The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-11-12

Death, that mysterious visitor, has ap-
peared and although the man who Ia cut
down is well acquainted and his connec-
lions are such that the fact Of his death IL
deplorable, the county is saved a great
expense,
The case Of the state of Ohio against
Joseph l.. Wise Is nolled. The state OF
Ohio will not have TO pay The expense of
q trial and the Prosecutor I, +, she county
is relieved OF an arduous ds
1t will be remembered at Joseph L,
Wise was under indistras,s by the liz q.
grand jury for manslaug ter, The case
was peculiar one. c. l-s Henderson,
a negro, went into ~ saloon in East
Ninth street, near g. ,ie works, to get a
drink. II hnppensf - Henderson ov ed
some money thtr ,,i Wise asked for the
amount OF the biz, A controversy oc-
Cured between the two men and the re-
suit wsss violent quarrel. After the quar-.
rel had been settled, or apparon Wy settled,
Henderson left tho saloon and went across
the railroad track. Wise followed hirs.
What occurred after that is o mystery,
Suffice IL to say that after the encounter
Wise went over TO his saloon and went to
bed. Henderson, however. did not fare
so we'll. He staggered up the track. At
the intersection OF the Connotton and the
Bt Wayne railro id, he prasped holl of the
target pole, and few moments later fell
down unconscious. The only apparent i'm
jury was q cut near the eye. No other in
jury was apparent.
THE MURDERER's DEATH.
Notice the similarity in the respective
deaths. Henderson, the victim of mans
passion had not sufficient marks on his
person 70 make out case of murder in
tho first degree. The map who inflicted
the fatal wound, II indeed something else
did not intervene to cause the death of
henderson, has himself met his creator.
Like his victim he met q death of violence,
and the most conservative cannot say that
II was not brought on by his own actions.
One died tho victim OF passion, the other
the victim OF taste which oveTcame him.
Joseph l.. Wise, the murderer of Charles
Henderson, has been living in Hazelett
avenue for some time past, since he got
out on bail. Saturday he went to Massil-
Ion, his own homo. From all indications
he must have been drinking very freely
and met his death by reason OF his exces-
sive libations.
Here ia the history of his death. He hired
rig, was too drunk to take care of 1t, the
horse ran away with him, ran into another
rig and he was thrown out. When picked
up he was in o comatose condition. The
accident occurred on Front street in Mas
sillop. in front OF the residence of Seba-
sttnn Fritz. Two young men, John Mist
and Mike Crone, were driving toward the
business portion of the city and Wise's
horse was running away from it. The
young men tried to turn out but could not.
The rigs collided and Wise was thrown
OUT and killed. He was not dead when
picked up, but was carried into the
briIz residence where medical attention
wns given him, He was afterwards taken
20 the residence of his brothpr.in law Geo.
Il. Hohneck, where he died at 8 O'Clock
sunday morning. Tho accident occurred
at about II O'Clock Saturday night. Coro-
ner Openhmer drove to Maesiilon Sunday
afternoon and took testimony with refer
ence to the cause of death.
The testimony of Mike Crone, one of
the young men who was in the rig which
collided with that of Wise, was taken,
and his testimony 10 appended.
TESTIMONY OF A WITNESS.
Mike Crone being duly sworn, testified
as follows: II have known Joseph L. Wise
for two or three years. Last night John
Mist came up to Rost & Smiths saloon at
10 O'CLOCK. When ne got Ihere he and
Amos Mcdonnell, who was with him,
stated that they had a rig. After q short
time John Mist and mysolf not into the rig
and took q ride. Then we returned to the
saloon and as we're driving pact we heard
rig coming. Ii was coming very fast, and
wo pulled in toward dirt pile,
80 that we could get out of the wsy.
buggy struck ours. As soon as the rigs
struck the buggy commenced to upset and
did so about fifteen feet from our rig.
l DID not see any one in the buggy at oil
and thought that il was empty. The
electric light was lighted but we could
hardly see. We could just see the run
away rig coming and that was all, Frank
Hine, John Bullack, Elk. Stein, and Brach-
tol Fritz caught the man who bad fallen
out OF the rig and carried him into Fritz's
house. We then discovered that it was
Joseph l.. Wise. He did not speak or
move after we found lying in the street.
Under the circumstances we did the very
best we could to get out Of the way and
save a collision.
ANOTHER WITNESS.
The testimony of the brother-in-law,
George +. Hohneck was taken, and was
given as follows: am the brother.in-law
of the deceased, Joseph L. Wise. He cam"
TO Massillon on the o'clock train, / was
told. ! first saw him at haif-past nine, at
Siiver's grocery, in High street. We shook
hands and he asked me to go in and get a
glass OF beer with him. We went in and
we both drank glassful of bee. Wethen
came down TO my home My wife was with
me and we got into his bugf y and drove TO
my house. He invited us to visit him next
Sunday. When he left the house he stated
that he was going up to get John Bullach
and then drive TO Canton. | next heard
that he had been hurt in runaway.
Shortly afterwards he was brought 80 my
house. Drs. Hsllock and Barnes arrived
and made an examination. They stated
that he had suffered concussion of the
brain. He had left the house at about
eleven O'Clock. Whom frat saw him he
had been drinking.
wIsE's CONDITION
Joseph Walter being duly sworn testi-
fed In substance as follows: l was not
very well acquainted with Wise but have
known him for or years. | saw him
Saturday evening at about 10 O'Clock at
Mike Huth's saloon. Wise and another
man were talking about the c 'se for which
Wise is under Indictment, shat of killing
Charles Henderson. He stated that he
didn't care whether he went to the pen or
what they did with him. He stated that
ha had n foht with m negro and fifteen