The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

railroad station and the village OF
| Greentown. He told of the location of
a shop, the upper part of which had
been used as a meeting room, for
religious gatherings. This was Just
south of the tile works.
Referring again to the Hartong cot
tage, he described it as standing 25 or
30 feet from the roadway, beside the
residence of Charles Smith, just as
pictured in the News Democrat Tues
day. The little house was 161h by 261h
feet. The means of getting into the
house was discussed. The two rooms
down stairs was described, there being
a partition through the middle of the
| building. in the rear room the prose-
cutor said Hartong stored number of
things. Among other things was an
| oats barrel and a pile of stove wood.
There were implements for splitting
| wood, including q maui and wedge.
Describing the front room, the prose-
cutor called attention to the
OLD RED BEDsTEAD
that was used by Hartong. There was
a little desk, small table and q lounge.
Back of the lounge was mattress, and
there were also two or three pieces
of loose furniture, such as chairs. An
old piece of oilcloth had been placed
by Hartong in front of his bed.
Next to the Hartong house, on the
west was the home of Byron Walters,
and next to that the home of Frank
Byerly
The prosecutor detailed the discovery
of the robbery and murder by Otto
Myers, as detailed in the News-Demo-
crat, Monday. His investigation, to-
gether with Walters and Byerly, was
detailed. The prosecutor told of the
entrance of the discoverers to the rear
room, the front door having been nailed
up. The door leading to the front
room, from the back room, had been
locked by inserting a stick of wood in
such manner as to effectually bar the
exit of anyone who might desire to get
out of the front room.
The prosecutor said that Myers, WAL
ters, and Byerly removed the wood and
entered the front room. It was yet
dark and they had lantern. They
said:
Where are you, John?"
"Over here I am." answered the old
man.
They found him on the floor beside
the bed. with his hands and legs tied.
Hartong said:
IT am glad you found me- Walters.
You found me once before and saved
my life; but you can't save me this time.
1 guess / am done for.'
The defense objected to the statements
being made by the prosecutor. The
prosecutor said he would be able to
prove all that he was saying and that
he wanted to recite these conversations
as dying declarations.
Judge McCarty stated that it might
turn out that they were not
DYING DECLARATIONS
and that they would better be present.
ed by witnesses at the proper time.
The prosecutor, continuing, told how
towel was tied tight around his head
and was so tightly tied that it had made
the blood come from his mouth. He
related that the cords about his wrists
were tied so tight that the blood oozed
out of the wounds the things made when
they were removed. On his legs were
wounds caused by tightening cords and
blood came from them also. On his
head they found a bad wound, in the
region of the temple. Along the back
and spine of the old man they found
black and blue marks. as though adj
ministered by the robbers kicking their
victim.
AS the trio of men were taking care
of the old man they found
AN IRON WEDGE.
The wound on the head was of the
shape that could have been made with
the wedge. A physician was summoned
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith were
called also, after living till December 9,
when be died, one week after the oc-
currence.
The prosecutor stated that after the
death of John Hartong a postmortem
examination was held. Under the wound
on the head was found black slot, but
the skull was not fractured. Other in
juries were found, meeting the con-
ditions expected to be found from the
surface indications.
The prosecutor contended that Har-
tong, laying for seven hours in the
cold with no covering, just as the rob-
bers had left him, might be sufficient
alone to cause death.
1--WE expect the evidence to show"
said Prosecutor Day, that William
Henderson was in the vicinity of the
home of John Hartong on that night.
We expect to show that certain
property that John Hartong identified,
was traced to the possession of the de-
fendant. We expect to prove further
that William Henderson has, in con-
versation with divers persons admit
ted that he was one of the men who
visited John Hartong on that night and
assisted TO perpetrate the deed out of
which this lawsuit grows.