin on at that
time; che took it off and laid it on the
bureau; he picked it up and looked at it
moment and then laid it down again,
knew it was the pin because he had
seen it often; his wife is George VIII
iams' sister, had never talked much
with anyone about the pin except to
answer the questions of the Prosecuting
Attorney in regard to it,"
WE. WILLIAMS.
Witness corrOborated former testimo.
ny regarding the finding of the bodies
of the murdered parties, and stated that
he "made a search on the premises of
Williams for missing property, to OBJ
tain clue if possible, to the object of
the murder; knew Williams had foun-
tain pen and pencil, and looked for
them; also for his watch and pocket
book and money, found neither of them;
noticed that the blood had spurted out
into a pool near the head of Mrs. Will
Jams, perhaps five or six inches from
her head; her head lay sixteen inches
from the WALL Oct. 25th examined the
bed clothes u little; they had been
turned back and comforter thrown on
irregularly; the clothes had then been
thrown back over it; those on the other
bed had not been disturbed; knew Geo.
Williams, was member of the Grange
Lodge of No. $50, North Turkey-foot;
found a little pen-knife under the hand
of Mrs. Williams" Knife described,
offered in evidence, and fully identified.
Witness described penholder owned by
Williams; was shown penholder which
was also identified as the one he had
seen Williams have, watch and pocket
book he remembered only in general
way.
Cross examined: "First heard of the
murder here" He then related his Wis.,
it to Williams place and described the
condition of thlngsas he found them,
being simply repitition of what has
already been testified to- Tuesday,
Oct. 23d, was fair day, Wednesday,
Oct. oath was fair and lowering, Thurs
day, Oct. 25th, it rained."
CHESTER PETERS.
Reside in Fulton county about three
fOurths of mile from the house of Geo.
Williams; passed there Oct. Ath twice;
the first time it was about | O'clock In,