Year: 1867

was sitting on her return in the chairs
in above position, and that as she was
glancing out Of the window the pistol
,ceat oG Mrs. Hawkes. gave one step
forward, exclaimed 80 my Cod" and
fell dead to the floor. Hawkes. was
crOuching down at the side Of the char
between him and his wife when the
girl saw the wife fall. After this the
chamber maid ran down stairs, and The
first to enter the room was the landlady
and her sister in = law They found
Hawkes. on the floor along side the dead
wife, with one arm under her shoulder,
apparently y trying 10 raise her. Gentle
men then hocked into the room, and
Hawkes. became violent in his manner
Col. Robertson (the sheriff. testified
that he kicked down the foot of the bed
that he was very viOlent-and when
informed that his wife was dead, his
grief subsidized Befre he knew of his
wife's death, he wanted to be shot
flung out Of the window, &c, and ex-
claimed, "Oh, death where is thy
sting" On the morning of the killing
he treated some half dozen men III the
bar room Of the hotel, was afteTWard8
seen going from the stable to the house.
His board bill was also due that morn
ing. lie remarked to one of the at
tachees of the house that his bill was
due, but that he must go to the bank to
get some bills changed. Some time
after the killing he was asked if he had
money to defray the expenses of burial,
&c, and said yes; but in looking for
his wallet in his inside vest pocket, there
was no money there. Two attaches
of the house were arrested, but no clue
was obtained to the money. Thepock-
ct book of Hawkes. was found in the
hay NOW of the stable at which Hawkes.
was seen in the morning. Some newly
made friends at st. Paul was at over
5000 expense on his account. The body
of the wife was embalmed, encased in
a metallic coffin, and taken to Kewana,
His, for interment. You know al
ready the wife was married in February,
1866-the insurance policies are dated
March and April. The killing occurred
the 2lst of August, the burial the 26th
of August, and the proofs Of death made
out for the purpose of presentation to
insurance companies, are made out lat
least some of them) on the 4th day of
September, only eight days after the burial.
The least that can be said is, that it is
an exhibition of undue haste to obtain
the price of the blood of his wife. The
jury brought in verdict of "not guilty
"a verdict anticipated by all who watch
ed the course of the trial but this has
nothing to do with the general and al.
most universal belief of his guilt. You
will please remember that the pistol
with which be shot her was "Smith
&c Wesson's, and that carelessness il
loading it could hardly have sent the
discharge directly to his front, the place
occupied by his wife Col. ColVille, the
Attorney General of the State, and Col


Flint, the District Attorney, prosecuted


the case, and he was defended very ably


by Judge Palmer and L. Allis, Esq
Col Colville is the same who stumped


the State last fall for the Johnson tick.


ct, and was dubbed the walking arsen


al" from the supposed large quantity 0


rebel lead he carries in his body.


Governor Marshall, the present in


cumbent, will no doubt be the Repub


lican candidate for Governor, whil'
Governor Rice will be put in nomination


by the Democracy.


Hurriedly, VIII