121 law. The above named jury found Wolgam- ot guilty, and the court decided that the skins be returned to Jacobs, and five dollars and cost be paid to the State by Wolgamot. A Foul Murder and Execution:—Sep tember 10. 1825. the mail-carrier from Freeport to Coshocton—a boy named Cartmell— was shot and killed while making his usual trip. The place W’here the crime occurred has ever since been called Post Boy. A quiet man. named Johnson, was the first to reach the scene and first to spread the tale. He narrowly escaped trial for the crime by identifying a young man named Funston as the guilty party. Funston was the guilty party and was tried in November, confessed his crime to Judge Patrick, and was executed December 30. on an elevation west of New Philadelphia, in what is known as Allentown. The religious exercises were by Rev. P. Williams, and the execution by Sheriff Waltei’ M. Blake. Although this was not the only murder ever committed within the limits of the county, it is the first and only execution. We do not think that such crimes form an important part of our history as a county, and as their story only appeals to a morbid propensity of mind, we have given only this very brief sketch.
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