The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-17

OF blood on q white vest II was a
curious mark, such as / had never seen
before, and when quietly Investigated
further | discovered that the murdered
man had been struck on the back Of the
head and fallen forward on his face. He
had very thick hair, and, while the blow
had crushed the skull, he had bled but
| little. The blood would not squirt from
such blow. The body had not been
lifted and so how did Graham get that
blood stainl Accident gave me the
knowledge. l was looking the ground
over at Lossing's for the fourth or fifth
time, when one of the dogs came and
leaped upon me in caressing way. Los
sing observed it and remarked:
"Old Fan was always very fond of
Graham, and believe she misses him.
Here, Fan, let me look at you paw. Ahl
! it's about as well as ever, isn't it2"
'What allied her paw" asked.
"She got terrible cut on piece Of
glass few weeks ago.
"About the time Graham was ar
rested2"
eyes"
"Then it was her bloody paw that
made the mark on his vest that night :"
Good heavens, but it must have
BEEN"
had clue and q hope. Everything
changed in an hour, and now believed
Graham innocent and went to work to
secure proofs. / posted up to Louis
| vile and examined the police records
for arrests. 1 followed a score or more
of cases to their finish, but got nothing.
| It was my belief that white man com
mitted the crime, and that he meant
robbery, but was frightened off. 1 re-
turned to the village and looked every
body over, but got no satisfaction. The
day of the trial was coming and was in
| despair, but accident came to my aid
again. l happened into the hotel barn
as the landlord pulled lot of rubbish
out of stall. Hidden away with it
was a fine saddle, and as it was brought
to light the man exclaimed:
''Bless me, here is the dead mans
saddlep
"Was it missing2" I asked.
ut was stolen on the night of his
murder. That's the reason he went
down to Lossing's on foot"
Who stole it2 What for2 An out.
slider, who stole the saddle for its worth
would have carried it of. An insider
only would have stored it in the stall.
Who was insidel A white man aud two
colored assistants. Within an hour
had ascertained that the white man,
whose name was Foster, was absent
/ for an hour on the evening of
the murder, and that since he
had acted very queerly. l arrested him,
charged him with the crime, and he did
not hold out fifteen minutes. His mo-
tive was robbery. He did not intend to
kill his victim, but only to stun him.
He had just struck him when the dogs
barked greeting to Graham, aud, over.
come by sudden fright, Foster dashed
away and dared not return. He thought
he had only to keep still to render him.
self safe, and, but for my being present
when the saddle was found, he might
never have been suspected. Graham
was cleared and Foster was hanged.
The change had been brought about by
the fondling of dog.
The second case occurred in Ohio,
in town not far from Cincinnati.
A 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 of his
ways, but when he attempted to sever
the tie 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 defed 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 inno-
cence. 1t 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 l 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. L told her
that my mind was firmly made up to see
her no more, and she was very angry. l
should have returned with her, but at
the little bridge she ordered me to leave
her, threatening to do desperate things
if | did not relent by the morrow, |
did not return by the highway, as our
meeting was a secret one and | did not
want it known. l crossed corner of
the graveyard, fell off the fence as did
so, and there my face was scratched by
the brers.
''But you hardly denied your guilt" I
said
because was confused and stunned
by my arrest, and because / saw no use
of it," he replied. 81 have told you the
truth. want you to hely me prove my
self clear"
left him with the feeling that he was
lying.to me, and that nothing could be
done in his case. Ten or twelve days
had elapsed, but there had been no |
rain. i went to the bridge, crossed /
the creek at the point he told me
to, and soon came upon his trail At
the graveyard fence l found broken /
rail and the place where he had fallen. |
l found the briars broken and crushed. |
and from the thorns | gathered several .
small frac ts ha1o a., "a l..