The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-12-21
BOUND OVER.
JOHN ARNOLD CHARGED WITH
KILLING HIS WIFE.
He is Arrested and has a Preliminary
Hearing Friday and Saturday
Before Mayor Couch.
Bound over to Appear Before the Court OF
Common Pleas and taken to tho
Cleveland Jail-A full Ac-
count OF the Trial.

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made affidavit before Mayor Couch, ,chtrg-
ing John Arnold with the murder OF Eiiza
Arnold, his wife, by s,abbing her in che
throat with pen knife, making woone
the fourth of an inch in length and two
inches in depth, from which che died.
A warrant was issued and placed 10 the
hands of Marshal Williams, who arrested
the accused and brought him into court
at 2 O'Clock. The affidavit was read to
him and he plead not guilty. The exami-
nation was postponed until 10 O'Clock Fri
day in order for state and defense TO pro-
cure witnesses.
Prosecutor Webber and ]. 7. Haskell
have charge of the case for the state and
]. II, Dickson for the defense. After the
adjournment the ascused was placed Ia
the charge Of the marshal.
The following is part of the testimony
of some of the witnesses for the state and
Mr.. Arnold's testimony on the side OF the
defense.
The first witness called by the state was
Mrs. G. o. Bennett who testified as lol-
lows: On Monday morning about 10
O'Clock she called on Mrs. Arnold and
found her in bed, but apparently feeling
better. She remarked that she looked as
though she had been crying and Mrs. Arm.
old replied that che had, and the tears
came to her eyes again as she spoke.
Mrs. Bennett was there about twenty or
twenty-five minutes and then went to call
on Mrs. Hemenway. She had been AT
Mrs. Hemenway's twenty-five or thirty
minutes when they observed Mr. Arnold
running toward Mrs, Carpenters. IL
asked him what was the matter and he re-
piled that his wife was dying. ! spoke to
Mrs Hemenway and hurried to the house,
where found Mrs. Arnold lying on her
back in bed, with handkerchief tied
around her head, clothes nicely drawn up
around her neck, her hand lying on the
outside. Apparently she was in a sinking
spell. l took her hand, which was cold,
and tried TO arouse her. / looked at her
nails to see If there were signs Of death.
/ thought she would come out of II. Mrs.
Hemenway had arrived by this time and
was Just outside the bed room door. |
saw no signs OF blood on her hands or
until, as she seemed TO be
breathing hard, laid the clothes down
from her neck, when | discovered the
wound in her neck, with no blood except
lust little around the wound; sides Of
neck perfectly clean. / stepped into the
other room and told Mrs. Hemenwsy and
Mr.. Arnold that her throat YVES cut. Mrs.
Hemenway went in to see for herself and
| went over TO Mrs. Convers' to get some
one to go for a doctor, and came right
back. Mrs Hemenway asked for the
knife il was done with. Mr.. Arnold said
he did not know where II was, but turned
his back and began feeling first in his left
and then right pocket and showed US the
knife and opened Il. saw blood on the
knife and on his hand. Mr.. Arnold said
he had lent Il to her TO trim her finger
nails. The wound had stopped bleeding
before any Of US discovered 1t. No blood
was on the clothes up around her neck,
none on the sides Of her neck, none on
her hands and none on the outside of the
bed clothes. did not see much blood
until DR.. Hathaway came and moved her
by turning her over. when we discovered
q large amount Of blood under her; under.
clothing and under bedding all saturated,
as was also the pillow under her should.
ers. Mr.. Arnold said he had picked the
knife up on the outside Of the bed. ! ask.
ed her who hurt her, but she was too far
gone aad could not speak. She lived un-
III little after 12 o'clock. Mr.. Arnold
LETT the house Immediately after her death
and did not see him again until Wednes-
day, the day Of the funeral, although 1
spent considerable time there"
Mrs. G. W. Hemenway was next called.
She testified that Mrs. Bennett was ut her
home about 1890 Monday morning and
as they sat by the window they observed
Mr., Arnold going rapidly toward Mr..
and thought something must
be wrong. They went out and Mrs. Ben.
nett called to him. He said that his wife
was dying. l went over as soon as posi-.
BILE and found Mrs. Bennett and Mr.. Arm.
old In the bedroom. Mr.. Arnold called
his wife by name, but she did not speak.
She seemed laboring for breath. Very
soon Mrs. Bennett came in where / was
and said that Mrs. Arnold's throat was
cut. looked and found such was the
case. Mr.. Arnold said that bis wife had
asked him for the knife TO pare her finger
nails. He let her take IL and went out "a
fix candy pail | asked him where the
knife was. He replied that he did not
know. He then fumbled around first in
his left, then In his right pocket, then
showed us the knife and opened IT, saw
blood on the knife and on his hands |
saw the knife on the table about fifteen
later Mrs. Bennett called a,ten-
tlon 10 her throat When first saw her
sh. was lying nearly on her back, should
think q little on one side perhaps. Clothes
up around the neck; hands outside bed
clothes; did not see any signs Of blood
on her hands, or on the bed clothes, or on
neck excepta little around the wound.
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