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An Innocent Afro-American Sentto the Penitentiary ona ChargePreferred by a Minister's Wife(White) Who AfterwardConfesses. ----“I Alono am Guilty Said She— “He Visited Me at My Solicitation.Columbus, O.—The case of WilliamOffet, who was released on parole last week, is a peculiar oue. The woman in the case was as false as she was fair, and is a self-convicted perjurer. On her testimony alone was OCfet convicted, lie was a poor colored man of Elyria, and the charge was such a serious one no attorney cared to defend him. Hut one was appointed by the court who pretended to conduct the defense, while in fact there was no defense made. Public opinion was almost unanimous against the prisoner and threats of. lynching were freely made. It looked for a time that the threats would be executed, but the feeling finally quieted down and the case was allowed to take its regular course in the court. Developments since the conviction tend to show very plainly *tbe prisoner was not guilty. The history of the case follows:J. S. Underwood was a minister who lived with his wife and children at Elyria. The good doctor believed he had the best wife in the world and had any oue intimated she was unchaste hewould have promptly called him to account for it Fie had all confidence inher and when he was away from home for weeks at a time in the interest of prohibition he was certain that everything at home was all right
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Cleveland Gazette
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Jan 16, 1892
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Elyria P.
OH, USA 11 May 2020
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