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ail;evening, bnt coaid not penetrate' Fil more than half an inch; bat the next' looming I pat him in the name posi- - -lion he was in when he wan wounded; it-I found it then to be one inch in depth. ¥!; The other two woandn did not amount to much. The condition oftheaya-tem brought about by the wounds di lulled him. frUDIXG OX TDK JCKY.m-1 ?iWe, the undersigned jurors, era-1,., panneled and sworn on this 17th day 5-11 of May, A. D., 1809, in the township “ij of Findlay, county of Hancock, by P. C. Tritch, coroner of said county, £ • to enquire and true presentment - : make in what manner and by whom Jeremiah Chain, a person who died, May IS, 1869, same to his death; alter having heard the evidence and examined the body, we do find that the deceased came to his death from the efleclsof wounds herein described; one wound caused bv slabbing, located upon the left aide about seven lines above the crest of the illium and two inches Irorn the spinal column ; and that said wouads were inflicted by a knife in ih« hands of Levi Chain, onthe knife out of his hand; Jerry h.otd that he {the accused] had his thumb in his mouth; I mot up the' knife and gave it to my mother, and she tried to pry his teeth open with it; she then gave me the knife, and got hold of his nose and choked him off; he let go of his thumb, and she and Jerry went to the kitchen and porch; she got a basin full of water, and after taking his shirt off, washed ,ti. Father went up to the bu-and took something, and theu went out to the kitchen and got the butcher knife and went out of the house, and got out of the gate and went and picked up a hickory pole.— Bill Chain weut out to watch him, and [the accused] Levi Chain told him that if he went up to him he would knock his braius out; then fee across the commons and I and Henry Flater and Charlie Kinaie followed him to see where be would go; that: re seen of Mm till the Constable catched him; Jerry did Dot strike him; he might have struck him with his open hand; I was present and aaw nil that happened; my mother and the baby and my brother Mack were present. WiHiam was not present.— When the Constable arrested father, he had a club in his haud: the knifethat lather had was a Barlow knife; William has it. [Here the knife waa produeod and identified as the oae that Levi Chain had and used.] I saw lather, with his clenched band strike Jerry in this manner; [here ho illustrated the manner of the striking] he struck him about the body. We found the butcher-knife where father jumped the leuce. Father was lying on the lied with the knife in his right hand; he held Jerry with his left arm and struck him with his right; we took the knif* 9ut of kis hand immediately after he aid the striking. Jerry hallooed to take the knife out of his hand at the time of the striking; Jerry did not strike him or choke him; Jerry pulled off his coat when L * first weut in.Findlay, O., May 17, 1869.At a post mortem examination held upon the body of Jeremiah Chain, late of the county of Hancock, and Stale of Ohio, and conducted by Drs. James Spayth, A. Hurd, H. D. Ballard and Wm. Dntwiler, it was found, after elevating the sternum, that there was a large quantity of sero purulent fluid filling the left plural cavity. The entire left plura was in a gangrenous condition, and the left lung henatized; there was an adhesion of the pints to the pericardium; the pericardium was rough and thickened; the baart was healthy, hot pressed to the right eide of the thoracic cavity. There was a perforation extending into the abdominal cavity, about seven inches above the crest of the illium and two inches fromdilion; li* left kidney was creatlv enlarged and firmly attaohed bf-adhehion to the .......at-*, .z--,,r“urreunding talso found a very decided trace of the h.t'aiiunatkms extending from the wound to the pforai cavity. The right kidney and the right walk of the abdominal cavity, with the inteslme were in a normal condition.James Sj-ayth, M. D.A Hunt), M. D.H D Baixako, M. D. W. Dktwilkb, M. D.and place of said inquisition above* mentioned.£m Bbown,Hknky Byal,D. B. Bkabuslky,K Bakxii,G. W. Galloway,S. J. Mills.P.C. TRITCH, Coromr. After the above finding, an aflida vit was made, and Levi Chain waa arrested and bound over for his appearance last Wednesday, at which lime a carefnl examination waa had before D. B. Reaidsley, Esq., Aaron Blackford, Erq , appearing for the defense and Wm. H. Anderson, Esq., for the State, and lesultcd in the binding over of the accused in the sum of #500 for bin appearance be fore the Grand Jnry at the next term of Court, to answer to the charge of stabbing with intent to kill.It is needleaa to any that there is considerable charity manifested foi the prisoner in this community. Those who know him best, represent him aa a kind-hearted, peaceable man Len sober. This, added to the fact that ha appears completely and thoroughly repentant of the awful crime he has committed, has made him the recipient of a large share of public sympathy.But there ia a class of men, who have been almost directly the csuae of this sad affair, who are hourly heaping up for themselves the wrath and vengeance of an outraged community. These men—knowing the disposition af Levi Chain when in tax ieated—warned over and over again, aa we have been told, by the victim in this case, who has been sent into eternity in the prime of life—hive continued to deal .out the maddening, soul-destroying liquid which bereft him of reason and served Ufa arm to strlka down his dearest child—a deed which will haunt him to the grave — We wish these men coaid have been present at the post mortem examination, and seen the legitimate results of their calling, or heard the eloquent and manly denunciation af their deeds that fell from the Ups of the Rev. Isaac Newtop, who officiated at the funeral at this victim of a father's rags, urged on by venders of whisky.We have no “friends to reward or enemies to punish'' In this matter; but only seek the good of community. We should be glad to see every man who is engaged in “selling intoxicating liquore aa a beverage,’’forsake the btmineaa and seek a more honest and reputable way of making a liveli hood. And we would in all kind nesa warn auch that public feeling thoroughly aroused upon the tub ject and that they are treading on the slumbering Area of a volcano that may burat forth at any moment and overwhelm them. Good men, with oatroepeet to churwti or party, are awakening to a aenae of the danger that aurrounda and menaces every family circle, and within the past few days wa have Men men meet and gazeaarnestly into each other's faces, and consult in earnest tones as to the boat means of staying tbe progress of intemperance and its twin sister (he “social evil,’’ in our midst. A call for a meeting has been circulated, onerously signed, and will soon be made public. The frienda of order and morality are in earnest, and they have taken tbe matter in hand at the right time—“the flood that loads on to fortune.A Temperance Sermon.The friends ot temperanee met at the First Presbyterian Church last Sabbath afternoon to bear Prof. Moffat, of Cincinnati, deliver a temper anca sermon. Hie aim waa to elicit the attention of the Christion public. He handled the subject in an able manner, gaining friends to the cause and credit for himself. Every point was made clear and, many new argu-were presented for the consideration of a thinking poblic. Tbe Professor is laboring under the __________ pioes of the Ohio State Alliance, anmm! autumn. The internal walls of organization composed of all temper-tl.. evil,, io proiimil. to .r«mU.tioo. and Cim.U»ntt«ima, was aa a gangrenous oon-oaminatisns. By reference to an other column It will be seen that heWe hi tends visiting our place again, on28tb inst, and will deliver a popular lecture at the First Presbyterian Chnrcli, tn the evening, enti tied aa “Evening with tbe PcAta.’' We bope to see a crowded booae, as we think wa can safely premise a rare treat to thoea who attend.Yankee Robinson Coming.Our citixeoa will hardly need to be remiadbd that this gnat establishment will give an exhibition next Wednesday. It is said to be the largest institution of the kind ia existence, and wa would not be surprised 1/ it the largest crowd•nr prMwt La pUM o» a «1»1-Ac.,thenpresThisapiUelsenatiiplonraticmenawajwbicliahigainWaito g May Man Com
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The Hancock Jeffersonian
Findlay, Ohio, US
Fri, May 21, 1869
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