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THE THREAT.Co..tinned front «tb p*Klt;-heavily loadsd • heard of theand colt; h.blt- i' plate of orer it found O tier in creek. I acd btu trigger |. thelorn-f«i f »rr-ter »*l! the p«i-wore iad or. a r«l.Btiuhe»d with earth aotl loir* icd U consisted Of tin 1 uan sad a thimble lat i a hartal. Th»«e be **i1 (h luoroiog uf January 7 uo-Ih-rlosia feet farther op thr KxaibttfV W X wereihv io:k ui'iiec of * gun. a fimbl- mad a i,.tie which lb* witncsa fouud la i, of a fallen tree. still seventy raeroD the creek. Sbetitf Por-a-, wa* led to tbe woods and . -vherotbe arlinlsawere batted i :ated to hioi by William Mill-tin of the defendant. He altoUka0uak*t or ahol goo. He ■order ahcrlly afterward* aad weal to noiealie. thee to Ml. Pleasant aod tootified tb* ooroaer. Weller Me**. be etid weal to Goaoelle to keep any person fro.o anterior the garden. Mr. Beet •aid he bad examined tbo tracks •turn the horeewa*bUcbod about 530 «. *. Sunday, the moruicg after the enure, aod bad measured the* end noticed tnolr peculiarities tbo atmo morning be tea: Quiarey Cramblett ride away to Long Kan. aod examined tbe hoof prime made by bit bor» io the soft earth Jset outside the stable. The left (root boof »a uoehod aod broken oo ■ho losids aod tbe ouUtdo cork on tbo ngbt hind shoo wen worn more than tbe iotide cork.Adioorced until 9 .. u. Taursday. rictSMT MOXSI.'O.When court convened P. P. Lewis arose and notified tbe OOOK tbst »m* of the witnreees for tbo State were not obeying the order made by tbe Court to remain in the judge's room. Asked as to who wee disobeying he replied J shipj McManolv. Judge Mens6eld then in-otraded the Constable to place McMau nit In the room, lock the htli door, and said the judge, if that room ain’t bigstaled that when tbn Coroner wa* ta»-idg Craob’eti’s traiimooy he astoJ uuiocy what too bottle of shot «se do logon tne mantle if h had no ahot gas, and tb' defendant replied that hia falter wxt near lighted ar.d usrd shot in h.i rill *. _WtaeO or.« examined by Attorney P.P. Lewis, the Sberifl said that a nain-Mr of tigress were hitched to tbe fence ... ...........in front of tbo Ooioell boose on tbs !*aougb to holdliitn there i« an other ot* mOrMugaflsr (he merder. He sail thej|tal „tracks where a borso was sopt«*,t-to ! Hugh Heat. wa» recallod and cn croes have b-«i tied were Ifttyaida north of examination br Mr. Gregg, the witness the bo-i*?. aad tbit whllo be saw the Balj fcc oaw Qutocey at tbo Gosoelltracks an Sunday be did not examine them til) Monday, then he said he ecu Id sou tbo tracks along tbe bank, but there were Oly three places where they wire iar and distinct, The defease thou s-k .d him where a gap leading Inti Calvin C.irbw'o Held was loosted. and h'. AUtol jmt below Whore lie horse •» Int.hed. Io answer toother •lUMUOK the »itoe*8 said ho had ftSO e»»0 horses with throe shore on »od one olf, end that It was not aocJmmno for a her*- to bu«” a portion of its boof brokro od wben it threw a shoe. Oo rodiioil examination tbe witness stated that he saw no horse track? bftweon the gap to Calvin Carter's field aod the point whore a haian had bwa hitched, alao that the placo whrrethe track* erenwd the r.m win nteep and rocky. Croas-eiaailiial again tba witoesa said Constable Urake had auawted OramMelt.••Mow much of tbe reward do you c* oeci i, get-there is a reward ain’ttbe ref aided 1*. P Lewis.‘‘Yes in, thera'a a reward of HOO clt; fared. rcpUwl the BberifT. .••If y.ju waure tbeconrictioa of (Jaio coy Crambli.lt bow much of tbe Hlt;Xl d. tou gotf” agaio aiksd Mr. Lowie.lt;«I ®ccft-rtb oiordcr and that be saw defoaaam bslploe to place Ice around tbo hocy alao that ba raw bln no uvtr tbo remains frequently to allow risitore io riow them. In answer to Mr. Gregg's question, the wit-ncir cbttwl. thsi thorn wan an old saw eet just losido tbe feuM where lb* hone •.•as hltchod, that there is a gap io the fence there, and alea that the tor.is sanily ford*J any* hers near there. Do you know Magi to Beat’V asked Mr. Gregjr- “V«s air.’’ replied tbewltneai. “Youars Her father, ain't your' The prosecutloo objected to tha qoeaton. acd it was rcl«i out Robert Johosau. of Aden*, said he bad beau at Gcauell’s about II a. m. on the day afur tbe murder, and «« the tracks loading iw:rc«» the run to where a bursa is said 10 bavn been hitched.Tbo wilo-s. [omlated in referring to the spot al tbe place where the bursa wan hitched, acd Mr. Lewis for the dc-tea** objected. IVe don't know a burse was kitchld tuiro.-’ ho said, it might have been a jaokawi.**Mrs. Larina Kaicbcw, mother of Jelf-ertOn Rainbow. «ae nextotlledand told hot. and thinking it wae^Ku. ward iI’roeK, . .. „f hearing tb .......t g-l hoy of M and don t *i Mr Ooanetl eh.rutlngcoons, andof going of it, rnplisd tbe Sheriff. oal on t0e porch There she liratd ie is m ehspo to r^oret any re- V/0,x Gosnell s-crean;. and a littla later a ll.U case are they- askol tbs bora* came galtopinx up lb* read past tiug Attorney |M house. The read between h*rNooir. reidlsd the 8herid. house aod Uoinall'a, ahe raid waaetny.Drputy Sharifl Row 8tOU«. the neit h(|l ohe o0|y hfud tfce home oo the road witness, produced a mosket^borrel fI(nl (|-» eecood fording uf tho ron he-* ' low her hooreOrdeEastOCReSco Pr It in tcChAUCwhich wa* bout double and which he -aid h« had procured at tho bolV.m of a li»fout well uo Milton Hall's premisesr,'.; iuii— northweit of the Cramblelthouse M.lton Hall, he said, led him to tho well .m l be pr «orad the barrel by grappling fur it. Tho wttOMSbad racaa urco th~ narrel and it meeeorvd between II and I i in .-hoi from the tubs hole to the 'uii.cle. The defeuso did not croes examine.JJr. S. U llarkbnrat. the neat wit neM. cxamiiml the goa barrel and u;d harecogdiird ‘t ly lha word Ohio ioi-prciKu on H, j!*c by lu ooasual length aod its weight at uce end. The eitoM w»v n-krd if ho had »*.w owned the guo barrel. Tho dif.oso objected »-'l Mr. Greyg i litre rag atod thowiiows nod in answoi tu l“» qnsetioBS Dr. Barkhurst said he sappivrd all guoe belonging to tbe SPito bad the word OhioIhoiu an.I h- *upp.sci that ail of lt;ha cauio ins'.n bad the •Jmeleogth o' barrel nail weight. I wouldn't attempt to iiuntify as to tbe gun by the barrel ■Ion.,'' -»,j tbs witoere, the other tans have mnch to do with ulenlifvire it. Toe proireolion Ikon inked,' Dill Y-m ever own that gua?• I iisccil n gon ©tactiy like that. Tha anneal trwn dctrrlbod the gun b* had.'wired and its pKuUsrities incluif. iog .»thumb lutch which had n».«n brok on 'Jl yrer^ago. WbCS the docPor Oai an eye. He had into tho gun or musket frequently Since tben »t the Cramb.ntt. homo The witness was then shown ihe Other parts of tho niosk-t nnd said he recngntcod thm by c*rUm peculiar ties ] and repairs be pMutsd oat. . |On Cross cxAoainSiiio ths witnoas said nther gam might bars s»mo of the same mark*.Walker Meet, the next witneai, eai.! he was a farmer «nd bod been acquainted witn lvorati all bis life. Ho deicrib ml lu detail the *.• “her* tho horse wai said to htve !»en hltchod and dsaoribed the trs :u«. up *.'lt;1 down the run. wlich h* and SlierifI H.iriar had examined. Uo s li I ih'W) tracks Inading clow a looked ni th-iugh t-ie horse had walked, and thill loading up a. tbaogb it bvl bar-riad away. Ho *iso tostin-d In eiaiaiE ing Crnnbleit’s bars*'* hoofs at tho Gos null stable uud taw the shoo olf toe left front font and (So worn cork on the hiod shoe.On crre uratxiinatioa bad seen William OhclTueJI bi.mo on Sunday aiterocuo the day nf'er ilia murder. They walkoJ n? tbe road au-1 Chetf-'y examined tbo tucks where the Imres i* sad to hare fceeo bltjhid The witness slid he did not sxatnic* the trailer Mtil tho next day. but waliipl a'-Oug iih Chelfoy while ho foll.mnl :n*iu a.-og the bsok across the run. Caufey had said tie Iracks were those of i h.irr» har.ng three ahore olf and one ou. ID «snt wub Oheffoy to Rilnhow's honse and no into lbs field where Cn.-llcy fouud Rtiobow's fcnreo bod thrco sbossoff and oaa on. Ohsffey measured ailh a slick batweon tbe corks .if the .ho* on Rainbow's harae aad Ihe m'aeureicuni flitrd. Oh«Tey has pro-cored lh* ttick from SUnt McMulers whom lie mat .at Rainbow's house.••Did yau ire nuy ho roe track* about Rainbow hCoee?1' asked R. H. lawit •Yu*. I -*•*• tra.-k* gulng in tho gate. Tho i.ini# one* you bad followed upOn aroa» examinaUco br P. P. lawld, tb- witness raid elm and Jed Rainbow's wife and Sevan children were in lh* b.-ii— when she heard the ehnt Jeff. .b« said, had gone to Dllloiale thal day and was riding a roan bora*. It wee abon*. half an tour nfter she heard tbo shot when Jeff cnmc home. The watnem ■ ti.l she a ant down to tlieGamnU houie (b it night and stnid Uiere f.» an hour or more. Goi*all aDd JelTerson were not good frlwod* nml did out epeak to each other. What rolnliun i*Conata-Islu Drsk- to JOUT inquired P. P. Lewis. ' Hi* motnor was a uister Of toy husband replied the wituee*Ooort Bailiff George Meet*, tho next wild OSS. told of g.i'ng with the SterifT rn eearcb CrambMfs honoo on Monday after the murder. While iu a room down stairs, tbewiicwe eaid he leaned hi* h«nd against the wall aod come in contact with a bullet pouch. On opening the poach hr. found a bullet lu it. The Prosecutor then produced tho bullet. and tb- witn,ms ideotlfird it.Robert Nichole, next witness. testified that on Saturday. Ont 21, joat two »eeks before tho murder he and Ueorgo aod Harvey Thompson were husking corn at the Cramblelt home and he saw an old army musket standing by the stair case to tie dining rouai Ha had ilho aipskot io bis hands acd noticed that the thumb pises at the hammer i Bad b«n broken and wel.IM together I again. Oo bung chown Cho thumb piece fouad in the wolds he eaid tt looked exactly like Ihe one ho had seea | on the gnn at iheGcsonl! rrcidenco.Oeaege Thompson, ales Wkl of seeing the old army musket io th* sitting roim at Crambett'e hoes* on Oct. t’lit He Slid he bad picked the gnn np and pul -be ramrod dean into the barrel to ere il i'.*re was a lead in it Then bo took lb* ramrod out and meosormg oc the no Hide of the barrel saw thal there »il aunt n t*o tmb lead in it. The wit-nee- waa not crosi examiood.Harv-y Thompson also said he saw an old a.-my aoshoC nt the Cramblett hum* On O tohor Slat.Jao.ne MoMar.nis teetifiert that after lh* killing of lames OcaneUacd 'jeforo Hi* arrest of Qulocey Cramblett, be had •a conveimtlon with the defendant 1a Chambers Brothers' dreg store, «t Mt. ritoesa nsid he Pleasant The wltoest sstd t« inquired y at tho (!» of Cramblett tow ho toadid hi* musks;kwew. Wltaaas aim aald gMaey toldhim oa Sunday Usi hi. hors* loM Ms ■bow tb* night before aa midcigha.George Gotnal!, a nephew of Ihs murdered mao, was tbe next witn***: told of two men frcm Marti o'* Kerry celling attaoGotoell boos* oo Thursday after the fnoeral Th« wltn.ja «md hs went to Craaiblstt’s in a buggy and told Qutocay that two men wanted to sre him Ucsoetl's. Quiocsy acd tho wit-neas retnrnrd in ihe buggy. Qatnoey asked if tbe pooplo was sutnuiiniog him, and l bn witness replied that be didn’t know, but that the officers ^re Habib to sutpret anyone. A little farther down the read tbe witness ateled that Qoiooey said to him: ”11 tbo re*t of toe family stack to him he wonld ho all right and if tbey didn’t bis cake wonld he dongn. About four works before tbo murdor, the witness eaUl. he hod seen a p*Db)!lt;b*r iu Qoloooy’s ss-t pocket when be was at Holmes church.Hs described the penholder on such . one »s tbs Coroner found in the gardeu.Deputy Sboriff titsot McMuters, who wa* nest called, eaid he aod William Drake talked to fjniocy tho day afto* tbe funeral. at the Cramblett barn. -I toM him. md tho witoeis, that peoplo had measured the bcrie tracks acd they corresponded exactly.”Cramblett replied, 'Veil my horw may bare beto Ibere, but I was not. Ho also tlati-d that tho thoo had L-ten olf a w •lt;Cootinning anoetn raid Qua*'; i *l him his musket was over at his broioer Si's where bo had taken it in kill rabbil* Io the Stale conversation Craniblolt told bun that he had no''loeo'‘ dowu at Gor-nelt's. and r.erer had any there Cramb lett had stripped to tbe walet that day and allowed tte witoes. to examine his ehouldee*; while doing so Qumcey toid him that hs shot oroaa fire Oo croe* exs-uicalioc the witness raid that Qoiooey weot along with him willlogly to Mt. Piearant in have his Shoulders rx-amined by Dr. McGUron. Deputy Me Masters admitted that be had doce tou-eidsrable work in tho cnee before tin-*-'.00 lO.atd wan offered, mod tbst so officer ho could not eiptct or receive any reward.William Drake testified that he wa* with Deputy McMulers when be bad tlie convnrsati-a with Quiacey, nnd ho corroborated all that McMasten said about the ccovetsatloo. Court lieu adjourned until 130 r. M.Tauxaoar arrgBaoo.'.Robert Johnoon, tha first witoewt called, ■« not i.rresnt.James Nubia told of a con*treailou lie bad halaithQoloceyCranibleWoo the day of Gunnell a funeral. The wltneoi said ho told tho defendant that ho woe tailing stories, aod that tho peope were catching him in Oism. that hoougbtO. toll tho troth Quiocey said ho was lelllog tho truth, aod that hie oM nrru* muotet bad been over at Sl'e for about a month, he also es*d that Davey Rcnorr had rsddeD his horn* down to CcSaoll'o the WeduSfday eight before and the home had thtm lost n shoe On crcos-examtuawn by P. P. Lewis, ths witoosu -.id to had oevertntd Qutoccy that the people wanted him to get a re** nod they woald hang him. The witc«« aieo •taied that hs had beard peopsecall him “Doc Pinkerton because of bis connection with the ceee and that he knew lb* Cramblett'e had “usiiected him of coin-1 initliuc ihe crime, aloo that h-dg! not expect to K«t a=r ot tb* reward. IWilliam Miller, a hroiher-ir. aw of Qnincey Crae'hlott. living on Pinny Kora, ttfltilird that he and wa. No»il*■ ere working on the Cramblttt farm on tli* Monday after the preliminary hear-lug After dioD»r they talked to Join; Cramblett. the prisoner’* fatbrr, nnd then wentout to the barn. TB* wltoewi •aid te wool to the corn crib 1lt;D to 200 L-.l frcm tbe hoot* 10 search for ao old o nsket Tbe door was i n tb- west end of the crib, and* partition ran through tho cents* of it. On tbe sido crxt tbn door tbe crib woe partly fall gf corn, but beyond the partition wa* full of corn. Tho witnW* Mid b* went over into the full part of the crib and aaw thu corn benp-d up against a roof ot plate. H* renuitsd wvlt;ral ear* acd fuuBda muakat under tfce plato.He raid be piiaed the gno out tbroagh tbe bill*door used for putting in ccrn.Hail took the gun and went with it over to the barn. Miller followed bat when be got there Hall bad broken tbe gun up end B trying to bend the barrel Miller b*!pod him.The witn cm raid h» recognized t begun Wit a rnasket which belonged to John Crnaiblldl. Tho wltnera then ideollfitd the gun part* which bad berm introduced in evidence as PfcrU of the «un be hod found in the crib. Cootioeinx Miller said io DBasr to questions that -f-t-r breaking up the guu be weut U Cramblett'* hocse and got a earn nnd Bstbcr (Hover gut him a comfort whirh tie put in tbs sack with the gun TU*n be took the gun to hi* own hossa three miles away, hurued tbs wood CO m the stovo and took Ihe ui*tal parti to Jim Elliott's wooda and buried them there.He Jrecrihud in detoil how he bvl buried th»lt;o aod said UB o» | ,.tb* Sunday after Christmas Mdt ; | g[j|SulWa are.-tpriogai ■orth OfI.uwns urhurln« ir prlure *iTAflCill PNcGlt;PrinterKloret Urn* »n A sew‘I IW tl«IUlt;DREandYob wlln.s fi.I)re»«siI mli-fCltCTWI blue .1OtrMl'.porterB'lvBi:Uilldilliao I! li total r I lUik-ClieTCIPop.1.'iota Porlu/illomrsiOtnsl's llist lt;yu- !•: NilMl and ICCExtraJSfHail tlt;rk the gnu away from there.Ih-mrth'•I didn't bdljw them up th* run ” •Did ChofToy follow them from where «y erowd the run up to Raiabow’s! ••I don’t know whether Cbrdfsry fob lown.1 t!,*ni nil ihe way or bos, but I thick it was Impoasibl* to do it in tbe rood Oo redirect rxaminaUoo the witness **d IB,' e»»mioaloo hn made ot tie tracks on the bank, cn MoivUy. war a careful one nod ahat it was col pi-slli'.e re di-lingdieh on- track fraus au-Uhcr in tho traveilei road.Ilagh ll»lt;t tie next witoesa said he lived ti'tr the junclico of Perrio Ron atwl dhnrt Creak about a mil* south eatt of the Oo.ii:!; house. Ue heard the tepotl ol tle shut about 7:30 o'olock„ jbooi shot cut of it succKsfuliy ask’d him. said Mr MoMaonts. if he pot io the powder, then paper, then ehot. then more paper. Craotleti raid co. I ot» wads. Can't you testify wiihuot so mooy gj ralinn* ol tbe head’ a*ked P. P. Lewis. The prosecution objected ond ihe Conrtsaid, ‘I reserve the right to lecture witueutes, acd Mr. McManoit is doing ver, well.Conliooing, the wllresa sa.^ he told Cramblett that ho thought all wad* were cumbered auc that he didc't koow that a musket Carrel was cumbered. Cramb-lett replied that he cut hi* wads from au old felt but. -'I raked him.” said the wltcror, if ho had a wad cutter and bo replied. 'No. I just uso a knife.' ” Mr. McMannl* then told or Ceiog at the Cioecellhouse with William Cbeffey. aod of Boding a piece of felt m the wall paper on ihe kitcbeo wall.On am examination the witneas sUied thalhodio uot know bowCratab-1 lett ca*a M. lia at Chamber* Brothers store, that he hadn't been a Jetootlvc. hadn't been engaged in looking up evi-dsocs In the case: bad never given any information to the Prosecuting Attorney: had oerer been asked for any information by tb* Prosecutor; was not i after the reaard, and wai io nobTdy’a' t*illlam CheTey, the next witn-**. said hs had fencd a pK« of fell in ths ; kitchen o! the Goscell retldsnce, but he ; didn’t know whether he had smelled it I or r,OS. Tb* Prosecutor asked him if he hvto't testified before the grand jure ' tltal h- bad smelled the felt »od It ' smellfd of powdrr. He e»d badite'lcarried it »»»y under bis C0*t. The witness thro told fcboot taking the Sherllf to where the gun parts wereburied.Oo being cror* examicrd by Mr Gregg ibv witonia aaid hs bad never . sooken to Quiocey about th* gun. and | Qalncay had never told them to break iup and iivde the gnn. IMiltun Hall, testified that his wife . wa* a cu oai a of the defendants mother. Ue said on Monday after the preliminary bearing he si*s building a fence on the Crambl-tt elaoe. Miller wa* three working for Qjlneey'e father. Esther Olovrr John Cramblett and Mrs. CratBMat* wrre aUo there. Mtll*r bad a talk with John Craoihlktt after dinner and th^ii we wont the barn and commenced looking fur that gun. MHlor wav leading in the search and we looked nodcr the barn, through the baro and up lu the barn then Miller weot to the ojto Crib. We bad been searching aboot twenty miaulee before Miller weot to the crib. While he «** in there the ■ Ilrinie itoed ouUldo and watched. Wheo Miller came out of the crib firar, they acnto where John Cramblett wae hauling fodder, talked to him. then went cut aroocd the orchard to W* if anybody was to sight Then they re, turned to tbs crib and Miller pushed th* gun out to wilneee.Witeessaa are still b*icg heard at we go to prr«».lOVfcLadiSprinndVilo-ngvredlt;iULAIIeco.spnnitime*psrp-ltil of •i ti aWantrd.Four glt;*l machine mouldsre. steady *nd sober men at 8t**#o»n A Cto.'r, WelUsllle. 0. Apply at oaoa.ChhOrawar..WAttWallHrilsr?iHr iHostEi
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Steubenville, Ohio, US
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