Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-28

money matters. Ny husband had
$500 hanging in the closet in the
| southwest room, | had a rs bin in
nv pocket book, which was in a
drawer iii the northwest room, also
81, IS i'll silver, My husband also
had a gold watch and chain ON his
person, which was taken with the
money. left and went over to Mr.,
Cornett's the second time and stay
ed u few minutes, | then got back
to the house and walked down the
| walk To see ii there was a light i'll the
kitchen and there was, The blinds
We're down, which was something
unusual, | then went back TO Mr..
Cornett's again and it was thirty
minutes befors | returned, and |
would not have come back then if |
had not seen a light in the front
room. | looked in to see, under the
curtain, and saw Jethro standing by
the organ looking through the al
bum. There were three pictures i'm
the album of Jethrow. He took
two Of them with him when he left.
| then went to the west window
in the northwest room and it
was dark and l looked through the
kew hole and then returned to the
window and looked and Jethro had
gone. 1t was about two minutes
from the time | left this window I'M
til | returned to it. | then went to
Mr.. Cornett's house and asked him
if Mr.. Martin had been there and he
replied mo- Then | went to Mr..
Tweed's, the Mayor, and got him to
come to my house and make Jethro
leave. In ten minutes We returned
to the house. Mr.. Tweed went in at
the front door and then went into
the southwest room, taking a light
in his hand. When he opened the
door we saw the body of my hus-
Fband lying on the floor on his back
with his head crushed in. His
head was to the west and his feet
toward to the east, pointing to the
kitchen. This door was shut. A
chair was on each side of the body.
No injuries were on the body, but
the skull was mashed in several
places. There was a hole in the
skull as large as a 25-cent piece.
There were several wounds on
the head. There was a towel
hanging in the kitchen which was
bloody, probably having been used
by the murderer in washing his
hands after he had committed the
crime. There was also a bottle of
wine on the shelf which had been
emptied by Jethro, evidently after
he had killed his father. He took
his fathers shoes from his feet and
left his old mes and a pair his
father had recently given him.
yethro was only crazy on certain
subjects. He seemed to be afraid
some one was going to poison him.
He would pump his own water to
drink and wanted to cook his own
food.
He said his own mother, during
her life time, wanted to poison him,
but this is untrue.
Mrs. Martin said her husband
always told her never to stay around
where Jethro was. 1t is quite likely
the absence Of Mrs. Martin at the
time of the killing is the only rea-
son she did not meet her death at
the time of her husbands.
After the villain Stayed his father
he picked up a bottle of wine that
sat on the mantel and drank hearth
ly and then put the empty phial
back all covered with blood. He
then washed his hands and made
his escape. This is horrible to
think of and indescribable.
The officers r after Martin and
he will surely be caught shortly. He
is thought to have boarded a freight
at Wellsville last night.
MARTIN N MEXICO.
On Sunday night Jethro Martin
walked into Null's Hotel in this city
and taking a lead pencil from his
pocket wrote on the register in a
hand that is hard to decipher the
following autograph:
martin, Martinsburg."
); He then turned to Mr.. Null and
) said, with a simple grin on his coun,
I tenance: ''Give me a bed; I've
4 got the grip This was about
, p. m. Mr.. Null says he thought
t then the young man appeared rather
: strange, but the proprietor showed
him to his room. Monday morn.
, ling he was called for breakfast bui
4 would not get up. He. was lef'
q alone until about II O'Clock, wher
. he arose Of his own accord, dressed
I and came down stairs. He tolt
G Mr.. Null he wanted water and moth
6 ing but water. After being handed
a glass he went to the well back o
, the house and pumped himself
An IL axn,,-1 Al,