West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-28

The second case occurred in Ohio,
in town not far from Cincinnati
young man, Frank Meyer. had become
infatuated with widow older than him
self. His father aud friends made every
effort to break it up. The young man
was finally brought to see the'error ofhis
ways, but when he attempted to sever
the tic the woman sought to hold him by
threats. This angered him and he in
dulged in some hard talk of what he
would do in case she further ANNOYED
him. Thus matters stood when he set
out one evening to see her and make a
last attempt TO settle. 1t was a summer
night, and they were seen walking in the
suburbs Of the town. They were over
heard in angry talk. She detied him.
He returned home pale aud excited, his
clothing disarrauged, and his face bleed
ing from scratches. An hour later she
was found dead, choked to death.
Young Myers was arrested at mid
night. He did not even assert his limo.
cence. II was only on his examination
that he protested, and even his own
father believed him guilty. / happened
to be in the town, and the way / came
into the case was by relating the Incl
dents Of the one have already narrated.
The prisoner himself sent for me and
told me this story:
81 met the woman, Mrs. Albright.
by appointment We walked out on
Clark avenue to be alone. told her
that my mind was firmly made up to see
her no more, and she was very angry.
should have returned with her, but at
the little bridge she ordered me TO leave
her, threatening to do desperate things
II did not relent by the morrow. /
did not return by the highway, as our
meeting was a secret one and I did not
want IL known. / crossed a corner of
the graveyard, fell off the fence as / did
so, aud there my face was scratched by
the briers.
',But you hardly denied your guilt" I
said.
Because I was confused and stunned
by my arrest, and because / saw no use
Of it," he replied. 'I have told you the
truth. want you to hely me prove my
self clear"
left him with the feeling that ne vas
lyiDg.tO me, and that nothing could be
done In his case. Ten OF twelve davs
had elapsed, but there had been no
rain. / went 20 the bridge, crossed
the creek at the point he told me
70, and soon came upon his trail. At
tue graveyard fence 1 found a broken
rail and tho place where he had fallen.
] found the briars broken and crushed.
and from tho thorns ] gathered several
small fragments belonging TO the suit he
wore. Further he had stepped into n
ditch where mud was soft at the time.
It had now dried hard and preserved the
print. / measured It, and when re-
turned TO town I had beg n TO believe
that Meyers was either a good talker or
an Innocent man. His story was all
right in one sense, but all wrong in the
other. Did he make the trail while
leaving the woman alive or dead
An old saying always goes with an or.
rest. 'Tf he didn't do it, who didg5
Somebody must be held responsible.
After two or three interviews with young
Meyers and his parents, doubted IN he
could have chokod the woman TO death.
tie was frai and in poor health, and She
was robust and strong. She had scarcely
struggled nc an, proving that she had
been attacked suddenly and that the grin
was a forcible one. lie neck was dis
colorcd az we'll as her throat, proving
that two large hands had been employed.