The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-12-27

other parties with me and it was
about 8 O'Clock.
| do not know how many people
may have been looking for tracks
before we were there. On cross
examination he said in addition to
the above, that they had looked for
tracks crossing the road and found
none.
George Evans testified to sub
stantially the same facts as detail
ed by Dillon. They were together
in the search. Said the 70 t-prints
led i'm a Southeast direction until
they separated.
james NJ. Allen lives in Benton
township and said: | was with the
officers in the latter part of Sep
tember when Blackburn was ar
rested ut the house Of Ham Hes.
Hes came to the door and met us
When we were near the house i
saw lies come out of the door and
when he saw us he returned into
house.
We had Il conversation with Hes
and then went into the house and
in the first room found no one. In
the next room we found man.
George Deischle asked the man if
his name was Blackburn. The
man replied that his name was
George Wilson. Deischle said to
him | think you are Blackburn and
arrested him. Deischley then ask
ed lies if the man was Blackburn
and said he was, but Blackburn
denied and said his name was Will
son. Search was made of his per-
son, and ten dollar bill, revol-
YER and a few cartridges were
found. The cross examination de-
vel0ped nothing new or important.
George Deischley, Marshal of
Logan testified: Myself, Dan Joice
and James Allen went to the house
of Ham lies near Bloomingville in
the latter part of September and
when near the house saw two men
standing in the door. When we
got to the house we asked If Black
burn was there. lies said no. We
went into the house and through
the first room into the next and
found him and arrested him. We
found revolver and ten dollar
bill on him. (Witness here identiti-
ed the bill shown him as the one
taken from Blackburn, by pri-
vate mark placed on it by himself.)
On cross examination he said that
Dan Joice took the revolver from
Blackburn first and the money i'm
mediately afterward. We saw an
other revolver in the lies house.
d. w. Wright, Sheriff: AT the
time of Blackburn's arrest there
was turned over to me rs the prop
erty of the prisoner, IL bunch OF
keys, two revolvers and a $l0 bill,
also IA few cartridges. ! identify
these articles here in court us the
same that was turned overto me.
r. o. Davey, Deputy Sheriff:
This revolver, shown me, here, is
the one l got in the house of Ham
lies.
b, ron Zeigler: l live one mile
south of Gibisonville. had bought
some cattle of John NJ. Krinn
which / took up on September 1st.
They amounted to $3.50 and paid
him four ten dollar bills, two fives
and two dollars and a half in
silver.
One of the ten dollar bills was a
gold certificate. / had got the
money at the bank here in Logan
and noticed the gold certificate
when at the bank.
The gold certificate here looks
like the bill 1 paid to Mr.. Krinn,
about that much worn.
Cross examined, Mr.. Zeigler said
that | don't know the number of
the certificate nor have l any other
particular marks of Identification.
1t is the second gold certificate /
ever had. | do not say it is the
identical bill paid Mr.. Krinn, but
it looks like it.
Robert Tool lives in South
Bloomingville, a miller by occupa-
ton. On September %, was in
Logan for The purpose of getting
some articles for finishing my
house, and returned home that
evening. When on my way at Mr..
Souders barn about four miles from
Bloomingville / met man in the
road, / did not know the man at
the time, but / afterward saw the
same man in the jail and recOgniz-
ed him. Blackburn is the man.
(Witness pointed out the prisoner