Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

colored assistants Within an hour I
had aseertained that the white man,
whose name WINS Foster, was absent
for an hour on the evening of
the murder, and that since he
had acted very qucerly. | arrested him.
charged him with the crime and he did
not hold out fifteen minutes. His mo-
tive was robbery lie did not intend to
kill his victim, but only to stun him.
lie bad just struck him when the dogs
parked greeting to Graham, and, over
como 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.
Tho second case occurred in Ohio.
Ill town not far from Cincinnati.
A young man, Frank. Meyer. had become
infatuated with widow older than him.
self. Ills father aud friends made every
, cliort 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 angcred him and he in
uuiged IN some hard talk of what he
would do IN case she FIJI ther ANNOYED
MN. Thus matters stood when he set
out one evening to see her and make a
last attempt to settle 1t was n summer
nlShtI and they were seen walking in tho
suburbs OF the town. They were over
heard In angry talk. She dciicd him.
He returned home pale and excited, his
clothing disnrrauged, and his face bleed
ing from scratches. An hour later she
was found dead, chokcd to death.
lounS Myers was arrested at mid
night. lie did. not even assert his inno-
cencc. 1t WAS only on his examination
that I've protested, aud even his own
iather 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: .-
~ met the womnu, Mrs. Albright,
by appointment. We walked ont on
Clark avenue 10 be alone. told her
that my mind was firmly made up to SEQ
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
IL | did not relent by the morrow.
ana not raturn by the highway, MS our
meeting was n secret one and did not
want it known. crossed corner of
the graveyard, fell off tho fence as | did
So aud there my face was scratched by
the bricrs.
said.
''Becausc I was confused and stunned
by my arrest, and because I saw no use
oil IT." he replied. "a have told You the
self clear"
I 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. went to the bridge. crossed
the creek ut the poimt he told. me
to, and soon came upon his trail. At
the graveyard fence found broken
rail and the place where he had fallen.
found the briars broken and crushed.
and from the 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.
IL mad now dried hard and preserved the
print. measured it, and when | re-
turned to town / had beg IL to believe
that Meyers wa, either good talker or
an innocent man. His story was all
right IN one,sensc, but all wfona in the
other. Did he make the trail while
leaving the woman alive or dead.
An old saying always goes with on mr.
rest; ''If he didn't DO it, Who did,"
Somebody must be held responsible.
After two or three interviews with young
Meyers and his parents, doubted if he
could have chokcd the woman to death.
lie was frail and in poor health, and she
was robust and strong. She had scarcely
struggled at all, proving that she had
been attacked suddenly and that the grip
was forciple one. He neck was dis
colored rs we'll as her throat. proving
that two large hands had been employed.
{; However, no suspicious characters had
been seen in the ncighborhood; and the
,,murderer, If other than Meyers, had
mPde his escape l was completely
blocked, and could only hope that ac-
cident would help me ont.
1t had been said that tho i,odv had
) not been robbed. Tho only theory
seemed to be revenge. If. it was not
Meyers, then it was some former lover
"nu "ent 10 Slnclnnati TO make in
Quires. On the way up my watch
. stopped, and my first call was at d
! jewelers.. | had not been in his place
sixty seconds when in walked stout,
: strong fellow, who laid lady's watch
on the showcase and said:
. 81 am going away, and want to sell
/ this. 1t belonged TO my wife who is
| dead" -. 49,
uWe don't h,,y eocora ,,o,l ,,., Z,
, replied: 1.-The ieweler, but he carclessiy
e picked the watch up, examined it, and
' then said
t 'Ihis is one'of "our watches. I re.
n member selling it two or three months
n ago."
t eyes" replied the man, reaching out
d lets see the name" continued tho
h leweler as he went for book.
d "Nevef'mind," replied tho man. 'Tt
i you don't want to buy, very we'll: Pm