The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-25
40 MNsSillon over right Years 4 Ago- Zcg-
Ter Arrested at ~, Louis This Morn-
Log aud WIN be- Brought TO
Canton for rial.

and Detec i've A dy Dauge el4en, of
MasslllIn, Intended 10 20 10 g. Lnuia,
armed with a rrquistiOn from Gov
ernor Foraker aud arrest ZlegleT. The
same Information was impaired TO the
Repository aud bot papers pleCg'd their
honor not TO publish anything cincrrn.
ing thu alf ir until nolia d ~ telegram
IT IN Coroner Lring,r that Y egler was
under arrest. A. u nal, however, the
Il pOsitory broke 18th and published an
In ccurale and gNrbled report In
wednesdays issue, anticipating Zleg
ler's arrest. u rPler had many friends
hprenbOuta, AID had they been able to
reach hun by telegraph after see
lng the Repository article they would
undoubtedly have done no and Zegler
would have Immediately left 81. LOnia.
Fhe Too pfeYlO1sness of the Repository
might thus have 4, faoted the endH OF
justice, THIS was the principal reason
fur which the suppression Of the facla,
until afer the arrest # 2legler, was
asRed, According 10 the dispatch re
celYed AT MaIalll n, the time Il Zrglpr'a
arrest was p aced at 5 O'Clock Wednes.
nay night whlls the telegram received
here this morning lxts Il o time At o n.
m. to-day, Az ali events the X RpnaltOfy
came out with the story before Zpgler
waa arrested and again places itscif on
record ~ thoroughly unreliable.
ZIRGLER ARRESTED,
The following press dispatch from St.
Louis cOrTobOfates the tel, grams To.
qaiVad harm md at MaualIInu,
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March l7.-This morn /.
Ing Sherif A Lsininger, Of Stark coun-
ty, o., and ID tectlye Andy Dangeeiaen
arrived here, ana IN the evening Officers
MrGrath ana King arrested Henry Y lg-
Ter on the char e. /, [ murder, He Is su4
pected Of having KILLED Reuben Il. Cooper
at Massi lon IN 1877, Ddugelelsen, VINO
knows Y ger, thinks the man Ia the
right person, but AZ no had not seen
II igler for nine years, does not feel
qultu positive about the mat er rhe
man arrested IN known here ~ N ka
Allen, aud has been working around M
livery stables, and Gently has been
making u llyiug by tattoo & people, dc
claims to have Ueen here NJ tse time Ui
the commission OF the murder.
Sheriff Leinln or Grd Detective
Dan Ielrisen will bring Z4igler to jlil
here aud II no proves to be the right
man, he will 10 held TO await the acllOn
Of the next grand jury.
HISTORY or Tux CRIME,
Reuben COlper vas sllled on the
night OF Monday, December l0,h, 1877,
and his deaf body was found the next
mOrning. A, McGreg0r, editor OF the
DEMOCRAT, was In Massillon on business
NJ the time Rnd WAS the flrst person to
Identify the body, aud upon returning
10 Canton was the llrat ~ i1f0rm Mrs
Cooper, who lived on South Cherry
street at that time, Of the atr0ClOus
killing OF her son.
The following account Of the crlma ls
reprinted from lhe STARK rOUNrY Dem
ocRAr OF llnr dly, DtcrmOrr 1871,
1877; a man going into MassillOn on
tue canal tow path on the forenoon OF
Tuesday OF this week, saw j1,t uOrth If
the caual bridge near the Kent Jarvis
place, the dead body Of young man.
he b dY WAS without coat, vest or
boots. WOrl was at once conveyed TO
Ihe town authorities, and soon Coroner
AltOkruse wa also advised.
About ono O'clock a CorOnCr's Jury
waa 4nmmoged composed 40 TO lowe.
$. 9. Bowman, jos Hicks, David Ker.
sletter, d. Q. BlnCell, 9, o, Traphagan
aud W. Cay. The Coroner aud Jury
we're soon on the ground and viewed
the body, In one Of his pockets was
fouBd copy OF u Plttsburg temperance
paper, addressed to II, q. Cooper, No
money or yaluAbles were found on his
person and pieces had hoen cut out OF
each wris6a OF his shirt that lnclud
ed the button holes, The cuff buttons
and collar button were gone. There
was no evidence OF u struggle where the
body was found, aud the body, no doubt,
was carried there some time, probably
hours after death,
Tho editor OF the DEMOCRAT happened
to be In MaasillOn ut noon Of that day,
aud on hearing OF the dead body bsing
found wal ked TO the place, u mile at
least from the center q town, and iden.
lilled II ~ that Of Reuben Cooper,
young man OF "a or 20 years, W 10 lived
with his mother, u widow woman, on
Cherry street, south Of the railroad, In
Canton. Young Cooper was q workman
In Aultman'a shop, having worked there
for years, He wns his mothers main
support, aud good son 70 her. Hls
death Is o severe blow to her ind tho
friends. Cooper was the name Of hil
stelfather, aud the young man was
known by that, but his fathers namo
was Sneyd.
The Ooroner's jury took the testimony,
under oath, Of w. j, Davis, Albert SchCrl-
zer, Abe Keller, John Derwalt, Hettle
Nolan, Ida McUann Henry Weible, II.
walter and John Flt0m, all OF whom
were In his company, or saw him during
the afternoon Of Monday, and and all
say the young man was considerably IN
toxicatGd, The evidence Of Doctor Ride
nour ls that he died OF strangulatlon. A
post mortem examination showed he did
not die OF heart disease. rho thumb and
finger marks on the throat c0TroborOte
the Doctors testimony,
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY.
after viewing the body and examln.
Ing tho witnesses, we do ilnd that the
deceased came TO hls death by strangula-
tion, at the hands OF some parties un.
Known"
Deceased was last seen In company
with man named Heigler, q canal
boatman, who was formerly employed
on the ASA Cutler" and was sleeping
In the boat Zolgler has not been aeel
since Tuesday morning, and on Wednes.
day morning, on feeding hay to the
horsee, Cooper's miqslng clothes were
found on the "Asa Cutler,' having been
covered up with the hay. They consisted
Of good overooat, dress coat vest and
boote. The kid gloves and sleeve aud
collar buttons were not found. The
pieces cut out Of Cooper's wrist bands
were found near tho tannery, n mile or
10 from where the body was found.
The Maeeillon authorities offer $500
a.