, 1884-04-23

with the fire shovel. She and Finis
burned a blanket that was stained
with blood, and washed the stains
out of the carpet. and Fini, then took
The body 10 TIE stable, and passing
b, hind tile heels Of five horses, threw
it where it was found, back of The Vi.
cious colt in The SCH stall. III"
old woma described the hammer,
which had been on the fam f0i
wears, and was of a size and shape
that would at once attract attention.
A hammer answering the descr p'ion
was put in evidence. and Ennis Allen
was convicted of murder in Tie first
degree, and sente.ced to the peniIen-
tiary for life. The hammer was the
connecting link in the chain Of evidence,
and this has 0 apparently been broken
by the testimony Just secured by tie
Senate committee. The inconsistency OF
the story that long was killed in the
house is shown by an affidavit uf Daniel
Torrance. who wa, the first man at the
stable on the night Of the murder. lie
swealS that there was no blood on
the snow, as there would have been,
had the body been carried to the stable,
and that opposite the head on the stable
wall WAS a spot of blood which had every
appearance Of having Spurted on II ana
then run down. A farmer named l.. NJ.
Allen makes an affidavit that he assisted
farmer Long in building Il crib III NoNem-
Der, 1878, and viii q building il the old
man lost the identical hammer v it'll which
it was proved OF the trial that Allen XII q
him. The hammer was lost III the crib,
and though Il long search was made Tor It
it was not found. This Was TWO months
before Farmer Long was found dead III his
stable. Stephen d. Newton, another
farmer, sw0re that he was present on the
1st june or July, 1879, when a crib OF corn
was hhelled or the farm Of Mrs. Long. 1t
was the same crib that Farmer Allen had
helped Long 10 build. Newton SAW Il
mail named Y. d. Colvin pick a hammer
out Of the crib from Nhich they were she'll
ing. 1t was an old riveting hammer, the
same which was lost in the preceding
November, and which was produced at The
trial as the inStrun ent with winch rms
Allen had attacked Long IN bed. IT was
given to Henry Long, q son OF the lead
man. NrWtOlTS testimony is confirmed 0y
Charles BANKS, VINO also saw ne hammer
found, and SwparS that it was gwen 10
Henry Long. The effect OF the evidence
is to show that the hammer which was
produced ut the trial Of FiniS Allen rs he
weapon which he had used 10 kill Long i'll
bed was used in the corn Glib tW0 mnnIhS
before, and WAS not found until five on six
months after the old mans death. The
committee secured other evidence showing
concluSiveIy that Mrs. Long had been
nUdrr the influence of The Mormon elder,
Matthews when she made her >O-call'd con-
f~essiOn; that her son Henry and her
daughter, Mrs. Wilcox, had induced her to
swear falsely against FiniS Allen 10y tell
ing her that it was her only chance of get
ting cut of prison and that she had con-
tradicted her assertion that Al.en was
guilty since he has been in prison, saying
to j. S. Morris, one Cf the WITNESSES, that
the Z. charges we've false that she had been
scared into swearing against young Allen,
and that her testimony was false, and WAS
so gwen through The threats and intmida-
ton of others" There is no doubt that
young Allen will be %pardonrd at once
Globe.
The above story gives no favourable idea
of American justice. First Mrs Long is
OCnmiSod lihoCofinO from oC1nSt IF Che will