Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-15

lookup, so we are obliged to use the
county Jail for city prisoners, which is
in charge of the Sheriff, and then said to
the Sheriff that l thought the man
Mitchell should be taken care of, as |
thought be was insane. The sheriff said
"All right, shut him up if you want to"
So put him in the jail.
On the morning of the 22d made d
complaint before the county judge for
an inquiry as to the mans sanity. The
judge ISSUED his warrant directed TO Drs
ii. b. Cole and James Robie, command
ing them To make an ex Examination of the
prisoner and report as to his sanity.
This Warrant RaS served en- the doctors
oy Sheriff 0rnsby. About 10 O'Clock
brought the man MItchell before the
doc ors in the county judges Office, anu
they asked him I'd tell all about tne mat
Ter. He proceeded To do so. He gave
us the name Of Sheriff Sed wick, and saiG
We could write To him and lind out ali
about IL. He also claimed as he haG
done the night before that some four ol
/ i've men We're after him, and that iheE
| we're camped near the depot; that they
came TO the Jail window during the right
| with masks OIL, aud tried 10 get IN and
get him. His case puzzled the doctors,
who asked for time to write to Ohio and
iud out full particulars, if there was
anything i'll the mans story. He seem
ed to remember everything down to
about week prior to that time, when
he got on big drunk, according to his
story. in Duluth, and from that time on
| ne seemed to feel or know only one
Jhing-that some one was after him and
would kill him unless he gave himself
up, or got away from them. The Judge
granted the doctors more time, and put
the fellow in my charge, as he had done
/ before number of times in committing
insane persons, by verbal order, and
put him in Jail. The doctors told me to
telegraph Sheriff Sedwick if there was a
reward of one thousand dollars offered
for the capture of Mitchell, as be claim
ed. About IL O'clock | sent the follows
| ing message, directed to Sheriff Sedwick,
st. ClairSville, OHIO: "Is Emmett Mitch-
ell wanted by you? Answer" and paid
the charges on the message.
The same afternoon, by direction of
the doctors, took Mitchell down and
bought him some underclothing, and had
/ him take bath. He said: "If you will
give me chance to get away my broth
ers will make it an object for you" i
told him could not do that, and he
then said, well, as long as I've told you
so much, come up to the Jail tonight,
and [ will tell you all about it" That
evening l went up, and he told me the
same thing over again, with full parties
ulars as to his brothers and others in
the neighberhood where he lived, and
renewed his promise that his "brethers
would make it an object for me to let
him go If / would only write them about
lit. l said he was fool or he would not
have given himself up, and so on.
The next morning l received the fol-
lowing message: "St. Clairsville, O., Oct.
pr. P. Snowdon: Mitchell is wanted,
$1,000 reward for him. f. r. Sedwick,
deputy sheriff.
L then went to the jail with DR.. Cole
and took description of. the man, and
photographed the following to Leroy Sed-
wick, st. Clairsville, Belmont county,
Ohio: Have man who claims to be En-
met d. Mitchell and that he shot Chas.
j Griffith September 2; is about 27 years
old, five feet nine inches, 10 pounds,
dark complexion, hair and eyes, muscu-
lar, large bones, prominent nose, irregu-
lar teeth, large mouth, high forehead
If this is your man bring on your thou
sand dollars and requIsition," which |
sent about IL o'clock. Sheriff Ormsby
was away from hone till noon. When
he came home at noon he heard of the
reward business, and went before David
=, Barclay. Esq, Justice of the Peace, and
: made complaint against Mitchell for
murder in Ohio, aud Barclay committed
,lim TO Jail till November 8tn. OTmsbt
thea clos the door on me and everA
j. me else, aud took his key from tbs jail
: sr TO prevent any one seeing the man.
On the oath l received the following
message; st. Clairsville, Ohio: R. P
Snowdon-I start for your place at mid4
night. Hold him. l.. G. Sedwck"
On the 25th Mr.. Sedwick arrived at
o'clock a. m. ! met him at the deprt
4 f.4nd placed the main facts before him
and afterward Sheriff Ormsby met hin
ana took him to the Jail and showed hin
the man Mitchell.
DR.. Cole and G. NJ. Olson, on my be
half had long conversation with Ssd
: wick. in which he expressed himself
abont this way: Whatever the rights
of the sc are, the fact is that the sher.
. IF has the bulge on the marshal, and il
5 the marshal sticks out, the sheriff ca,
t take the man to st. Clalrsyille and ge
4 TIE reward. l have talked to Sheriff
: OrmsDy, and he has offered to deliver
n the man at Chicago Junction for a goo(
:. deal less than / would have asked bin
to. Now, l am willing to pay Mr.. Snow
don S25 for his trouble in the matter
l.t ahx dali ha -
re at Chicago Junction" And by tn,
y advice of Messrs. Cole and Olson, ac
. copied the proposition, and Sedwicl
" paid me S25 and took my receipt in full
. for all my claims in the matter.
Mr.. Sed wick stated that he had no re-
> squisition for the man, and would hav'
q to go back anyway to get that, if 0rms'
5, by and l both stock out. and that Mr
% Ormsby would not have much more lef
= after paying expenses, than / got, $25
= so receipted to him in full for my
], claims, and turned over to him tw,
o pocket knives, one envelope, supposed L
K contain an order for ticket from Cnica
= go to New Orleans. one pocketbook con
tanning So 0S in cash, and one contain
ing receipt for 800, AMI took his re-
o ceipt for them. This was ali found OF
o Mitchell's person when shut him up
That night MessrS. Sedvkek, Ormsb,
:. and Mitchell left for Ohio.
When 0rmsby returned he came to
e me and said that when he got the ex-
e penses in the matter paid he wanted to
divide the balance with me evenly.
ri A number of times since, be aud ]
s have talked over the matter, but so far
, he has not paid me cent, aud l think
lnever will.