Green City (part 4 of 14)

IMPRISONMENT - PaArpon, Erc. - On the 14th day of December, 1860, among the last batch of prisoners delivered at the penitentiary, by the writer, near the close of his first four years' siege as sheriff of Summit county, was the Life Convict, John Maloney. John was quiet, thoughtful and apparently exceedingly regretful for what he had done, freely expressing to the writer the belief that but for strong drink, he would not have committed the fearful deed for which he was about to suffer. On entering the prison he resignedly, if not cheerfully, submitted to all its rules and regulations, and soon won and continued to hold, the good will of the officers and those under whom he performed his daily tasks. After a suitable lapse of time, kind friends interested themselves in his behalf, and petitioned Governor Jacob D. Cox for his pardon, which was accordingly granted on the 22d day of Octcber, 1867, and he was restored to liberty, just six years, ten months and eight days after his incarceration, and recent inquiry has disclosed the fact that in an adjoining county, with the wife to whom he was wedded under such adverse circumstances, he has since lived happily and uprightly, and is an industrious and respected citizen of the community in which he, and his quite numerous family now reside. The simple story of John Maloney has a double moral, which is not only self-evident, but which the youth of our county, of whatever station or condition in life, will do well | to thoughtfully ponder and conscientiously heed.

Chapter Xxxix

NORTHAMPTON'S BEGINNING - INDIAN AND FRONTIER MATTERS - PIONEER SETTLERS, INCIDENTS, ETC. - -GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - * BOOTHSPORT," "NILES" AND OTHER BUSINESS CENTERS - A FRUITFUL COUPLE - ORGANIZATION, NAME, ETC. - NORTHAMPTON'S MILITARY PROWESS - CIVIL SERVICE "REFORM" - SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL - INDUSTRIAL MATTERS, RESOURCES, ETC. - EARLY CROOKEDNESS--THE DUNN-WHIPPLE TRAGEDY - BROOKS-TEDROW HOMICIDE- - PRESENT STATUS, ETC.

Western Reserve, and which afterwards came to be known as. Northampton, is bounded on the north by Boston, east by Stow, south by Portage and west by Bathtownships. The Big Cuyahoga river traverses its entire length, north and south, in the western portion of the township. Bordering upon the river on either side, with the exception of a few quite large areas of bottom lands, the country is extremely rugged, though the central and eastern portion is comparatively level and well adapted to general agriculture, the bottom lands affording a number of fine and very fertile farms, while the intervening hills and gullies are admirably suited to grazing and dairy purposes.

Without tracing title from the King of England to the Connecticut colony, 'by the grant of 1665, or from the Indians, east of the river, by the treaty of Fort McIntosh, January 21, 1785, and on the west side by treaty of Fort Industry, in 1805, and by the United States, in turn, to the State of Connecticut, it is sufficient, here, to: say that in about the year 1801 it was sold to the Connecticut Land Company, by whom it was disposed of, by a sort of a lottery scheme, or drawing, to parties purchasing shares therein, in proportion to the amount of money so paid in.

The original proprietors of Tract 3, Range 11, thus acquiring title, were W. Billings, Oliver P. Holden, Solomon Stoddard, Daniel Wright, Joseph Pratt, Luther Loomis, David King, John Leavitt, Jr.,. Ebenezer King, Jr., Timothy Phelps, and Fidelio King, the six last named gentlemen being townsmen of the writer, in Connecticut (old Suffield), Mr. David King being the grandfather of Akron's present well-known citizen, David L. King, Esq. -

INDIAN AND FRONTIER MATrersS. - Within the limits of this township were some of the most extensive and important Indian mounds, fortifications and other works in the entire west, and it was against the Indian garrison here, probably, that Captain Samuel Brady made his hostile demonstrations in 1780, and from whence, on being repulsed, he made his memorable run and leap: for life, at the present village of Kent, as recorded in another chapter of this work. ;

Here, too, in the summer of 1812, an encampment of militia, under command of General Elijah Wadsworth, of Warren, was stationed, in the vicinity of Old Portage, for the protection of the frontier ; reinforced, after the cowardly surrender of his army at Detroit, by General William Hull, August 16, 1812, by a battalion of militia, under the command of Major George Darrow, of Hudson, one company of which was in command of Captain Rial McArthur, of Northa mpton. It was atthis point, also, that the boats were built which are alleged to have formed a part of Commodore Perry's fleet in the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 - the " Portage," the "Porcupine" and the "Hornet" - the former so named from the "port" where it was built; the second from the fact that the late William Cogswell, of Bath, who helped to build the boats, captured one of those prickly little animals and tossed it on board just as the boat was being launched, and the third from the circumstance that at the pineries, in Northfield, where the boats were being fitted with masts and spars, it was discovered that near the top of the tree selected for the mast of the boat in question, there was a large hornet's nest, one of the men volunteering to climb the mee and plug the hole in the nest before proceeding to chop it qaqown.,

TILLIAM PRIOR, - born in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, April 6, 1783; came with family to Ohio in 1802, his father, Simeon Prior, being the first white settler in Northampton township, coming by ox-teams to Lake Ontario; from thence, in open boats, mia Lake Ontario, the Niagara river and Lake Erie to the mouth of the Cuyahoga, and from thence through the unbroken wilderness to their destination. Simeon Prior was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the son, William, bravely defended his country in the War of 1812; on attaining his majority, young Prior went South and pre-empted a tract of Congress lands,but shortly afterwards returned to Northampton, and purchased the quarter section, on which he spent the balance of his life, and where he died in June, 1872, in the 90th year of his age. He filled many positions of private and public trust, for many years holding commissions as justice of the peace, from the earlier Govern- Missouri. His second wife was Polly ors of Ohio. His first wife was Culver, who bore him two children - Sarah Wharton, of Wheeling, Vir- William, who died suddenly at his ginia, who bore him four sons, home near Cuyahoga Falls, Septem- Edward, Henry W., RobertandSimeon - ber 7, 1891, aged 66 years, 4 months --and three daughters, Susan, Katha- and 17 days, and George W., killed in rine and Sarah, all now deceased, the battle of the Wilderness, May 9, except Sarah, residing in Marysville, 1864.

William Prior

EarLy SETTLEMENT, NAME, Etc. - Notwithstanding the relinquishment of their title to these lands, by the two treaties above named, so reluctant were the Indians to leave the graves of their ancestors and their favorite hunting and fishing grounds, that many of them lingered in the neighborhood for several years, not only to the great annoyance of their pale-faced neighbors, but also very materially retarding the settling up of the township; not entirely disappearing until the commencement of the War of 1812,

The first white family to take up their abode in the township, was undoubtedly that of Simeon Prior, consisting. of Mr. and Mrs. Prior, and their ten children, who removed thither from near Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1802; a portion of the 400 acres of land then purchased by Mr. Prior, viz.: lot 19, still being owned and occupied by his descendants, though the original log cabin inhabited by the family was built upon lot 25, some two miles further north. In the absence of proof to the contrary, it is presumable that the name of Northampton was given to the township by this first settler, Simeon Prior, because of his migration from the near vicinity of the very pleasant town of that name in the "Old Bay State."

A former historian gives Mr. David Parker, of Hartford, Connecticut, as the second settler in the township, and his son, the venerable Richard E. Parker (late a resident of Akron), born March 9, 1811, as the first white male child born in the township. This can hardly be, however, as Mr. Parker before his death, informed the writer that his father came to Northampton in 1810, while the same historian mentions the settlement of Samuel King at Old Portage in 1809; the building of a grist-mill at Mud Brook gorge, by Judge Norton in 1805, and the establishment of a school, by Justus Remington in 1809, it seeming improbable that among a population sufficiently numerous to require the founding of a school, there were no births previous to that of the Parker child. Mr. David Parker erected a saw-mill near the mouth of Yellow Creek, on the west side of the river, about 1820, which was of great service in supplying the then rapidly increasing inhabitants, of both Northampton and Bath, with lumber; Mr. Parker dying September 11, 1823, at the age of 55 years, 6 months and 15 days.

GRowTH, DEVELOPMENT, Etc. - The growth of the township was so greatly retarded by the causes named, that it was not until the close of the War of 1812, 15, that any considerable progress was made in the way of civilized settlement. A few families, however, had from time to time ventured in, among others Mr. Samuel King, who as above stated, in 1809, settled on the south verge of the township, on the river, at Portage, afterwards designated "Old Portage," in contradistinction to the subsequent settlement of "New Portage," at the southern end of the "overland" route of the Indians from the head of canoe navigation on the Cuyahoga river, to the head of navigation on the Tuscarawas, at the latter point; the route traversed being the now historical "Portage Path ;" in reality the datum line (though rather a crooked one) generally made use of in describing contiguous lands upon either side thereof, in the townships of Portage and Coventry, between the points named.

Later on, probably at the close of the War of 1812, Mr. King established a tavern and a store at Old Portage, then on the direct route of travel from Warren to Sandusky via the Smith Road, upon the west side of the river, between the townships of Copley and Bath. Here, too, after the opening of the Ohio Canal in 1827, Birdsey Booth, Esq., of Cuyahoga Falls, built quite an extensive freight warehouse, at which large quantities of merchandise were received for distribution to contiguous towns and villages, east as far as Warren and west to and beyond Medina, and for the shipment of farm produce to eastern markets via Lake Erie and the Erie Canal; scores of teams being almost daily found at " Boothsport," as it was then called, loading and unloading the several kinds of freight mentioned.

A number of other buildings were erected, and for a few years it was thought that "Boothsport" would eventually become a large and flourishing village; but increasing shipping facilities at Akron, and points below, with more favorable approaches, soon brought about a decadence of " Boothsport's" business prosperity ; its store, tavern and warehouse, have disappeared, and a single farm-house, only, now marks the spot which sixty years ago promised to be a permanent and prosperous village; Mr. Booth, a few years later, establishing a warehouse on the east side of the canal, near the head of Lock 15, in Akron, for the special accommodation of the people of Cuyahoga Falls, the necessity for which passed away on the completion of the P. & O. canal in 1840.

in 1805, as surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company, later for several years keeping a general store in Middlebury, in 1817 buying land and the flouring mill originally erected by Judge Aaron Norton, on the State road in Northampton. Active in local military affairs, as captain of an independent company, in the War of 1812, under General Wadsworth, with headquarters at Old Portage, he was soon promoted to major and then to colonel of militia, not only aiding in building two of the boats with which Comumodore Perry won his splendid victory on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, but afterwards gallantly defendine the frontier from the attacks of the British and Indians at Sandusky. In 1832, he moved to Independence,

'Cuyahoga county, where he served as justice of the peace ten years; in 1843 returned to Northampton, where he resided until his death, August 24, 1871, aged 88 years, there, also, for many years serving as justice of the peace. Col. McArthur was a life-long and highly honored Mason, his funeral being largely attended and conducted by the members of the fraternity. In 1810, he was married field township. They were the parents of nine children - Orange, deceased; Eric, deceased ; Amanda; Mrs. E. R. Harper, now of Akron; Henry, deceased; Giles, now living in Grattan, Wisconsin; Earl, now of Delta, Ohio; Pamela, deceased; Martha, deceased; Mary, now Mrs. H. P. Smith, of Northampton.

Orner "Business CenrTErS." - A mile and a half further north, at Yellow Creek Basin, quite a business point was created by the opening of the Ohio Canal. Here, also, a tavern and a store were established by Mr. Nathaniel Hardy, father of Mr. Perry D. Hardy, still living in Northampton, and of Mr. William Hardy, now residing at No. 130, North Bowery street in the city of Akron. Here, also, two or more commodious ware-houses were erected, while, in about 1836, Peter Voris, Jr. (father of Judge A. C. Voris, of Akron), with two men named Henry and Snodgrass, laid out about 100 acres, at the mouth of Yellow Creek, on the west side of the canal, into a village plat, under the appellation of '""Niles," which name it bore for several years, though not entirely losing the cognomen - of "Yellow Creek Basin." But before a boom, in behalf of the embryo city, could be properly worked up, the panic of 1837 struck in, and "Niles" remained a city on paper, only, the plat afterwards being vacated and the choice corner lots thereof relegated to the plow-share and pruning-hook.

The center of Northampton, proper, never aspired to the dignity of a village; a school house, town house, church and one or two dwellings, constituting the entire hamlet. At Steele's Corners, a mile and a half northeast; McArthur's Corners, about the same distance southeast, and at French's mill, between the two points, upon the State road, were also small hamlets, the latter point embracing a grist-mill - the first mill erected in the township, (in 1805) by Aaron Norton, afterwards a prominent mill owner in Middlebury and one of the associate judges of Portage county.

Earty MILiiInc Oprerations. - The propelling power of this mill was the waters of Mud Brook, a considerable stream, flowing from a beautiful little lake near the northeast corner of the township (mostly lying in Stow) formerly called Mud Pond, but now designated as Turtle Lake, a far more appropriate name, as its waters not only largely abound in turtle and a great variety of fish, but are also as clear as the clearest crystal, while its shores have, of late years, become quite a favorite resort for summer campers-out, picnickers, etc.

This mill was afterwards run by Mr. Daniel Turner (grandfather of Mrs. Word. Babcock and Mr. Daniel Turner, of Akron), who moved from New Jersey to Northampton in 1812, until his death in 1825, at the age of 65 years. The mill then passed into the hands of Colonel Rial McArthur, who also erected a distillery near the southwest corner of the present iron bridge across the stream at that point. Later, when the manufacture of whisky was abandoned, the building, after being used awhile as a dwelling house, was converted into a meeting house and school house - thus literally bringing good out of evil.

The grist mill was finally abandoned, when the property passed into the hands of Thomas J. French, who converted it into a saw-mill, afterwards associating with himself Mr. Jesse Hays, quite an extensive business being done by the firm for several years in converting the surplus timber of the neighborhood into: lumber, for the Cuyahoga Falls and Akron markets, as well as for neighborhood consumption. Several years ago this mill passed into the hands of Mr, John Hart, and was run by himself and his. son-in-law, Adam G. Steele, and is now the property of Mrs. Steele as the heir of Mr. Hart, and is at present standing idle.

At an early day, also, Moses and Oliver Dewey established a saw-mill a quarter of a mile lower down the stream, but though a good mill, with a fair fall and power, being inconvenient of access, it soon went into disuse and consequent dilapidation. A mile or so further up the stream, in 1824 Elisha Prior and Elisha Perkins, brothers-in-law, erected a saw-mill which did quite an extensive business for several years. This property passed into the hands of Mr. Harry Pardee, father of Henry Pardee; Esq., of Ghent, and Edward K. Pardee, of Northampton, in the early forties, who added

Whisky, Castor Oil, Cheese, Flour, Etc

Potato Wuisky, Castor Orn, CHEeEsE, Erc. - Near the mouth of Mud Brook, in the valley, a distillery for the manufacture of potato whisky was erected in 1814, by Mr. Abel Vallen, which did quite a spirited business for a few years; but was afterwards converted into a castor oil factory, which proved too Jax a business to be remunerative, the site being subsequently covered by a cheese factory, whose operations, though probably far more palatable and wholesome, for some unknown reason proved unremunerative and the business was discontinued.

in Massachusetts, October 11, 17%; when young, moved with parents to Western New York; at 16 came to Ohio to the vicinity of Old Portage, working at farming, and later helping to build several of the locks on the Ohio canal. On the completion of the canal, built and for many years kept a hotel and small store at Yellow Creek Basin, afterwards called Niles, and now known as Botzum station. Later, Mr. Hardy bought 250 acres of land, on the east side of the river, which he successfully cultivated for many years, afterwards selling it to his sons, William and Norton R. Mr. Hardy served many years as justice of the peace and township trustee, and active in ridding the township of the early disreputable characters and practices elsewhere alluded to. About 1824, he was married to Miss Rebecca Reed, of Delaware, Ohio, who was born June 11, 1805. They were the parents of eight children - Caroline, born hts 9, 1825, now Mrs. Jasper B. Drake ; illiam, born March 11, 1829, whose

Nathaniel Hardy, Sr

E., born September 25, 1836, now Mrs. Hiram J. Ayres, of Akron; Harriet, born July 3, 1840, now Mrs. Henry Hall, of Akron; Clarissa, born April portrait and biography appear elsewhere; Norton R., born December 15, 1831, died June 3, 1880; Perry D., born April 11, 1834, now a prosperous farmer in his native township; Mary

IN OPERATION NEARLY HALF A CrENTURY. - About the year 1840, Mr. William Prior (oldest son of Simeon Prior, and father of the late William Prior, Esq., associate editor of the Cuyahoga Falls Reporter and Western Reserve Farmer), and his two sons, Edward and Henry W., erected a flouring mill in the wild gorge about 20 rods west of the iron bridge on the State road, and below the old French & Hays saw mill. A massive stone dam was built about eight rods above the site of the mill, from whence, in a wooden flume, the waters of the brook were conducted to a twentyfoot over-shot wheel, by which the machinery of the mill was propelled. The mill was equipped with two runs of French buhrs, improved bolting apparatus and first-class machinery throughout, but did not prove a paying investment. The junior members of | the firm having previously withdrawn, on the death of the senior member, in 1872, the property was sold by the administrator at one-fourth its original cost. This property is now owned by Mrs. ° Adam G. Steele, as heir at law of the late John Hart, and though still capable of doing good work, when kept in proper repair, is at the present time (1891) lying idle.

REMARKABLE FECUNDITY AND LonGEviry. - It will be impossible, from the data now available, to give the names of all the early settlers, or the date of their arrival in the township, did the space allotted to this work admit of it. As characteristic of the customs in vogue in that early time, however, I quote from the writings of the late William Prior, the fact that Robert Thompson, a shoemaker, and Barclay Hogue, a harness-maker, used to ply their respective callings from house to house, which was also done to a considerable extent by tailors and perhaps other mechanics of those ancient days. Mr. Prior is also authority for the following case of phenomenal fecundity and longevity on the part of a couple of Northampton's pioneer settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ellis. Married at the age of 14 years, Mrs. Ellis became the mother of twenty children; the first born when she was but 15, and the last when she was 65 years old. They afterwards removed to Michigan, where Mr. Ellis died, in 1879, at the patriarchal age of 100 years, while the prolific matron was still living, in 1881, at the ripe old age of 81 years.

ORGANIZATION, POPULATION, Etc. - The date of Northampton's organization is involved in obscurity. The only record extant, previous to 1820, is part of a tally sheet, without date, in possession of Mr. James M. Hale, of Akron, of one of the earliest, if not the first election held in the township. It will be recollected that previous to its organization, in 1818, Bath was connected with Northampton, in local governmental affairs, and as the tally sheet in question contains a number of names of persons known to have been residents of Bath, the organization of Northampton must have been previous to the date named - a total of 18 voters only being enrolled on the tally sheet in question. Whatever the date of that election, the officers elected were: Jonathan Hale (a resident of Bath), Simeon Prior and David Norton, trustees; Samuel King, clerk; Wylie Hamilton, overseer of the poor; Elisha Perkins, constable; William Prior, Israel Parker and Jason Hammond (also of Bath), supervisors; Luman Bishop, fence viewer, and Simeon Prior, treasurer; the first justice of the peace being Samuel King. At the election in 1820, the principal officers chosen were: William Prior, Abel Woodward and James French, trustees; Aaron French, clerk; and Daniel Turner, treasurer.

GRowTH, PRroGRESS, Erc. - From this time on, settlement, though not remarkably rapid, was quite steady, so that by 1840, according to the census of that year, the township had a population of 963. Forty years later, as shown by the census of 1880, the population was only 977, an apparent increase of but 14 souls, the meagerness of which increase may in part be accounted for by the detaching therefrom of a populous corner, in the erection of the new township of Cuyahoga Falls, in 1851, and partly by the shifting of business centers and methods in the intervening 40 years. The census of 1890, gives to the township but 896 inhabitants showing a falling off, in the ten years, of 81.

Northampton In War

Nevertheless, the township has made commendable progress, physically, industrially, intellectually and morally,during the period indicated. It has been entirely redeemed from the former taint of crookedness fastened upon it by comparatively few of its early inhabitants; its schools and religious appliances will compare favorably with those of contiguous townships; its rude agricultural beginnings in the wilderness have been succeeded' by thoroughly cultivated farms, tilled by the best and must improved modern implements and methods, while the primitive log cabin,and its scarcely more pretentious successor, the plain story and-a-half frame house, are rapidly being displaced by commodious and imposing structures in the best style of modern architecture, with _ barns and other necessary out-buildings to match.

ERRY DELAZEN HARDY, - son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Reed) Hardy, born in Northampton, April 11, 1834; in boyhood nicknamed "Commodore Perry," during the Mexcan War, because of his tenacity of purpose, changed to "Old Zack," after General Zachary Taylor, the principal hero of that war; educated in the primitive mud-chinked and _ slabseated log school house; raised on farm, which calling he still successfully pursues. Thoroughly Republican, during the War of the Rebellion, was active in raising bounty money and securing recruits for the Unionarmy ; for several years served as constable, by his vigilance ridding the township of the gang of toughs, for many years known as the " Norwegians;" served four years as township trustee, and eight or nine years as school director of district 9, one year as president, and balance of time as clerk, and ex-officio member of board of education. In 1854, was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Lanphier, teacher, who has borne him nine children, three dying in infancy, the survivors béing - Ida S. born October 2, 1855, married to William Darrow, of Hudson, October 1, 1888;

Perry Delazen Hardy

Harry B., born November 1, 1857, still at home; Willis P., born December 10, 1865, married to Ida Lilley, April 18, 1887, now in employ of Akron Telephone Company; Nellie B., born July 2, 1869, teacher; Mertie I., born December 18, 1871, teacher; Vinton M., born January 15, 1874, the three latter still at home.

NorRTHAMPTON'S PATRIOTISM. - In the Revolutionary War, Northampton's pioneer settler, Simeon Prior, bore an honorable part in the Old Bay State's gallant contingent in that long and sanguinary struggle. Mr. Prior died in 1836, at the age of 82 years. Nathaniel Hardy (father of the late Nathaniel Hardy, Sr., whose portrait appears in this chapter), a native of Massachusetts, was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War, losing a leg on the battle field by acannon shot. After the War, moved to western New York, and later to Canada, but on the breaking out of the War of 1812, finding that his son, then but 16 years of age, was about to be pressed into the British army to fight against his native country, he secretly hustled him over the border, from whence he soon afterwards came to Ohio, as elsewhere stated, the father afterwards coming thither, and spending the balance of his days with his children and grandchildren in Northampton. There were

In the War of 1812, the independent company of Captain Rial McArthur, composed of residents of Northampton and contiguous townships, besides serving under General Wadsworth, at Old Portage, as already stated, afterwards' went to Sandusky in defense of the frontier against the British and Indians. In the Mexican War of: 1836-38, no recruits were called for and none furnished.

In the War of the Rebellion, however, Northampton was . equally patriotic, in proportion to population, with her sister townships of Summit county, furnishing nearly 130 recruits, all of - whom nobly did their duty, and one-fifth of whom either laid down their lives upon the field of battle, starved to death in rebel prisons, perished on the ill-fated Sultana while en-route for home onthe Mississippi river, or died from diseases contracted in the service; while many others, possibly, like Northampton's patriotic son, Colonel Jonas Schoonover, have since died, or are now suffering untold daily tortures from exposures and hardships endured in the salvation of the Nation and the preservation of the Union.

NortTHaAmptTon's Rott oF Honor. - Charles J. Ayliffe, Levi Bonesteel, Henry Bruner, John Best, Henry Baker, James Baser, Thomas Barrett, Moses Barrett, George Bonesteel (died in service), Ezra Bonesteel, David Bonesteel (died in services), John Baughman, David Baker, William Baker, William Best, James Billman, . Lewis D. Clements (died in service), George Chart, Willard Corey, William Culver, John Cackler, Alvin Cox, Oscar Chilson, Alexander Corey, Leroy W. Chase (killed in battle), Luther J: Chase, Dwight Croft, Rufus Cook (died in service), Almon Chase (died in rebel prison), E. Chilson, Simon Coy, George Chase, Increase Chase, Fred Chilson, Matthias Coffman, Willard Cox, John Chart, Henry Doolittle, Riley Dickerson (lost on Sultana), M. V. Dealy, Alvin Dennison, D. D. Dewey, John Dickerson, Gillis W. Eatinger (lost on Sultana), Lorten Filley, Newton Filley, William Flanigan, William B. Galloway, Pomeroy Galloway, Adam 3H. Galloway, Edmund Gray, Charles Hamlin, Samuel W. Hart (in rebel prison), Newton S. Harrington (died in service), John Homan, Beardsley Hull, Carleton C. Hart, William Howland, Thomas Hardesdy, Darwin Hall, J. D. Hall, Andrew Hall (died in service), Robert Hogue (died in service), William H. Jones, A. P. Jaques, Winsor Lappin, Jr., Alvin Kelso, Jackson Mott, L. D. McWayne, Orrin Markham, Philander Markham, Albert Malone (rebel prisoner and survivor of Sultana disaster), William H. Norton (in rebel prison and also survivor of the Sultana disaster), Frank J. Norton, William Oaks, George W. Prior (died in service), Clark Prior, Horace Pardee, Silas Payne, George Payne (lost on Sultana), Alson F. Prior, William Price, Alvin Perkins (died in service), Elijah Pardee, Stiles A. Prior, Charles Payne, Edward Parks, Israel Potts, Frederick Palmer, Reese J. Purine, Frank Purine (killed in battle), Andrew J. Robinson, William Robinson, Randolph Robinson, Isaac Roose, William L. Rice (in rebel prison) Lorin Ruggles, Elias Ream, Henry Scott, Jonas Schoonover, Jesse Stahl (in rebel prison), Jacob Senn, Charles Stevens (lost on Sultana), William Stevens (lost on Sultana), Charles Stout (lost on Sultana), James Stahl,

Philip Smathers (died in service), William Smathers (lost on Sultana), John Shellhorn (died in service), Henry Simonds, Alexander Steel, Sherman Seymour, John Thompson, Hawthorn -Thompson, Orlow Thompson (died in service), Julius A. Upson (died in service), Philo B. Upson (died in service), Lorenzo Vallen, Alexander Wallace, William Waterman (lost on Sultana), Peter W. Weaver (lost on Sultana), C. W. Way (lost on Sultana), C. A. Wilson, Alfred mute Oliver Wright, Edward Wetmore, Joseph Wallace, George F. oung.

NortHaAmpton's Civin SERVICE.- - In the civil service of Summit county, Northampton has been less conspicuous and less favored (or more favored as the case may be) than the average of the townships, two important county offices, only, having been allotted to her, as follows:

SULLIVAN S, WILsoN, in 1858, hitherto a highly respected and prosperous farmer, near the center of the township, was selected by the kepublican county nominating convention as its candidate for the important position of county treasurer, and was elected by more than the average majority accorded to the rest of his ticket. Discharging the duties of his office with commendable fidelity and urbanity, in 1860 he was renominated by acclamation and re-elected by an increased majority. All went well, without the faintest shadow or suspicion of wrong, until near the close of his second term, in February, 1863, when, one evening about the time for closing up the public offices at the court house, Mr. Wilson stepped across the hall into the Auditor's office, and handed the keys of the Treasurer's office to Auditor George W. Crouse, with the simple remark: 'I've got through.' To Mr. Crouse's inquiry as to what he meant, he briefly answered: "They're after me, and I've got to leave."

It transpired that Mr. Wilson, though the husband of a most excellent wife, and a father, had become involved in an amour with the wife of his nearest neighbor, the mother of several children, whose husband was vigorously talking about instituting both legal and personal proceedings against her seducer. The denouement was an elopement the same night that he handed the keys over to Auditor Crouse, the eloping couple taking refuge in a neighboring Western State, living together as husband and wife, and afterwards, on being legally separated from their respective 'spouses, in Ohio, becoming such in reality, by marriage.

The county finances, on examination by the commissioners, who had been immediately summoned by Auditor Crouse, were found to be intact, with the exception of a few dollars discrepancy in a single fund, which was at once made good by General EY. Bierce, Mr. Wilson's attorney; the commissioners appointing Mr. 'Crouse to fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Wilson's withdrawal, Mr. Sanford M. Burnham taking Mr. Crouse's place as Auditor, as elsewhere noted.

Jonn C. Jounsron, a practical mechanic, as well as a good farmer, was elected county commissioner in 1866, and re-elected in '1869, serving in all six years, and making as faithful and efficient 'a public officer as Summit county has ever had; Mr. Johnston also having served seven consecutive terms as clerk of his own town- 'ship, being also a most efficient member of the township military committee during the late War.

Present INpDuSTRIES. - Farming, stock-raising, dairying and fruit-growing may be said to constitute the chief industries of Northampton, at the present time, with the exception of the milling operations already alluded to, and perhaps somewhat exten- - sive lumbering operations with portable steam-driven saw-mills in different portions of the township. There are at the present time (1887) two cheese factories in the township, run by the veteran cheese manufacturer, S. Straight, Esq., of Hudson; that near the iron bridge being run the year around, with satisfactory results. [Since the above was written, Mr Samnel McNeil has become the proprietor of the Hawkins Station plant, which, though destroyed by fire, in June, 1889, was immediately rebuilt, and is still in successful operation.| Aside from cheese-making the sale of milk in Akron and Cleveland is quite a factor in the industrial interests of the town, Mr. Henry W. Howe, and perhaps others, shipping milk to Cleveland, from Hawkins' Station on the Valley Railway, while it is estimated that fully $3,000 worth of milk is yearly sold in Akron by the dairymen of the township. A large amount of choice beef is also yearly slaughtered for the Akron and neighboring markets, while fruits and the production of almost every variety of vegetables, grain, etc., serve to make Northampton, notwithstanding its natural physical disadvantages, and its former questionable moral status, one of the most prosperous townships of Summit county.

The killing of the canal driver, Nathan Cummins, in 1832, by Abner S. Barris, a dissolute denizen of Northampton, his arrest, trial and conviction of murder in the second degree, imprisonment and death, is given in full elsewhere. This, with the traditional killing of one or two troublesome Indians within the township, by Jonathan Willliams, a pioneer hunter of the neighborhood, and the reputed killing of a young German laborer upon the canal in 1826, by a gang of infuriated Irish laborers, constitutes the entire early "civilized" homicidal history of the township.

In minor crookedness, however, her early history, if fully written up, would simply be immense, though even then, the majority of her people were pre-eminently orderly and upright. Passing by, therefore, the depredations of that sweet-scented pair of burglars, thieves and neighborhood pests, of a third of a century ago -

""ishe" Wait and George Sapp - and the more extensive and more important financial operations of her other long-time distinguished citizens, "Jim" and "Dan" Brown, fully treated of elsewhere, we will close this chapter with a brief account of her two latest homicides - the killing of Elisha Whipple, by Patrick

Patrick Dunn was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, in 1830, and emigrated to America in 1850, then twenty years of age. Stopping a short time with a sister, in Connecticut, he went to Illinois, where he remained a few months, when, in the fall of 1850, he came to Ohio, first stopping at Twinsburg, where, after a short sojourn with Ezra Starkweather, he worked for Ezra Clark about two years, while there attending school part of the time. He afterwards worked at Aurora and Solon. September 11, 1857, he was married to Catharine Jones, in Cleveland, returning with his wife to Solon, where he continued to work until the breaking out of the War, in 1861, when he enlisted in the army.

Serving faithfully three years, under Blunt, Steele, Solomon and Wier, in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, he was honorably discharged in 1864, returning to his family in Solon, soon after which he bought a partially cleared farm of 73 acres in the northwest part of the township of Northampton.

Dunn was rather small of stature, quiet and pleasant in his bearing, and industrious and economical in his habits, Mrs. Dunn being somewhat more sprightly and sociably inclined, with little or no education and refinement, but withal a diligent, tidy and frugal housekeeper. In the purchase of the farm, though paid for with Dunn's previous earnings, and his bounty money and savings as a soldier, he readily assented to the suggestion of his wife to place the title to the newly purchased farm in her name, both jointly working faithfully for its improvement for several years.

BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE. - Family matters appear to have gone along smoothly enough, until about 1875, or 1876, when differences seem to have arisen between the husband and the wife, the exact nature of which is unknown to the writer. In these differences their oldest child,and only son, Harry W., then some 17 or 18 years of age, seems to have sided with his mother, while certain of the neighbors also appeared to take quite a lively interest in their affairs, especially the late Loyal J. Mix, the adjoining land-_ owner upon the north and west, and Elisha Whipple, a bachelor, residing with his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Chauncey Whipple, owners of the adjoining farm upon the south. Mix was the owner of a dilapidated log shanty standing near the line of Dunn's land, which had been a great annoyance to the Dunns, by reason of the objectionable tenants to whom it had from time to time been rented. Hard words had ensued between Dunn and Mix, in regard to the matter, and when finally, while standing vacant in the Fall of 1876, the shanty was burned, Mix charged Dunn with setting it on fire, also accusing him of having cut the throat of a colt that was running in a contiguous pasture.

INDICTED FOR ARSON. - -Nearly a year later, in the latter part of 1877, Mix filed an affidavit against Dunn, before Justice Abial L. Waite, charging Dunn with arson, placing the value of the burned shanty at $90 and, largely on the strength of the testimony of the wife and son, Dunn was bound over to court, the grand jury at the October term, 1877, on the same testimony, finding a bill of indictment against him for that crime.

Later in the term, trial was had before Judge Newell D. Tibbals. After a patient hearing of the case, under the charge of Judge Tibbals, the jury, after brief deliberation, through its foreman, the late Clement J. Kolb, of Akron, returned a verdict of not guilty, the impression very largely obtaining that the entire proceedings were the offspring of spite, partaking rather of the nature of a conspiracy to get rid of Dunn, by securing his incarceration ° in the penitentiary, than a desire to further the ends of justice and vindicate the law.

PETITION FOR DivorceE. - These accusations and proceedings very greatly augmented the family discords, and undoubtedly drew forth many hard words from Dunn, and equally spirited retorts from the wife and the grown up son, Harry, the oldest daughter, Mary, then about 15 years old, partially siding with the mother in the family imbroglho.

Immediately after the acquittal of Dunn on the charge of arsdn, a petition for divorce was filed by Mrs. Dunn, through her attorney, the late Frederick S. Hanford, charging Dunn with gross neglect of duty for three years last past, and with extreme cruelty, and praying that she be granted a decree of divorce, with a restoration of her maiden name, Catharine Jones, the custody of her children, Harry W., 19; Mary T., 15; and Lotta M.,3; and the confirmation to her of the 73 acre farm of which she already heid the fee, and all the personal property thereon; a supplemental petition also asking for an injunction restraining him from interference with her person or the property in question. The answer to the above named petition, filed by Dunn, through his counsel, the late Nathaniel W Goodhue, Esq., denied the charges of gross neglect of duty and cruelty; admitted that Mrs. Dunn held the title to the land, but denied that she was the sole owner, it being bought with his money, and that ever since taking possession he had worked industriously for its improvement, paid the taxes, etc.; that all the personal property was his, and that for the past two or three years she had been very unkind; had crossed, annoyed and worried him in every conceivable manner, for the purpose of driving him from home, etc. The divorce suit came on for hearing at the May term of the court, 1878, before Judge Tibbals. In addition to the statements of the wife, the son and oldest daughter, a number of the neighbors testified against Dunn, Elisha Whipple being especially active in procuring and giving evidence favorable to the petitioner and damaging to defendant, providing Mrs. Dunn with money with which to carry on her suit and pay to Dunn the few hundred dollars of alimony, which it was finally conceded he was entitled to, should the prayer be granted, as Judge Tibbals, after a patient hearing of the case, concluded had better be done, and a divorce was entered accordingly.

THe ANrimosiry DEEPENS. - Of course, these occurrences very greatly embittered Dunn against all the parties who had been instrumental, as he believed, in despoiling him of his property, and driving him from his home, and especially against Elisha Whipple whom he regarded as very largely the instigator of the proceeding, for his own selfish ends and sinister purposes

In the meantime, however, yielding to the inevitable, Dunn, after assisting several of the neighbors in haying and harvesting, about the middle of August, 1878, secured permanent employment with Mr. Kdward McCauley, in the south part of Hudson township. Here he faithfully worked until the latter part of October, when he worked for|a month or six weeks for Mr. Henry Scott, of Northampton, returning to Mr. McCauley's in the fore part of December.

Provides Himself With A Revolver

LINGERING AFFECTION FOR FamILy. - Though working faithfully, and at times manifesting considerable cheerfulness, Dunn talked a good deal about his troubles, and, though speaking bitterly against Whipple, Mix and others, who had meddied in his domestic affairs, still seemed to retain a good degree of affection for his family, at one time signifying his intention to buy a cow for his woman, and expressing the hope that he might be again reconciled to his wife, and help to pay off the mortgage of $650, which she had placed upon the farm in favor of Whipple for money furnished as above indicated. His affection for his two daughters was very marked, especially for little four year old Lotta, quite often going to the house and taking to them some little tokens of affection and remembrance

STILL FURTHER CAUSE FOR ANIMOsITy. - In addition to having been Mrs. Dunn's confidential adviser in the family and property troubles above noted, Whipple claimed that there was a balance of some $20 or $25 due from Dunn to him on some previous business © transactions, the validity of which claim Dunn denied, and about which angry and threatening words had passed on both sides, Whipple giving out, among the neighbors, his intention to collect the same by garnisheeing Dunn's wages, and Dunn declaring to the party who informed him of Whipple's intention, that if Whipple undertook to do that he'd " fix him," ete. The frequent visits of Mrs. Dunn to the Whipple mansion, and the numerous calls of Whipple upon the divorced wife, were reported to Dunn, from time to time, all of which, if not inspiring in the breast of Dunn a spirit of vengeance at least caused him to anticipate trouble if they should happen to come in collision during one of his occasional visits to his old home.

PURCHASING A REVOLVER. - This was the condition of affairs in January, 1879. About the 24th of that month Dunn visited Hudson Village, where he bought from Mr. John L. Chapman a small five-shooter revolver, with cartridges to match. On his return to McCauley's he retired to bed without saying anything about his purchase, The next morning, at the breakfast table, Dunn remarked that he wished he had a revolver so that he could shoot some of the bats that were flying about his room. Mrs. McCauley responded that if she was not mistaken she heard a revolver snap as he (Dunn) was going up stairs the evening before, Dunn saying, in reply, 'I guess not."

Visirs NorTHAMPTON. - Obtaining $5 on account, from Mr. McCauley, on Saturday afternoon, January 25th, Dunn started for Northampton to be gone over Sunday. Saturday night he staid with Alonzo Cox, the third farm east of his old home; spent Sunday visiting among his old neighbors, calling during the day to see his children, and speaking kindly to his late wife, who had for several days been confined to her bed by sickness. He spent Sunday night at the house of Mr. Merwin Gibbs, the second farm south of his old place, the Whipple farm lying between.

THe Fatrat RENCOUNTER. - About 8 o'clock, on Monday morning, Dunn left the house of Mr. Gibbs, saying that he was going to the river, his old home being directly upon his route. As he neared the house, standing at the north side of the east and west road, and facing south, he discovered a horse hitched to a small peach tree near the southeast corner of the house, there being no fence between the house and the street. Surmising that the horse im question belonged to Elisha Whipple, his* naturally impulsive temper was at once aroused, and when Whipple opened the door in response to his knock, with an opprobrious epithet he indignantly inquired what he (Whipple) was doing there?) Maddened at the vile name applied to him, Whipple rushed upon Dunn, and being much the larger and stronger man, bore him to the ground, in the struggle tearing his coat and inflicting several cuts and bruises upon his face and hands.

The only witnesses to this scene, were Mrs. Dunn through the open door, and the little four-year-old girl; Mrs. Dunn afterwards testifying that Dunn cried " Whipple let me up!" to which Whipple responded, "I will when you learn to behave yourself," upon which both rose to their feet. The little girl closing the door at this point, there were no witnesses to what followed, except that Mrs. Dunn saw Dunn rush past the window followed by Whipple.

Dunn's version of the affair was that, on rising to his feet, other angry words ensued, Dunn applying the same opprobrious epithet he had previously made use of, when Whipple again started for him, he (Dunn) retreating backwards toward the street. As Whipple bore down on him, fearing for his own life he drew the revolver from his pocket, and as Whipple fell upon him, bearing him again to the earth, he fired, blood immediately spurting from Whipple's mouth and completely saturating Dunn's face and clothing as he lay under the heavy body of his antagonist completely helpless.

Dunn's VOLUNTARY SURRENDER. - Responsive to the screams of the little girl who had climbed to the window, Mrs. Dunn arose trom her sick bed, and hastily throwing a shawl over her head and shoulders, opened the door just in time to see Dunn, who had rolled the bloody body of Whipple off from himself, rising to his feet, at about which time the son, Harry, who was at the time doing the chores at the barn, appeared upon the scene, and as he supposed saw his father rising up off the body of Whipple, which was then lying upon its back. Dunn, who in the struggle to free himself from the weight of his dead antagonist's body, had dropped his revolver in the snow, gathered up his battered hat, and returned to the farm of Mr. Gibbs, where a number of men were engaged in threshing, among them Mr. George Chase, one of the constables of the township, to whom he voluntarily surrenbres himself, telling what he had done and how and why he

Coroner's INQuEsT. - The tragic affair created the most intense excitement in the neighborhood, and so rapidly extending to other localities, that before noon The Daily Bracon reporter, Mr. George W. Kummer, was upon the ground and back to the office again with a full report of the affair in time for that evening's issue of the paper. Justice William Viall, for the time being, acting as Coroner, issued a warrant to Constable Orrin Markham, who summoned a jury of inquest as follows: James Harrington, Abial L. Waite, Wesley J. Wise, Edwin Folk, William McLoney and Philip Klein. Although the cause of the death of Whipple was apparent from Dunn's own statement, the testimony of Harry Dunn, Catharine Jones (the late Mrs. Dunn), Frederick Hart, Merwin Gibbs and Drs. J. M. Crafts and W. S. Hough, was taken, the two latter having performed an autopsy upon the body. From the fact that blood had spurted from the mouth of Whipple upon his prostrate slayer beneath him, it was at first supposed that the ball had passed through the mouth and into the brain. The examination, however, showed that the ball entered the left breast between the second and third ribs, passing through both lungs, through the upper edge of the eighth rib, and lodging in the right shoulder-blade, corroborative of Dunn's statement; Dr. Crafts testifying that the person shooting must have been above; or the person shot stooping forward; other testimony showing that the ground was slightly descending from the house to the road, and that it was 42 feet from the door-step to where Dunn and Whipple fell.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. - The verdict of the coroner's jury 'was, of course, to the effect that Whipple came to his death by a revolver-shot fired by Dunn. Justice Viall issued a warrant duly charging Dunn, already in custody, with deliberate and malicious murder, and the defendant, waiving an examination, was taken to Akron the same evening, by Constable Chase, and duly consigned to the custody of Mr. Albert T. Manning, the writer's very efficient jailor at that time.

INDICTMENT, TRIAL, Etc. - At the May term of the Court of Common Pleas, 1879, Judge Newell D. Tibbals- on the Bench, Prosecuting Attorney Edward W. Stuart laid Justice Viall's transcript of the case before the Grand Jury for that term, constituted as follows: L. E. Humphrey, Frank Ehrich, Orson: Cook, M. C. Danforth, C. Fell, John Gottwalt, S. N. Weston,

, Williston Alling, George L. Bishop, Oliver P. Falor, Joseph. Jennings, Orrin L. Walker, Benjamin F. Thompson, John Allen and A. V. Amerman. >) :

A "true bill" charging the defendant with premeditated and malicious murder was returned. On this indictment the prisoner was arraigned on the 23d day of June, 1879, entering a plea of not guilty, Gen. Alvin C. Voris and Gov. Sidney Edgerton defending, and Hon. Henry McKinney, of Cleveland, assisting Prosecutor Stuart, on behalf of the State.

OBTAINING A Jury. - A full day and a half was consumed in procuring a jury, 119 persons being examined in all, before the panel was declared full, as follows: H.H. Bliss, of Northfield; J. 'L. Bender, Springfield; J. B. Richardson, Tallmadge; S. L. Oviatt, Northfield; Wallace S. Saxton, Fifth Ward, Akron; B.S. Braddock, Richfield; A. S. Wheeler, Cuyahoga Falls; Jacob Clouner, Springfield; Alfred Wood, Second Ward; David Hanscom, First Ward; 'George F. Kent, Sixth Ward; and Smith Pangborn, Fourth Ward.

The examination of witnesses consumed nearly three days, 113 in all being in attendance and nearly all sworn and examined. Prosecutor Stuart occupied about four hours in his opening argument for the State; Gen. Voris and Gov, Edgerton about five hours each for the defense, and Judge McKinney closing the argument in behalf of the prosecution in a plea of about three hours, all earnest, able and eloquent efforts.

The charge of Judge Tibbals was exhaustive and perspicuous, and so satisfactory to counsel on both sides that no additional suggestions were made by either, elaborately explaining to the jury the different degrees of homicide, and the rules of law applicable

'to each, carefully explaining the law of self-defense or justifiable homicide, and especially admonishing the jufty to weigh well the testimony in regard to the sanity of the defendant, who, if found to be insane at the time of the commission of the act, would be entitled to a full and unconditional acquittal.

A "ComprRoMISE" VeERpDIcT. - The jury retired to their room at 5:30 p. m., Tuesday, July 1, the eighth day of the trial. At9 aA. Wednesday, the jury requested more light upon the subject of premeditation, and were recharged by Judge Tibbals upon that point. At 2:35 p. M., the jury, through their foreman, Mr. David Hanscom, rendered a verdict of "murder in the second degree." i

It afterwards transpired that after a unanimous ballot against. the hypothesis of insanity, the first ballot as to the degree of guilt: stood: First degree, 7; second degree, 4; manslaughter, 1. Several precisely similar ballots ensued, when the manslaughter man announced his willingness to vote for second degree, but could go no further, and many ballots followed, 7 to 5. At the end of 24 hours, one of the first degree men proposed to yield to the second degree men, in order to avoid the trouble and expense of another trial, but some of his fellows objected on the ground that if a lifesentence to prison, only, was imposed, after a few years, through the intercession of friends and interested counsel, he would be set at liberty again by some tender-hearted governor.

Some juror being aware of the fact that among other prerequisites forthe procurement of a pardon was a petition or recommendation from the jury, before whom the conviction was had to: that effect, and it was then and there solemnly agreed, ina writing" signed by all, and placed in the hands of the foreman, that none of . them would ever sign sucha petition, or recommendation, without. the consent of all the rest, and hence, probably, the failure of the effort to secure a pardon for poor Dunn, some two or three years. ago.

. Quere.---Was not such an agreement, on the part of the jury, a proceeding" that would have invalidated the verdict, had it been known, and advantage

PRONOUNCING SENTENCE. - No motion for a new trial having". been filed, on Monday, July 9, 1879, at 11:15 a. M., the prisoner was. brought in for sentence. Commanding him to stand up, after a brief reference to the crime charged, the fairness of the trial, the verdict of the jury, etc., Judge Tibbals inquired of the prisoner if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced? Dunn replied, in substance, that what he did was done in self-defense, and the Judge was proceeding to comment: on the fearfulness of the offense which had been committed, and the presumption that when a man thus took the law into his own hands to redress a real or supposed provocation, the party must be a desperate character, and unsafe as an associate for his fellow men. At this point Dunn again spoke:

"Thad no idea, Your Honor, when I went to my wife's house, that day, of meeting Whipple. When I went to go into the house, Whipple held the door open about six inches, and then I asked him what he was doing there? Before I had finished the first sen-- tence he pitched onto me and cut me in the head and cheek. Then he threw me down in the mud and tore my clothes. When I got up I found blood on my cheek, and turning around to Whipple I said: 'Whipple, * * * * T'll settle with you for this some . other time.' My revolver was then in my pocket, but I never drew

Judge Tibbals - 'No doubt your private life was that of a peaceable, quiet man till you got into those domestic troubles out of which came a divorce and decree setting aside a certain sum to you. Then your troubles ought to have ended. You ought to have left your wife entirely alone - abandoned her. 'That decree settled the matter irrevocably, so that so far as visiting her was concerned, you had the same right as any man has to visit an unmarried woman, and you hada moral and social right to go there to see your children. But you had no right to go there and dictate to her concerning her associates or her conduct. You went there undoubtedly for a proper purpose; I assume nothing else.

_ "But I have no doubt that during the eight months after your divorce vou suffered yourself to brood over your troubles: You then, in my judgment, deliberated on taking the life of those who . had caused them. Your purhase of a revolver, and the secrecy with which it was done, indicate that. The fact that the difficulty arose ina sudden quarrel, whether provoked by Whipple or not, and that then you decided to carry out your purpose, justified the jury in finding as they did, and I am thankful that the verdict is as it is. I feel like commending the jury for the manner in which _ they determined the issues arising in this case, carefully and considerately weighing all the evidence. I think the mistake arose, on your part,in thinking that a man can so enlarge upon the rights which the law gives him as to presume to take the life of another. It is something which cannot be tolerated."

Dunn. - "I want to say, Your Honor, that before the fatal shot, I had two chances to take Whipple's life, if I had wanted to; one when I met him at the door and the other when he first had me down. I could easily have taken his life either time if I had wanted to."

Judge Tibbals. - "That is undoubtedly so. ButI only want to say, further, that the community must stand squarely up to this principle, that only when one's life isin danger at the hands of another, is he justified in taking the life of another. There only remains to me now, the painful duty of imposing the penalty of the law, concerning which no discretion is left me. It is the sentence of this court, then, that you be taken hence to the jail of this county, and thence, within 80 days, to the penitentiary, and that you there be confined at hard labor during the term of your natural existence - no solitary confinement to be included in this sentence."

How Dunn Looxep at It. - Dunn was one of the most docile and conscientiously obedient prisoners that, in his eight years experience as sheriff, the writer ever had in his keeping. Being thoroughly imbued with the idea that in killing Whipple he had acted purely in self-defense - the procurement of the revolver being solely for that purpose, in case Whipple, in his enmity, should ever, as he expressed it, "pitch onto him" - he very keenly felt what he believed to be the great injustice of his conviction. Contemplating the long and dreary imprisonment which the verdict irrevocably presaged, he at first gloomily asseverated that he would have preferred to have been hung, and was at times so despondent that the writer was somewhat 'fearful that he might attempt to take his own life.

But finally, on the suggestion of his friends, who of course knew nothing of the agreement of the jury, above stated, that 'after a few years of faithful service the governor might grant him a pardon, he became reconciled to his fate, and entered upon his long term of imprisonment, on the 10th day of July, 1879, with comparative cheerfulness.

Disposinc oF His BELoncincs.- - Before leaving for the penitentiary Dunn designated how his personal effects should be disposed of; presenting a pair of boots to one, sundry articles of clothing to another, his pocket knife to a third, of his tried and true friends, etc., also leaving suitable mementoes for his little girls; and lastly presenting the revolver with which the shooting was done, together with the fatal bullet, as well as the unexploded cartridges, to the writer, by whom it is still retained as a relic of _ the tragic event.

During his confinement in jail, sundry sums of money had been paid to him by those for whom he had worked, and others indebted to him, of which there remained, after settling with his attorneys, and others, the sum of $68 at the date of his incarceration in the penitentiary. On the way to Columbus he inquired as to whether he would be permitted to keep the money on his own person. On being told that it would be placed to his credit on the prison books, subject to his order, he said he didn't know anything about "them fellows," but he did know me, and he would" prefer to have me keep it for him, and he would write me from time to time how to disburse it; it being his intention to use the most of it for the benefit of the little girl, Lotta. On arriving at the penitentiary, I accordingly gave him my receipt for the money, subject to his order, which receipt, together with his soldier's discharge papers, were duly deposited with the prison clerk.

A Cneexy Demann. - The ex-wife of the life-convict - Catharine Jones - learning from some source that Dunn had deposited a sum of money with me for the benefit of Lotta, paid me a visit and insisted that as the court had made her the custodian of the child . this money should be placed in her keeping also. I told her that I held it subject to Mr. Dunn's order, and if she would procure from him an order to that effect, I would pay it over to her, but not otherwise. The order never was presented. A little over a year later, however, after Dunn had become better acquainted with "them fellows," he ordered the money sent to the prison authorities to be placed to his credit on the books of that institution, which was accordingly done on the 29th day of October, 1880, my receipt to Dunn having been duly returned to me by Warden Noah Thomas; the disposition since made of said funds being to the writer unknown. The divorced wife - Catherine Jones - sold her farm to George Oscar Kidder in the spring of 1880 (it being now owned by Benjamin Payne) and the entire family removed to Cleveland, the son and oldest daughter having married, while the youngest daughter is reported to be developing into a bright and intelligent young lady, and though no stigma should attach to*her by reason of the family infelicities of the parents, and the ignominous fate of the father, she is at times, doubtless, saddened by the recollection of

The Killing Of John Tedrow By Thomas Brook

_Duwn's Prison REcorp. - On his first commitment, Dunn was assigned to the clothing department, where he was employed in keeping the uniforms of his fellow-convicts in repair, but whether he is still doing that comparatively light and easy work the writer is not advised, though a recent note from Warden E. G. Coffin, states that his record as to deportment is clear, no infractions of the prison rules ever having been reported against him; and 5 though now quite advanced in years.(62), he still, doubtless, cher-: ishes the hope of once more being permitted to breathe the air of freedom and again mingle with his many friends and acquaintances in Summit county.

THE Broox-TEprow Homicips. - ' Yellow Creek Basin," - an ancient business emporium on the Ohio canal, in the township of Northampton, about six miles north of Akron; afterwards for many years called "Niles," and upon the advent of the Valley railway, rechristened '" Botzum'' - was fully described earlier in this chapter, besides being often referred to in connection with the doings of sundry distinguished characters who in an early day did there and thereabouts abound. Though in recent years as peaceable and orderly as the average non-incorporated and nonpoliced hamlet upon the waterways and railway lines of the country, the village of Botzum was the scene of a fatal tragedy on the night of October 27, 1882, a brief account of which will be in order here.

Tue PARTIES TO THE AFFRAY. - Seth M. Thomas, a man in middle life, was the keeper of a boarding house, or house of entertainment, in the original hotel building, on the east side of the canal, north of the road leading to the covered bridge across the river. Thomas Brook, an Englishman by birth, a single man 24 years of age, short of stature but strong of build, had been a resident of the neighborhood some two or three years, making his home with his brother, Mr. John Brook, who, as tenant, was working the farm of Mr. John Botzum, a short distance from the village; Thomas Brook also being the favored suitor for the hand of Miss Ellen Thomas, the 22 year old daughter of Mr. Seth M. Thomas, landlord of the hotel referred to.

ohn Tedrow was a tall and muscular, dark colored mulatto, from 25 to 30 years of age, who had resided in the neighborhood some six or seven years, working wherever he could find employment among the farmers of the vicinity. Tedrow was a. good worker, and when sober was pleasant and well-liked by those who employed him; but, unfortunately, he was addicted to drink, and when under the influence of liquor, was quite turbulent and quarrelsome. The Buckeye Band, a musical organization, composed of the young men of the village and vicinity, had its headquarters at the hotel, the band-room being upon the ground floor, directly under the ball-room in the second story.

Banp Benerir DANCE. - On .the night of Friday, October 27, 1882, the Buckeye Band gave a social dance at the hotel in question, which was participated in by some 15 or 20 couples of the young people of the neighborhood. During the afternoon Tedrow, with a white companion, had been to Akron, from whence he had returned on the evening train pretty hilarious, though not as yet absolutely drunk or especially quarrelsome Eating supper at the hotel, they repaired to a neighboring saloon, where they continued. to "imbibe". until after the dancing had begun at the hotel, when they returned thither, where Tedrow's drunken " pleasantnesses' began to manifest themselves in seizing hold of landlord Thomas, 'and roughly pushing and pulling him about; pushing or knocking Thomas Brook from the porch and falling upon him, soiling and tearing his coat, etc.; visiting the ball room and making use of considerable abusive, obscene and threatening language.

These demonstrations, though not especially resented at the time, were not at all relished by the victims of his abuse, and did not produce the most amiable feelings towards Tedrow. After he, with some three or four white boon companions, had again gone to the saloon in question, Brook sent Charles Thomas, the 16 year old son of the landlord, to the ball room for Miss Ellen Thomas and Miss Mabel Gray (a sister of his brother's wife) to come down to the kitchen and mend his coat, which had been so badly torn by Tedrow. On the completion of the job, the four - Brook, Ellen. and Charles Thomas and Mabel Gray - again started for the ballroom. As they passed from the kitchen into the hall they heard a disturbance in the band-room.. Surmising that Tedrow was again on the rampage, and saying to Ellen that he could not see her father hurt, Brook started through the wash-room towards the band-room to render such aid as might be needed by Mr. Thomas. Before reaching the band-room, however, Mr. Thomas opened the door and rushed out through the wash room, followed by Tedrow- The latter, on encountering Brook, seized him by the collar, with ~ both hands, and commenced jerking him around. Seeing her lover menaced, Ellen Thomas rushed in between them, and placing" a hand on each side of Tedrow's face, said: 'Tedrow what do you mean ? - do you know where you are?"

While thus standing, Ellen Thomas between the two men, Tedrow received a severe blow upon the side of the head from an ax, felling him instantly to the floor, from the effect of which he immediately expired.

DELIVERING HimsELF Up. - This sad affair, occuring near the midnight hour, of course brought the festivities to an abrupt ter- . mination. On becoming satisfied that Tedrow was really dead, Brook, accompanied by Thomas Lancaster, drove to Akron, and meeting Policeman David R. Bunn, on Market street, at about 3: o'clock Saturday morning, placed himself in the custody of that officer. At Brook's request, officer Bunn took him to the residence of General A. C. Voris, on Fir street, and from thence, after a brief consultation with the General, he committed Brook to jail.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. - The ax, with which the fatal blow was struck, belonged to Charles Thomas, and, as stated by him, was left as usual, the evening before, at the wood-pile, some 50 feet distant from the house, and the question was, by whom and for what purpose was it removed from the wood-pile to the washroom, and so conveniently to hand at that particular moment. There being, at the coroner's inquest, held by Dr. B. B. Brashear, some testimony tending to show that Seth Thomas handed the ax to Brook, and that on rushing from the band-room with Tedrow in pursuit, he had rushed to the wood-pile, seized the ax, and returning to the wash room, just' as his daughter had stepped in between Tedrow and Brook, had placed the ax in the latter's hand, which he immediately used in the manner, and with the fatal result stated.

an, view of this supposition, Prosecuting Attorney Charles Baird filed an affidavit before Mayor. Samuel A. Lane, charging both Thomas Brook and Seth M. Thomas, with the killing, and the latter was accordingly arrested by Marshal William H. Ragg, and committed to jail to await the preliminary examination, which. was set for Saturday, November 4, at 9 o'clock a.m. The preliminary trial lasted two days, a large number of witnesses. being examined, resulting in the discharge of Seth M. Thomas and the holding of Thomas Brook to the Court of Common Pleas, for the crime of murder, the mayor, in announcing his decision, remarking:

The history of this case is largely a repetition of the great majority of the homicides of the world, in that it is directly the result of the excessive use of intoxicating liquors, the evidence developing the fact that not only was the victim - naturally as amiable as men in general - rendered quarrelsome thereby, but that several, if not all, the actors and witnesses of the

TRIAL IN CoMMON PLEAS. - At the January term of the Court of. Common Pleas, 1883, Prosecuting Attorney Baird brought the matter before the grand jury, which, on a full and careful hearing of the evidence, returned a bill of indictment, charging Thomas. Brook with murder in the second degree. To this indictment Brook entered a plea of not guilty.. Governor Sidney Edgerton. being assigned by the court to assist Prosecutor Baird, on behalf of the State, and Hon. J. A. Kohler assisting General A. C. Voris on the defense. .

VERDICT, SENTENCE, Etc. - The trial,including the arguments of counsel and charge of Judge Tibbals, occupied three full days, the jury, after a short deliberation, rendering their verdict as follows: "We, the jury, do not find the defendant, Thomas Brook, guilty of murder in the second degree, as charged in the indictment, but we do find the said Thomas Brook guilty of manslaughter." .

General Voris immediately filed a motion fora new trial for several alleged reasons, the principal of which was that the verdict was not warranted by the evidence. This motion, after"being fully argued pro and con. by counsel, was overruled by Judge Tibbals, who immediately, in impressive language, especially animadverting on the folly and danger of indulging in intoxicating liquors, the use of which, as developed by the testimony, was directly the cause of the crime under consideration - sentenced the defendant to twelve years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

PAROLE, SUBSEQUENT LirE, Etc. - Peaceable and quiet throughout, Brook was taken to Columbus on the 31st day of March, 1883, where he served the State faithfully, about three years, when he was released on parole by the prison managers, returning to his friends, near Cleveland, where he is now living a peaceable and industrious citizen; the young lady who so courageously attempted to avert the catastrophe, Miss Mary Ellen Thomas, having been married to Mr. Jacob Peach, on the 6th day of August, 1886, by Justice Henry W. Howe, of Ira.

Chapter Xl Romance Of Crime

THE COUNTERFEITERS OF THE CUYAHOGA - " DAN" AND "JIM" BROWN - WON - DERFUL LONGEVITY OF HENRY BROWN, THE FATHER - " JIM" STRUCK BY LIGHTNING - MERCHANT, HOTEL KEEPER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ETC. - "RINANCIAL'"' OPERATIONS - MAMMOTH SCHEME - EXPEDITION TO CHINA COMES TO GRIEF - DEATH OF "DAN" BROWN IN PRISON - EXCITING TRIAL IN NEW ORLEANS - "JIM" ACQUITTED - A FAITHFUL WIFE - "JIM'S" REPUTED EQUESTRIAN EXPLOITS - OTHER MAMMOTH SCHEMES - CONVICTION, SENTENCE, NEW TRIAL, ACQUITTAL - OTHER "PERSECUTIONS " - "UNCLE SAM" GRAPPLES WITH HIM - IN THE "PEN" AT LAST - HEROIC CONDUCT - FREE PARNDON - FROM BAD TO WORSE - WIFE SEEKS A DIVORCE - IN MICHIGAN PENITENTIARY - SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS - 'ACCIDENTAL DEATH, ETC. - " DAN" JUNIOR AND HIS REMAKABLE CAREER - WONDERFUL ROMANCE OF CRIME.

The Counterfeiters Of The Cuyahoga

WORK of this character would most certainly be very incomplete without a pretty full history of the life and operations of our late fellow-citizen, James Brown, commonly known as "Jim" Brown, and incidentally something of his subordinates and ~ lieutenants. And yet so much has been written and published by parties wholly unacquainted with Mr. Brown and his doings, and such extravagances of action and prowess have from time to time been attributed to him, that any one not personally cognizant of a good portion of his life and habits, and less familiar with the newspaper and official records of his time than the writer, would find it difficult to even approximate a truthful sketch of his remarkably wonderful career. .

Indeed, by reason of the natural delicacy of his surviving relatives - all of the most respectable character - it has been difficult to secure such data as would insure perfect accuracy as to some of the particulars of his early life, though it is believed that substantial, if not absolute, accuracy has been attained in regard to

WONDERFUL LoncEviry. - Henry Brown, the father, was born in Ireland, in 1733, emigrating to America sometime previous to the Revolutionary War, and settling in New York City. On the breaking out of the war, between Great Britain and her colonies, Mr. Brown joined the patriot army, serving the entire seven years of the struggle. After the close of the war he settled in what is now Livingston county, N. Y., where he engaged in farming, and where he was soon afterwards married. Here his two sons, Daniel and James, were born, the former in 1788, and the latter in 1800. In 1802, the family removed to Ohio, settling upon a farm about one and-a-half miles below the present city of Youngstown. In the Fall of 1808, Mr. Brown traded his Youngstown farm with Judge Jared Kirtland, of that place, for 640 acres of wild land on the west side of the Cuyahoga river, a little below the present village of Boston. Here Mr. Brown continued to reside until his death, October 17, 1837, at the extraordinary age of 104 years.

Tue Broriners - "DANn'' anp "Jim." - Daniel Brown (father of our present well-known fellow-citizen, Hiram H. Brown), then 20 years old, remained one Winter with Judge Kirtland, attending school at Youngstown, the next Spring following the family to Boston, where for several years he worked upon his father's farm. He enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, and at the close of the war was married to Miss Laura Wood, of Hudson.

The younger brother, James, also grew to manhood upon his father's farm, and, so far as can be learned, was as faithful and industrious as farmers' sons in general, though reputed to have been extremely fond of the rude sports in vogue at that early day, and is said to have been remarkably athletic, and one of the very best, if not the champion wrestler of the neighborhood. In the Fall of 1819, he was married to Miss Lucy Mather, daughter of Watrous Mather, then living in Boston, but in later years a resident of Akron. Both of the brothers only had such educational advantages as the semi-occasional schools of that period afforded. Both were apt scholars, however, which, with their more than ordinary natural ability, placed them in the first rank for intelligence among the young men of Ohio, and both soon sought other employment than farming.

In the middle twenties Daniel and his wife removed to Cincinnati and embarked in trade, afterwards, for some years, keeping a store at Lawrenceburg, Ind., though making frequent visits to his old home in Boston. Later he engaged in trading upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, between Pittsburg and New Orleans, interspersed with occasional trips to the Eastern States, over the mountains, with droves of horses; his last venture of that nature being with a drove of 90 horses, gathered up in this neighborhood, with which he started from Boston in February, 1831.

PROSTRATED BY LiIGHTNING. - After his marriage, in 1819, the younger brother, James, then not quite 20 years of age, built for himself a house upon a portion of his father's farm, on the west side of the river, a little below the present Boston bridge. Here, too, in 1825 or 1826, James built a two-story frame store-house, and, with one William G. Taylor, of Cleveland, embarked in trade, with a stock of $1,200 or $1,500 worth of general merchandise; also keeping a tavern in the same building. Some two or three years later, the remnant of this stock of goods was sold to his brother-in-law, the late William JT. Mather, and Brown removed the building, bodily, across the bridge to the east side of the river, and handsomely refitted it as a hotel, which he afterwards presided over as landlord for several years.

While sitting in his door one day when a terrible thunderstorm was approaching (but whether before or after his removal across the river, recollections differ) he was struck by lightning and nearly every particle of his clothing, even to his boots and stockings, was stripped from his person, literally torn into shreds. He was prostrated by the stroke, and for a considerable time remained insensible, but was finally restored to consciousness, and his usual health and vigor, with no permanent marks of the fearful visitation remaining upon his person. It was said that he was wont to boast, in referring to this incident, that no live man could lay him upon his back as quick as the Almighty did. This tattered suit is still kept (or was a few years ago), as a memento of © the dread visitation, by members of the family.

PERSONAL. APPEARANCE, Etc. - Never having met the elder brother, " Dan," the writer cannot personally describe him, but he is represented as having been singularly good looking, and of extremely pleasing manners, and, for those times remarkable for sobriety and correct personal habits. "Jim," in his early prime, though not remarkably handsome of feature, possessed a pleasant countenance, which, with the mildress of his voice, and the geniality of his conversation, rendered him a most captivating companion. He was, in stature, about six feet and two inches, straight as an arrow, with rather a dark complexion, black or very dark brown hair and black, deep-set penetrating eyes. Though not corpulent, his frame was well proportioned to his great height, giving him a personal presence that would attract attention in any company. And, considering the universal use of intoxicants in those early times, and his traffic therein as merchant and innkeeper, his own early habits in that regard were remarkably correct, while his business and social life was at that time of more than the average purity.

THEIR "FINANCIAL" OPERATIONS. - Just when, and by whom, the two brothers were first initiated into the mystic art of illicit financiering, can now only be conjectured. But certain it is that, coincident with the opening of the Ohio canalin 1827, there was in existence an extensive organization for the manufacture of, and dealing in, counterfeit money along the entire length, with its _ headquarters in the Cuyahoga Valley, with the two Browns, as its leaders. Their principal coadjutors, in this vicinity, were William G. Taylor, of Cleveland, Abraham S. Holmes and Col. William Ashley, of Boston; William Latta, of Bath; Jonathan De Courcey and Thomas Johnson, of Norton; and Joshua King and Joel Keeler, of Portage; with quite a large army of subordinate officers and privates as detailed in an earlier chapter of this series. Let it be understood, here, that so far as known, neither of the brothers indulged in peddling or passing spurious money themselves; their province being to devise, plan, and direct; to select the institutions on which to "experiment," and to distribute, in a wholesale way, the products of those experiments.

A Mammorn Scueme. - At the time about which we are now writing, the old United States Bank, at Philadelphia, was in full operation, its notes being, like our present treasury notes or greenbacks, not only good in any part of the United States, but also current in every country on the globe with which this government then held commercial intercourse. About the year 1831, the leaders of the fraternity above described had possessed themselves of some very excellent plates of the several issues of United States bank notes, and were preparing to flood the country with the spurious paper.

At this time, the elder of the Brown brothers, "Dan," having returned to Pittsburg, from a successful trip over the mountains, with horses, with the view of resuming his trading operations on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, evolved from his fertile brain a scheme that should entirely eclipse any other financial project,

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<ither legitimate or illegitimate, that up to that time had ever been devised. He accordingly wrote to his brother "Jim," and their most confidential confederate, Taylor, to meet him in Pittsburg. On coming together, "Dan" unfolded his plan, which was, that instead of placing the spurious United States notes they were then preparing in the hands of their local agents and confederates to be dribbled out at retail, in this country, they should make a wholesale operation of it in the far-off markets of the mergantile world. ExPrepition To Crtrna, INpra, Erc. - This scheme was fully concurred in by not only the Brown brothers and Taylor, but by such other members of the fraternity as were let into the secret. Pro- -ceeding- to New Orleans,'in the Winter of 1831, '32, a large vessel was purchased and equipped for the expedition. It was the intention to.sail directly for China, and from thence to visit the several 'commercial ports of India, and, with the spurious money, purchase a large cargo of teas, coffees, spices, siiks and other merchandisé, to be disposed of in the various ports of Europe and America. Several thousand dollars worth of export merchandise, suited to 'Oriental trade, was placed on board the vessel, with $1,500,000 of the spurious notes, together with material and the necessary apparatus for turning out: $2,000,000 more. es In addition to the owners, and the crew proper, for the man- 'agement of the vessel, a number of artists, expert penman, etc., were included in the company as "passengers." Everything was in readiness for a start. Passports and the necessary clearance papers had been secured. The vessel had pulled out from the dock and anchored in mid-river, just at night, to be in readiness to start upon her voyage with the out-going tide the next morning. There were no telegraphs begirting the globe, no railroads, no swift ocean steamers in those days, and once fairly at sea, the expedition would be safe from both detection and pursuit, and its final success assured beyond a peradventure.

THE EXPEDITION ComES TO GrRIEF. - As several months would elapse before they would again stand upon terra firma, or revel in the delights of city life, the two whilom mercantile partners, "Jim" Brown and "Bill" Taylor, went on shore in the evening to "paint the town red.' New Orleans was at that time, as perhaps it still is, a pretty "gay" city - with its gambling houses, bagnios and drinking places, as public as its hotels, stores, etc. Though it does not appear that they became particularly inebriated, or offensively boisterous, in making their rounds, yet their extreme liberality in the dispensation of their' wealth, in treating them- 'selves and others, and certain extravagances of action and speech, attracted the attention of the police. Being thenceforth shadowed, when, late at night, they were seen to row off to their vessel, whose somewhat singular movements had already been observed by the authorities, they were followed by a squad of officers, and a thorough search of the vessel instituted.

Up to this time the true nature of the expedition had not been suspected, but, as piracy and smuggling were then largely in vogue, it was surmised that the parties and the vessel in question, might belong to one class or the other of the contraband operators named. The search, however, revealed the real character of the company, and their probable designs, and the entire number were

DratH - ConvicTIon - AcguiTraL, Erc. - The three principals, only - the two Browns and Taylor - were Held for trial. Taylor, through friends in Cleveland, secured bail, and he and one Henry Barrett, agreed, for a certain money indemnity and a deed of the farm owned by the Browns, in Boston, to go bail for them, also. The money was paid over and the deed executed, but the bail never was furnished. The trial was postponed, from time to time, 'until late in the Fall of 1832, Daniel Brown 'having in the meantime, on August 22, 1832, died in the New Orleans calaboose. General Lucius V. Bierce and Hon. Rufus P. Spalding, as attorneys, and some 18 or 20 residents of Portage and Cuyahoga counties, as witnesses. were in attendance. Mrs. Lucy Mather Brown, wife of James Brown - a finer woman than whom never existed - clung faithfully to her husband, in the spirit of the couplet:

The silly tradition, however, that Mrs. Brown rode on horseback from Old Portage to New Orleans, to be present at her husband's trial, or that, obtaining access to her,ausband's cell, in the calaboose, she exchanged clothes with him, thus enabling' him to' escape, are simply sublimated bosh - there being, at that time, plenty of steamboats plying between Pittsburg and New Orleans, and escape from prison being no part of his line of defense.

There is no authentic account of the actual proceedings in the case now available, the local papers,of the time in this vicinity, now in possession of the writer, being singularly reticent on the subject. General Bierce, in his "historical reminiscences," says: "James Brown was used as a witness against Taylor, who was acquitted, and became a vagabond on the earth," while other accounts state that Taylor was convicted, and imprisoned on Brown's testimony.

Mr. Hiram H. Brown's recollection (though not on the ground himself) is that Taylor arranged with the prosecutor to turn State's evidence against his uncle "Jim," and that his aunt Lucy had - come on to Cleveland and obtained a large number of affidavits from well-known reputable citizens, tending to impeach Taylor's character for veracity, with which she was returning to New Orleans, and that Taylor, suspecting her object, being himself at large on bail, intercepted her at Baton Rouge, and, on board the steamer, attempted to wrest the papers from her by force and violence; that both Brown and Taylor were acquitted on the charge of counterfeiting, upon the technicality that it did not appear that they intended to utter their spurious money within the limits of the State of Louisiana or the United States, and that Taylor was convicted and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment for his savage assault upon Mrs, Brown, on the steamer, as above stated.

Whichever, if either, of these theories is the correct one, certain it is that Brown immediately returned to his home in Boston, while Taylor never again appeared in Portage county, nor, as far as known, in Cleveland either; Brown, a year and a half later, commencing proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Portage county, against Taylor and Barrett, non-residents of the State of Ohio, to have the deed given to them, as above stated, set aside, which was accordingly done.

ELECTED JusTICcE OF THE PrAcE. - Returning from his long detention in the Crescent City calaboose, to his hotel in Boston, Brown, notwithstanding the miscarriage of his Chinese scheme, was heartily congratulated by his old neighbors, and a good deal lionized wherever he was known. In April, 1834, he was elected justice of the peace for Boston township, which office he is said to have administered with marked fidelity during his three years' incumbency thereof, though, at the same time, well-known to be the very "head center" of the Cuyahoga Valley Syndicate for fabricating and expanding the currency.

Brown became personally known to the writer in the Spring and Summer of 1835, first during his attendance at court, while the writer was temporarily sojourning at Ravenna, and afterwards in his frequent calls at Mr. C. B. Cobb's Pavilion House, where the writer boarded during his first two years' residence in Akron; and from thenceforth, his movements and operations will be written of from personal knowledge, newspaper reports and official records.

'TRADITIONARY Expiorts. - There are innumerable traditions extant regarding his wonderful powers of endurance and his extraordinary escapes from his pursuers, after the consummation of some clever feat in the line of his "profession," one, that having negotiated a forged draft with a New England Bank, he had, by riding day and night, through a pre-arranged relay of horses, ridden to Ohio so quickly, that, on being taken to New England for trial, a perfect alibi was established, the court deciding that, with the fastest mode of travel then known, no living man could have performed the journey in the time intervening between the perpetration of the crime there, and his thoroughly proved presence in Ohio. At another time he is reported to have perpetrated a similar "joke" upon parties near Pittsburg, and on his own powerful steed, "Old John," ridden in a single night to his home in the Cuyahoga Valley, and, being seen by the neighbors chopping fire-wood at his own door, at daylight the next morning, his defense of an alibi was successfully maintained. Still another exploit is attributed to him to the effect that once, while traveling through Canada, on the same horse, distributing the "queer" among his trusted agents there, the authorities "got on " to his game and gave chase, whereupon, though near the breaking up period, he fearlessly dashed across the lower end of Lake Erie, near Buffalo, upon the ice, thus placing himself beyond the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's minions of the law. Whatever the proportion of fiction and reality these legends contain, each reader must judge for himself, as the writer has neither positive nor collateral evidence to adduce in support of their authenticity. But of what follows substantial accuracy may be relied upon.

CHANGES His Base. - In the Winter of 1837,'38, having disposed of his hotel property, in Boston, to Mr. Henry Wadhams, Brown moved his family to Akron, at first occupying a house on Howard street, about where the Arcade block now stands. At this time he also bought the hotel property on West Exchange street, called the Summit House, a portion of which building is still standing upon the south end of the same lot. Though he did not run the house himself, it was for several years general headquarters for himself and his "friends." Early in 1839, Brown built for himself a family residence, on the southwest corner of State and Bowery » streets, some two or three years later transferring the property to William S. C. Otis, Esq,; the house, while unoccupied, being destroyed by an incendiary fire, April 12, 1843; loss $1,000 with no insurance. In the early forties the family moved on to the 300 acre farm now owned and occupied by the heirs of the late James R. Brown, Esq., in Northampton township, the title thereof then being in Daniel M. Brown, eldest son of the subject of this sketch.

His " PERSECUTIONS" BEGIN. - Notwithstanding their efforts to ameliorate the monetary stringency existing at that time - 1837, *38 - largely through the influence of a little paper published by the writer, called the Buzzard, an active campaign was inaugurated by the law officers 6f Portage, Medina and Cuyahoga counties, against the blacklegs, counterfeiters and thieves, then infesting this vicinity; the more active, in what is now Summit county, being Prosecuting Attorney L. V. Bierce, Sheriff George Y. Wallace, Justice Jacob Brown, Marshal Ithiel Mills, Constable Warren H. Smith, of Akron, and Justice James W. Weld and Constables Alonzo Culver and John E. Hurlbut, of Richfield. Hitherto, since the collapse of his Chinese enterprise, Brown, in the varying vicissitudes of the gang, had managed to keep out of the clutches of the law himself, but now immunity and impunity both receive a sudden check. _

ANOTHER MAMMOTH SCHEME. - In February, 1838, "Jim" was arrested in Akron, charged with being concerned in an adroit forgery by which the plates of the bank of Lexington, Kentucky, were obtained from the Union Bank in New York, and from which a large number of bills had been printed, the fraud fortunately being discovered before they had been delivered to the gang; and - also for being implicated in extensive forgeries of mortgageson real estate in Buffalo, it likewise transpiring that Brown was about starting the Farmer's and Merchant's Bank at Burlington, Wisconsin (then a territory), confessing to Marshal Mills that he had some $200,000 of the bills in his possession not yet filled out; there being found in the trunk of a confederate, here, a large amount of money ready for circulation, purporting to be on the "Exporting, Mining and Manufacturing Company," at Jackson, IIL, together with several thousand dollars of the Buffalo mortgages above spoken of.

On the first named charge "Jim" Brown was taken before Justice Jacob Brown, who, to give the complainants time to procure testimony from New York, postponed the hearing until March 17, the accused entering into bonds in the sum of $6,000 for his appearance at that time. For some unexplained reason the New York witnesses were not forthcoming, and Brown was discharged, his connection with the other matters not being sufficiently apparent to base a prosecution on.