He was then tied, and helped
by McCord and Chapman to walk to the buggy. McCord asked
Chapman, the son, to accompany him to Cincinnati with the
colored man, promising to give him half the reward ($200) if
he would. They then started, driving very fast." "We had not
gone over two or three miles," said Chapman, "before the
negro died, and after taking him two or three miles further,
put him out, and left him as now discovered,"--viz. in a
thick wood, one mile south of Clifton. The above facts are
taken from the testimony given at the coroner's inquest
over the body. "The jury gave in substance the following
verdict:--Deceased came to his death by blows from a colt
and club in the hands of one William McCord, assisted by
the two Chapmans." Chapman, the son, said that McCord made
him a proposition to join and follow kidnapping for a
business, stating that he knew where he could get four
victims immediately. McCord was taken and lodged in Xenia
jail. The Chapmans bound over to take their trial for
kidnapping.
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