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A HA IK: • ~ ~ •. . .......■ If ’ •®hp. Mwrdcr of H*. Jfc**») i*, ww* 8teateaviU©—J*ck iCape®*® Ar-mst and Convktioa TSie Real Murderer Retraced I y His Wife.The St Lou i* OMfc-Ik-aioerat says: In the year of 184 L U»e now Soarishicgcity of Steubenville, Ohi wan a verysmall place. Its population was noted for its quiet and orderly character, andthere was not a single 'liquor saloon inthe place. Crime »*$ npry rare, andthe Circuit Judges oftc* had occasionupon not ease uponto congratulate the having a single their calendar.In consequence excitement ineariv hour in the of November, in theta intense when, at an ©f the 17thpeitoedyear, the report reached the place that the corpse of a man ltd been found in the woods within a hundred yards ofthe last house of the dose tothe Pittsburgh turnjdte, with every evidence that aftbeen committed, panied by some fifty atelv hastened to the him by the person the remains of theThis person was a who had gone oatunder any eireumhad anything to do tfth the bloody deed, and, beside, she manifested such unfeigned horror in describing what she had seen at the dhmai spot in the woods that she was uahesitaUnglr allowed to go about her business.Upon arriving at lie scene of the supposed murder, the Sheriff and his companions saw at a gksce that a terrible crime had been committed. The dead man was covered all over withfrozen gore, and seven wounds, apparently inflicted with a sharp knife, were found upon his body. Bis head wasstill covered with a nice felt hat. Hisface presented a modi ghastly aspect. A terrible g*sh extended from the left temple to the right jaw. Another gash was in the forehead. The victim was dressed in a substantial fur coat. Heyears old. When his pockets were ex amined they were found to be entirely empty. But close to the body was found an old-fashioned wallet. It wasstill open, as if its contents had been taken from it, and as if he whohad emptied it had afterward thrown itaway.At a distance of about icn yards from the corpse, near an old kg, lay a pecu liariy shaped fur cap. It could not have belonged to the murdered man, for, as we have said before, he bad his hat on his head.was apparently forty-twot his nock
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Steubenville Weekly Herald
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Fri, Jan 07, 1876
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