Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-25

A miniature chamber of horrors has been
established in the SheriffTs Office in the shape
of . glass case filled with weapons taken
away from criminals noted in Clark county
history. The observer is appalled, as be looks
upon the implements OF murder and realizes
that nearly every one has been stained with
human blood or has figured in some dark
crime which shocked the whole community.
Here is q Lit lie rusty knife, between a butcher
knife and case knife in size, with which q
German cut his throat at Edighofer's West
End Hotel some years ago. Look closely
and You may distinguish dark stain of blood
on the knife, almost obliterated by rust. The
next thing which claims our attention is
murderous-looking iron bar about two feet in
length, which was taken from the Chinese
lsundryman on Plum street, some time ago,
after desperate fight in the laundry. 1t is
closely wrapped with cotton cloth aud then
tightly wrapped with stout string, to give &
firm grip to the person using it.
The weapon is murderous and
blow from it would readily frac-
ture skull. Here At the side is hung the towel
with which tie murderer Maxwell ended
his existence in the lonely third story of the
Jail during the silent watches OF the night
At the bottom Of the case is the pile of silver
dollars and halves, the discovery Of which
sent James Daniels, the counterfeitef, to the
Psnitentiary for three years. The dollars are
just as they came from the mold, rough and
unburnished, and made of Babbitt metal
Over SOS Of this money was found on Daniels,
when arrested Here are two steel saws of
exquisite temper and quality, which were
discovered in the cell OF Henry Coble, the
wife murderer, before be had 9 chance to use
them. The saws were bought at Wisemans,
and with the handles neatly made OF ash,
were passed secretly to him by confederate
Hanging at the back OF the case is the huge
butcher knife with which q man named Clark
savagely slashed his wife four years ago, for
which be is now serving a term in the PEN
poor womsn's blood on the knife, We next
notice huge chIsel OF fine quality. which was
discovered up Harry Franklin's back. Several
bolts had been found pryed loose in
the jail, and it became certain that one of the
prisoners had tools. They were therefore
searched, and the chisel was found under
Frsnklin's thirt. A murderous, glittering,
little dirk is exhibited, which was taken
from Otto Adle, the young burglar, who
burglarized Barton's gun store. There is a
hand-saw which was taken from Harry
Krider, who was Jailed for embezzlemens.
The hand-saw had been smuggled to him by
q lady visitor, who kept the saw under her
overskirt. Two murderous looking slung-
shots are shown, which were taken from the
Bray boys. An interesting object is large
brass key for burglars purposes only. There
is . whole box full of different dies of every
shape and kind, any OF which can be screwed
into the key. Among all these dies one is
sure to be found that win open the door
which the burglar desires to enter. The bsl-
ance of the interesting collection is made up
OF dirks, knives, pistols, photographs of noted
criminals, invitations to hanRiuas. and other