Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-05


glass. few weeks ago
About the time Graham was arrested Z"
Yes.
Then it was her bloody paw that made
the mark on his vest that night"
Good heavens! but it must have beenr'
had a clue and a hope Everything
changed in an hour, and now believed
| Graham innocent and went TO work to
secure proofs. posted up to Louisville
and examined the police records for arrests.
| ! followed score or more of cases 10
their finish, but got nothing It was my
belief that white man committed the
crime, and that he meant robbery but was
| frightened off | returned 10 the village
and looked everybody over, but got no
satisfaction. The day Of the trial was COM
| ing and was in despair. but accident
came TO my aid again happened INTO
the hotel barn as the landlord pulled a lot
| Of rubbish out Of stall Hidden away
with it was fine saddle, and as it was
| brought to light the man exclaimed.
Bless me, here's the dead mans sad
diet
! Was it missing2' asked.
1t was stolen on the night of his muir
] ,
Lossmg's on foot
Who stole it2 What for Auoutsider,
who stole the saddle for its worth, would
have carried it Off An insider only would
| have stored it IN the stall Who was inn
side3 white man and two negro assist.
ants Within an hour | had sscertaiued
that the white mxn, whose name was Eos.
ter, was absent for an hour ON the evening
OF the murder, and that since then he had
/ acted very qneerly | arrested him,
charged him with the crime, and he did
not hold cut fifteen minutes His motive
was robbery He did not intend to KIN his
victim. but only to stun HIM He had Just
struck him when the dogs barked greeting
| TO Graham, and, overcome by sudden
| fright, Foster dashed away and dared not
return He thought he had only TO keep
still TO render himself safe, and, bat FOR
! my being present when the saddle was
! found he might never have been su,-
I pected. Graham WAS cleared and Eos
ter was hanged, The change had been
| brought by the foudling Of "a dog
The second case occurred in Ohio. in a
town not far from Cincinnati A youlg
man, Frank Meyers, had become lnfatuat.
ed with a doubtful woman The affair
created a scandal, and his father and
friends made every effort to break it up.
The young man was finally brought TO sre
the error Of his ways, but when heattempt-
ed To sever the tie the woman sought Ii
hold him by threats This rugered him,
and he INDUCED in some hard talk of what
! he Nluld do IN ease she further ANNOYED
! him. Thus matters stood when he set out
one evening tosee her and make last at
tempt to settle. II was a summer night
and they were seen walking in the upurb-
Of the the town, They were overheard in
angry talk. She defied him. Ileretumed
home pale and excited, his clothing dis
arranged aud his face bleeding from
scratches An hour later She was found
dead choked to death.
Young Meyers was arrested at midnight
| He did not even assert his innocence II
was only on his examination that he pro.
tested, and even his own father believed
him guilty ] happened to be in town
and the way | came into the case was by
relating the incidents of the one have al
ready narrated. The prisoner himself sem
for me and told me this story:
II met the woman, Mr. Albright, b,
appointment We walked out on ClarI
avenue to be alone ! told her that my
mind was firmly made up to zee her n(
more, and she WAS very angry. ] should
have returned with her, but at the little
bridge she ordered me to leave her threat
ening to do desperate things if did moi
relent by the morrow | did not return
by the highway as our meeting was a
secret one and did not want il known,
crossed corner Of the graveyard fell on
the fence as did so, and there my face
was scratched by the briers
But you hardly denied your guilt,
said.
Because was confused and stunned by
my arrest, and because ! saw no nse Of II, =
he replied. q have told you the truth /
want YOU to help me prove myself clear.
left him with the feeling that he was
lying to me, and that nothing could he
done in his case. Ten or twelve days had
elapsed. but there had been no rain
went to the bridge, crossed the creek at the
point he told me to- and soon came upon
his trail At the graveyard fence ! found
a broken rail and the spot where he had
fallen | found the briers broken and
crushed. and from the thorns gathered
several small fragments belonging to the
suit he wore Further on be bad stepped
into a ditch where mud was soft at the
time. It had now dried hard and pre-
served the print measured IT, and when
! returned to town had begun to believe
that Meyers was either good taiker Or an
innocent man. His story was all right in
one sense but all wrongin the other Did
be make the trail while leaving the woman
alive or dead
An old saying always goes with an ar
rest: IF he didn't DO il. who did,
Somebody must be held responsible After
two or three interviews with Young Meyers
and his parents, doubted If he could have
choked the woman "a 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 sud-
denly and that the grip was terrible one.
Her neck was discolored as well az her
throat. proving that two large hands had
been employed However, no suspicious
characters had been seen in the neghbor-
hood and the murderer, If other than
Meyers. had made bis escape. was com
pletely blocked. and could only hope that
accident would help me out.
II was said that the body bad not been
robbed The only theory seemed TO be re-