The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-22

and going fast. 1t was dark, and saw him
when 1t lightened.
Charles Joy, living at Bloomingdale, said
that on the night of July 18th, about fifteen
minutes before his wife got home from
church, he heard a sound as of some one
running; thought they were going south;
the night was very dark.
VIM. Lyle; knew Harvey Keith; heard
him say last summer that he received letter
from girl in Hartford saying that he must
come and marry her, aud that he did not
know but that he would have to skip the
country if ne went home from where he was
then at work.
John Robinson; saw mud-turtles and
snakes near the body of Harvey Keith before
II was taken from the water.
The detective, Matt. w. Pinkerton, was
here called by the defense for the purpose
of proving that S9416 of the statutes was
read by him to Marsh Barker during GER
tain conversation had between them; the
defense expected to exclude the balance of
the said conversation, but the prosecution in
sisted that particular portion of CONVEX
sation could not be used to the exclusion OF
the balance, the court sustaing them. There
upon Mr.. Pinkerton gave some very damag-
ing testimony, to the defense, relative to
the conversation had with Marsh at that
time in regard to the mutilation of the dead
body, substantially the same as given in his
published confession.
b. f. Heckert being sworn testified as to
the paper signed by the witness DePuy, and
that he (Heckert) reduced the same to writ
ing and read it over carefully to DePuy,
who then subscribed his name thereto. Mr..
Heckert further said he wished to explain
the conversation between himself and De-
Puy, because it might leave the impression
that he was trying to deter him from testify
ing, explaing as follows: sword came to me
after the trial had commenced here that he
wanted to know if they could convict him OF
perjury if he didn't swear as he had before
the magistrate, and told him In the court
room that having received his sentence, the
court couldn't do anything but confine him
for contempt if he didn't swear at all, and
that the imprisonment in one case wouldn't
be any worse than the other.
The defence here rested their case.
The people in rebuttal introduced evidence
to show the temperature of the weather after
July 2sth, and up to the time the body was
found, and also evidence tending to disprove
the statements of the witnesses who testified
as TO hearing voices or noises at or near
Marsh Barker's, and seeing anybody running
away en- dishabille. The evidence being all
in, the court adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2l.
The day was occupied by counsel in adj
dressing the jury. They were allowed three
hours and half on each side, and 1t is sell
dom that case has been more ably present
ed than was this one, by counsel on each
side. The judge charged the jury at seven
o'clock d. IN. The charge was an able one
and an eminently fair one, and quite satisfac-
tory to both sides. At quarter before eight
the Jury retired to their room where they re-
manned all night, returning into court at
seven o'clock, Thursday morning, with a
verdict of "guilty of murder in the second
degree" against both respondents. 1t is un-
derstood that they differed from the first,
only in the matter of the degree of the
crime, some of the jurors insisting on q
verdict of murder in the first degree.
At ten o'clock the court proceeded to SEN
tence the prisoners.
Addressing Marsh Barker, Judge Mills
said there was nota mitigating circumstance
in his case. He then imposed upon him a
life sentence. The other respondent, Will
liam K, was sentenced for twenty five years.
Neither of the prisoners displayed any emo
ton during the remarks of the court or al
the announcement of the sentence,
Thus ends the most exciting murder trial
that was ever had in this county. The result
gives almost universal satisfaction to the
community at large.