The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-02
and went through his heart.


shoulder and went through his heart.
The body lay at the foot of the cliff,
and from it's appearance Henry must
have been standing near its verge when
he was struck and have fallen or been
pushed over The fall was upward of 90
feet There were bruises on the body,
and some dirt and small fragment of
rock had fallen with him from above.
He must have been standing there look
ing down into the wood below when the
villain crept up behind him and fired.
The shot was at close range-not more
than 8 or 10 feet away. 1t seems strange
that he heard no footstep Yet If he had
he would surely have turned round, and
then the bullet would have struck him
in front.
These points will probably be eluci-
dated at the trial, when we know whom
to try. OF course there is no doubt that
the murderer was one of the burglars.
Thus far, however, no trace of any bur-
glars has been seen. Neither John nor
Tom discovered any signs of them, either
before or after the shooting This is
the more strange because the murder
proves that they must have been there.
They had made no attempt upon the
house. however, though they must have
known that it was empty, and IL they
got wind Of our intention to capture
them, or if on arriving on the ground
they discovered our ambush, why did
they not retire at once instead of putting
their necks in moose by wanton as
eassination? Had there been signs that
Henry had attempted to arrest one Of
them and that struggle had taken
place we might suppose that they had
shot him self defense, but the indications
are that he was approached unawares.
The evidence on this point will have to
be carefully sifted. At present it is per-
picking.
seldom have been more conclusively it,
lustrated than it was in my case when
was made to comprehend what had
happened A moment before l was as
helpless as any cripple can be and suf-
fering acute pain. Five minutes after
ward l was beside my brothers dead
body, a quarter of mile away. have
been conscious of no pain since, and
now even the traces of inflammation are
gone. have no distinct recollection of
what did, but must have sprung from
my chair and run at full speed, all band
aged as ] was, to the place where he lay.
This indeed is Toms account of the mat
ter.
He says that toward in the morning
he heard report as of a pistol, but it
was at some distance, and he was at first
disposed to think he had been mistaken.
He had for more than an hour past given
up all expectation of the success of the
ambush and was beginning to feel some-
what sleepy. However, he went along
in the direction from which the sound had
seemed to come, stopping every now and
then to look and listen, but detecting moth
ing, and he was just on the point of aban
doning the search when he saw something
dark lying near the foot of the cliff. He
| took it for small rock or fallen bowlder,
but as he did not remember having be-
fore noticed anything of the kind in the
| place he came nearer to examine.
Until he stood within yard Of it no
suspicion as to what it really was enter
ed his mind. Then in a moment he knew
it was mans body, but even then he
thought OF tramp fallen asleep and not
of Henry or of any one he knew. But
when he noticed how the body lay-face
downward, with one arm doubled under
it--he recognized death, and bending
down he saw the curly hair that could
only be Henry's. With that fit Of The
horrors took possession Of him. He does
not know what he did, but thinks he
shouted in the dead mans ears as if to
awaken him from that irrevocable sleep
and he felt for his heart and got hi
hand smeared with blood. He was thor
oughly unnamed and ran hither anG
thither, not knowing what to do, but
probably hoping to meet John. Al
length he reflected that ] was in my
rooms, and without further delay b,
made straight line for my door.
He was ghastly looking object when
the door being unfastened, l bade hin
come in. My first idea was that he ha(
himself been attacked and had barely es
capped with his life. He was white in th'
face hatless, his dress disordered an(
his hand bloody. He was shaking al
over like man chilled to the marrow
and he could not command his tongue t,
speak clearly. asked him several ques
tions before getting any coherent o
comprehensive reply. At last he said:
Its murder-that's what it is! AM
somebody's got to swing for it."