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T.1888awl, left,forlt;l,lljWy toON I'HE CHARGE OF CI'TTINU WITH INTENT TO KILL.And IhmiMl Oviiv on UieCbai’c Frelorred Against Him-fiools 5?i It'lli M'lt;1 t liorsrtayivure ash Fri-111 in-^nn-ten i lo ■riilfi ee 4 oiTim inise of John Denman, tin1instil liimrgt'il with stubbing Stnmu'l Wiloy sviHi intent to kill on Mmnhiy evening Fob. 20th, wn* tried w the Mayor’s court Thursday afternoon The trial did not commence until si limit three o’clock, owuitf to var ions utiavohlrtblo delays in obtaining' \viI nesses, etc, TUe iirst witness c*2ililt;x! to the hi and was Samuel Wiley, the iiuiu \vlm was stubbed. Me u very elustr statement of the affair, which milled in hIeuohi every particulars the article regard* mg the matter which was published in lust week's issue of this paper. ThesuManceof Wiley’s testi-IIInny was ms follows: John Denman came to my house on Monday evening. Ho had been drinking some but was not seriously intoxicated when he arrived. Myself nod wife both urged him to have supper with us, but he refused* saying that he had eaten supper at tlie house oi Mr. James Frost. Me chatted pleas-AlipsIs Iftiitly with us for some time. Afterveresuedicstsand8t.ffiiirthe?verect-^*ereNTS:hthren-cityeedremaining until about eight o’clock in the evening he said that he wish ed to have his daughter return with him to his home. It was quite dark the roads were very muddy, anil as Denman had brought no conveyance in which to take his daughter home, myself and wife did not like to have her walk all Hie way in the darkness and mud, and therefore we objected to Denman taking his daughter home. Denman became very angry, and used some very profane language to both myself and wife. This I resented by telling him that I could not have him talk in that manner in my house. I told him that if he would let his daughter remain until the following morning, I would convey her to his house in Die1 m‘VOwri buggy. He tohl me that I lied, and emphasized the assertion with an oath. I repeated that I did not want him to use such language in my house. He said that he would mci ^'ve me souaethiHB worse than bad language pretty soon. At this point he grabbed his daughter and at-pii- tGJT,Pl*d to drag her from the house.. | J did not want to see a woman abused in my house and therefore jCy Iran to Denman ami tried to take on-1 h*m *way from his daughter, i He then attacked me. I grasped ! him by one arm and his daughter took the other and we tried to get him out of the house, but when near the door, he broke loose, drew a large knife from his breast pocket, and tried to cut me with it. 1 retreated to a wood box near the stove,rn* At . J.sentee-llRtenleirrnrk,ue-toigs•w-'ire*irejn j and procuring a stick of stove wood,reorthrew It at him, striking him in the breast. He came at me again with 0fi the knife drawn, and I grabbed a j small rocking chair and held it up in 0f front of myself, attempting to ward jeJ off his knife. He reached over the ;r. j top of the chair which I held in my j hands and cut ft gash in my forehead, is- (At this point the witness called attention to an ugly-looking wound immediately at the top of his forehead ) After receiving the wound I ran into an adjoining room and procured my gun. My wife grasped the gun and begged me not to shoot Denman for the sake of his children. Denman ran into an adjoining room, evidently thinking the dour leduofy»y,fi.H'd;s.wn.ntIStouieleaalh\*hHiieidalore*«Uintlmt time kIih said that Mrs. Wiley’s accoiHit of I ho affair was Hue, hut her narrative of the difficulty differed Thursday materially from that of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley. She testified that she wanted to return to her home with her father, but that Mr. and Mrs, Wiley would not allow her to accompany her father, and thus thedifflimlty arose. She said that her father did not chase her from the house with a knife, but- she could not explain why aim secreted herself in nn out house and remained there ,*f!J night. She rantradieleil herself many times and il was very evident that she was not telling the truth.Her mother sat direct IV in front of her and when Miss Domnin: would hesitate, her mother would make signs to her daughter, (idling her which way to answer. The Mayor 'Taught on” to Mrs. Denman’s scheme and ordered her to cease motioning to her daughter. Miss Denman refused to answer any further questions and win dismissed.John Denman, the defendant, was the next witness to lake the stand. He said that he went to Wih'y’s on Monday evening to have Iih daughter return home, Mrs. Denman, he said had been down to Wiley’s in lhe morning of the same day to bring her daughter home, but she had not been allowed by Mrs. Wiley to do as she wished. That his wifeand Mrs. Wiley had engaged hi a quarrel concerning the matter. He said that he felt provoked because Mrs. Wiley had refused to allow hU daughter to come home with his wife, and he was in Hie act of4quietly and peacefully taking his daughter home, when Wiley attacked him with a stick of stove wood. He also stated that just previous to tins Mrs Wiley had drawn a chair and threatened to strike him with it, nnrl after Wiley and Inmself 11ad scuffled for some lime thal Wiley ran into an adjoining room and procured a gun, and he became frightened and fled from the house, going directly home. Denman denied having any knife on Lhis occasiou. Ho said that he never carried a knife. He contradicted himself so fiequeiuly and seemed to he telling such an untruthful story that his almost Impossible assertiuiis were amusing. He said that the reason his daughter fled to an outhouse and remained there all night was that she was afraid of Wiley’s gun. Denman also contradicted his daughters testimony frequently.Mrs Denman was called and testified that she had gone to Mrs. Wiley’s on the morning of the day that the difficulty occurred and asked her daughter to accompany her home as her children were not well and she needed her assistance. She said that her daughter wanted to accompany her home, but that Mrs. Wiley refused to allow her to go, Mrs. Denman said that Mrs. Wiley and herself became involved in a quarrel and some very strong language was used. She had been compelled to return home willmut her daughter.Our representative, who visited the scene of the traces on the day after it occurred to learn the particulars, was placed on the stand. He was asked whetImr tin* story told him on Tuesday by .Mrs. Wiley and her testimony in court were similar. He replied tlnt they were. He was also asked whether Mattie Denman was present wlinn Mrs. Wiley stated the particulars to him and whether or not she said on that occasion that Mrs. Wiley’saccount of the affair was Correct.He answered that Miss Den man wasAs1Gatlt;1;til01reeloirerescpawsllt;hitpcSC1ofVOinI IK(!flifpagactInahtotanCleoisetmetheoutside. He soon came out of[prescat and heard Mrs. Wiley’sthe room and running at his daughter with the knife iri his hand chased her out of the house. Wiley proceeded to tell all of the other incidents of the affair, but as a report of the whole affair was published in Tuesday evenings issue of this pa per, our readers are familiar with it, ami therefore it need not be repeated.Mrs. Wiley was called to the stand and gave an account of the affair exactly similar to that of her husband and added that she saw the knife plainly, and that it was a large, light-handled butcher knife.Mr. James Frost was called to the stand and testified that Denman was not at his house on the evening of the difficulty. It will be remembered that Denman had claimed to have eaten supper at Frost’s house on that evening.Miss Mattie Denman was the next witness examined.Naturally enough she did not wish to testify against her father, anti tiio counsel for the State experienced much difficulty In obtaining any responses to iiia questions. She did not tell the sarno story in regard to the affair that Mrs. Wiley had stated to our representative on Tues-statemcnt of the affair to him, anil had agreed that it was true.A few of the witnesses were recalled but nothing further was brought out in the testimony tljal would be of interest to the public.After Judge W. C. Johnson, the attorney for the plaintiffj and Mr. Samuel McKinney, the defendant’s attorney, had made their arguments, the Mavor gave his decision, fie bound Denman over to the grand jury on the charge preferred in the affidavit, and placed his bail at 3200. Alex' Denman and James Frost became the defendant’s bondsmen and he was released.There wits a very pleasant party of ladies and gentlemen gathered last Thursday evening in the spacious parlors of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Proctor, on Caldwell St, The refreshments were well chosen and capitally enjoyed by all present, and all loft pronouncing it a very enjoyable occasion.The jury in the ease of John lx»n* aher vs. flio C. H. A D. It R. returned a verdict Thursday giving theplaintiff ♦ 15,000 damage.netwo nie ele 111a son wai parter;Prtarethe the the thowai and he sell the wii: G The the dee the oftcmoi Ter lead the’ ter: heaidari8QOIing hunverj the i the 1 twei notii dozeW field Savfc mi PIa go' Dlt;impi fory towr fsorl of th I ha prim Texs1—2— flow e f in th•1-eatcfandtownfarm is col town the f; rich i Th to in' incur ant from there everj acre! Dal47,(MX surpr
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Piqua Miami Helmet
Piqua, Ohio, US
Thu, Mar 01, 1888
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