The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08

Halm was concerned LOT CIVIL ualnA>
ses." In either case he squarely vio-
lated his oath. The friends OF Terrill
(if he has any, may take whichever
horn of his dilemma they choose.
"You pay your money (for campaign
Iiterature) and take your choice"
Let us recapitulate. This man, Ter
rill, swore in his original affidavit that
Hinckley seduced his daughter. This
affidavit was made on the strength Of
his daughters confession and only six
days after the charge Of seduction was
first made. He swore in his affidavit,
published in "a Fair Hearing" that
his daughter for ten days after the Of
Tense was charged, in his presence and
In the presence Of others, repeatedly
stated that the charge was untrue. But
Terrill made the affidavit on which
Hinckley was arrested only six days
after the offense was charged which
was accordingly four days before she
confessed to the guilty relations, and il
there was no evidence to prove that
crime had been committed but the un-
Imported oath Of the girl. how could her
father to swear four days before
she confessed that Hinckley had
committed o crime; or was Ter.
rill swearing to lie when he
made that afidavitp According To
Johnson's theory he must have done 90
because he says Hinckley was moi
guilty, and II so, Of course the girl must
have been innocent. Do you catch on'
But we have copy Of an affidavit be
fore us, the original Of which is now or
file at Columbus, made only eight day,
after the offense was charged in which
she swore that Hinckley had seduced
her, and this you see was two days be
fore she had made her confession, &C
cording to her fathers affdavit. Mr.
Johnson's witnesses swear terribly ant
the average man will conclude tha
he had better give over th'
writing Of affidavits to his Office boy,
he can not mako them more consisten
with each other. The conclusion, how
ever, is irresistible that somebody haI
been doing some awful lying in th'
Hinckley case and that it is not tn,
friends Of Mr.. Webber. He swore il
his affidavit, made for the purpose o
securing requisition to bring Hinok
Icy to Ohio, that said application
was "made in good faith for the pun
ishment Of crime" and not for the pur
pose of collecting "pecuniary mulct
or "with view there to serve him will
civil process" He swore in his afii
davit, published in "a Fair Hearing,
that he received five hundred dollar
in adjustment Of the matter, $50 ia
as any claim was concerned for civi
damages" Now, in the name Of hon
esty, what shall be thought Of sucl
swearing as the foregoingp In tn,
name Of justice what weight should b.
given to the testimony Of such ma
as against the sworn statement Of MI
Webber, q young man who has bee
upright, straightforward and consci
entious in all his dealings and who's
word, until now, has never been ques
toned. 1t will be borne in mind, also
that Mr.. Metcalf fully corroborateS Mr.
Webber's statement.
This man, Terrill, frst comes upol
the stage as father suspicious OF
daughters virtue. He obtains the as
sistance of others to watch her. H
finds her at q school house with Hinck
Icy under suspicious circumstances, an
uses this as lever to wiring from her
confession Of her guilt Hinckley flee
the country, and Terrill, instead Of on
deavoring to cover his daughters dis
grace by silence, and thus save her fai
reputation, thirsting for vengeance, o
money! brings the criminal from dis
tant State, binds him over, and, IN
mindful of his oath that Hinckley wa
being brought to Ohio "for punishmen
Of crime" and disregarding his swor
statement that said Hinckley was nc
being brought to this State with
view there to serve him with civil pre-
cesa," demands a thousand dollars |
settlement and gets five hundred. Th
righteous wrath Of an indignant IA
ther (p) is sappeased, the case is droppe
and Hinckley goes on his way rejoicing
Exit 1errill. To what extremities muI
the "bolters" be driven to feel con
PEELED to resort to the testimony I
such man to impeach the testimon
OF such men as A. r. Webber an
George P. Metcalf Further CONNER
on this feature Of the case seems TO ,
wholly unnecessary. .....n.....
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