The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-02-02
Logar, February 2, 1sSS-lm

changing of figure two 10 fig
ure five, and he testified and
swore as 10 how he had prac,iced
that thing before he began The
work upon the tally sheet. Those
sheets were brought into conri
and are in The possession Of the
State.
H testified that the had finish.
ed the work OIL Sunday night, ,apd
at the
HOUR OF MIDNIGHT.
Or near miduig h, on hal Sunday
night, The night OF The 18Th day
of October, 1855, he was taken
from The yard into the female
department of The prison at The
Ohio Peniien:iary and was taken
into the room known, l believe.
as he parIor Of The female prison
that he took those sheets with
HIM alter they were completed;
that he met there the defendant,
Robi Montgomery; that he met
there DR.. Mont Sonery, who WAS
bound over 10 court by he mag
isirate and afierW ards indicted.
The indictment having been dis
posed of on demurrer or mntion,
SO far as he is concerned al least.
and The others except Francis;
that he saw there Mr. Marriott.
The Deputy Warden, who unlock
ell the ioors and took them from
one part TO another. He men
toned some other persons who
were present. | do not remember
whether he named them or not,
perhaps Granville and perhaps
Mr.. Young. ! am not sure abnut
that, but that is immaierial. But
he iestifie that they were there
and he presented this tally sheet
for The
FORCING OF WHICH
This indictment is now pending.
as he altered it. and that these
men there in that female pri>Cn
ION tha! night near The hour of
midnight, on Sunday night. The
18Th day of October. 1885, exam
ined that tally sheet and the ior-
geries which ke had committed
under their direction and pro-
| nounced them good, and that
they took the paper away with
Them al or near :he hour of mii-
night on illa, Sunday night. He
testified further iIa They procnr
ed him several bottles of ink 5"
hat he might practice and com
pare The color OF The ink in order
that The ink upon the tally sheet
should be The exact color of the
ink which had been placed there
before.
The State brought upon the
stand another cnmvict by the
name nf Thomas. a life prisoner,
wnn testified that on The Sabbath
day he was in or about The place
where Francis was dong the
work and that he saw "A part of
ihe transaction and heard part
ui The conversation.
They introduced another con.
Wet by the name OF Ira Stump.
and he testified that he heard the
.nard, Otto w. Horn, ihre:ien
that because Francis had refused
10 obey some order. that he
would have him taken out OF tn.
Peniienllary and seni back again
fra longer period for altering
these tally sheets.
Another convict by the name
Of Jones was brought forward and
put upon The stand and he lesii
fled either thai he was The ran
who dropped the drops Of water
upon The sheet or else was pre.-
ent and saw it, done, and | am
mol sure which. Bui be ilenii-
fed on oath. as did those others.
The identical tally shee. which
will be presented for your con
sideraiion in this case. There
were bound over as | have said
before. Horn. Harrioit, DR.. aiont
somery. Fred. Suehe ana Gran
vile. neither oi whom are indict
ed under 'his of!ense.
I might 20 fnilher. The testI.
mony will show il that state of
facts is brought forward for ynur
consideration. and we can only
anticipate il Inasmuch as The |
State has not enlightened us as
10 precisely what they will bring
forward. The testimony will
show that
A CONSPIRACY
was formed 20 prosecute these de
fen dants and, rs we claim. the les.
timOny will show that the cOnspir-
acy has continued to the present