Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 November 1890 — Page 5

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JOURNAL

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HE CITY.

TI'lio WeutlHT Iieport.

Fir lnd)t:i!k—7a.m..niu. cool. y,

)!•. Marriage License. S. 1^ tor ami Carrie li. Fatten. Iwohal Wilkinson aud lillon Ellis.

ANew Sector.

H. M. Johnson will take tharge

of the ork In St. John's Parish In this city, hviup hei'ii sent here by tho Bishop of tl uHcooho for tlmt purpose. Tomorrow 'ie ,v. Miller, ofloganfliort,wi„ooi lu(t, aer»i«es at St. Joliu's, both morlirig evening, at tho usual hours.

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A Initio ,ii select audience was Music Hall a '. ight and witnessed the bestmlnstri p. 'ormanee evei giveu in this city. I,wiu luju'i't] from begiunlug tooud, and a: (hi .tea lures were heartily encored. Th nn. performance of the evening was tie ,Union of tho ballad "That is Lov,," \Ir. Fred Oakland, •which took the tudi ,q(. t,y gt«ii*m. Ev thing was good and ,e iy

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Thoattjietlon at Music Hull 3/Stswur day eveniiig, x„v. 25

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BiK-eaeviii, presented iy:-

Gr-.'i,«,,oi| Comic Opera co:npV' t'lgatiixation ofpeople and a "trhi'stni. The D„|ly li

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Oik'nns. Li., gives them a strong ,!iiaI

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Tlie Gieeinvood Opera Company, ha imielj costumed and strong In numb' Planted OITenbaeh's creation eal. "'''Bands," at the Academy of Mu

HAYWOOD Cl.OSKS.

BeHAllT BEUINS-DR. PETERS, IRE :,:''INFALLIBLE" WITNESS.

Ho Denounces the State's Damuable.

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a'.l appreciated.

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Min-lav evenii. th tathfiit'th,- First

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church litre ben muslcale '.'Lti'iUiniiient. 'lit' i-jrc-ation aie in nerd of un boiks. At thetiosn of the tusieal. coll-ction Till lu taken tiat purpose. The pre--grwiisi' will comfit of anthems, songs -Jui'i

and I iive wiil he selections

by tii-'ohoir. tj-ilos ss Alma Me. ClidYrii! A. Lam i,* Juet l»v Mi.lir lt.- and Mr. Moonand .\ .r. and Mi -. Mioiv: Hairy Kke.ufid Mr. Moore. TJit'ii- will be a diieti ii!! tiie beautiful yWitata of "David, Ui- hepl.i rd

Scared InUFiu:.

I.asl night people pas'i.g oi. west Pike sUwt were startled ,v tlie terrilic :i rifks of two young iadtf. Investigation proved that those distress were X.- Lou

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iiighl to a full house. "The llr ''V "leans a new opera,...In

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playing it. here. Mis"!'1[!•.''

(ii'eemvond lias a surprisingly SWl, "I'itidf. witli her

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jliieli was encored.

.j., ''onliriiieci. .,.""ra''ie Impression produced on ruit 'lIJ,1,'tri"|ce of the ugrecble liquid ai hjK i" '^-Vl "P "f Figs a lew years Pteiisah''! t!inn continued by the It, .ml

Methods as

FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. lluywood oontiuued by Btatiug that Pettit kuow tho rumors wore afloat whou ko wroto his letter to Mrs. ahiolds and was driven to it. This apparent Cttuilor in acknowlwlging tho ttdminiatratiou of the ttia, was not oundor at all as tho wholo neighborhood kuow of it. Mrs. Petlit hml spoken of it while she wiuj sick and Fottit had taken it and thrown the last drop out, and ovoti the vessels which oontainod it. Is tlmt au act of *u innocent man When Yougor comi'H ho conceals the facts mul throws lam oil" his guard by telling Mrs. l'ottit liad boon visitiu^iu a malarious couutry.

C»od. bouth Bund is tho most heal tin place in Indiana, Yeacjer trusts his pastor and errs. Mrs. Whitehead comes over, a woman 40 years of age, of respectable family, a church member and intelligent,but the proof

ami \ss Anderson,

ii.'.'Lengview tchool t^aher, who had r'tif? into Miss McComif le-me and loutiii ii hoi rid man couceit-d under ihe W- Among the first toiurve were Hon 1/. White ami JoluBi-liop, the litt-T iif whom entered th. hnuve and •-i-arly il'.scovci tie" hidden viiaiii. Theso r'TiVlenifn stond on guard arned with a willow basket and the lire t'tigs, while otlu'r*. run for the police. UN, hole mstv

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she

boon criminally intimate with her pai t)r and knew him to be bad. A liiau who is a minister of God and who wili commit adultery with oneof his

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a bad man, is a vicious mau and a moral lepar. Ho poisoned the cliaractar of Mis. \Yhitohead. If Ve:iger and the re.it could not see that Mrs. l'ettit w:is po'soned it was because they believed him a good mau. Klma Whitehead kuow him and kn -w that Mrs. l'ettit was being poisoned to death. Iler conduct with him during tho sickuoss shows she know it and tlmt she is guilty. L'ettit did not want tut highly nigral and intelligent woman limiuii liav, thorn then Suuday he was

raid she might seo things ho

did not wish, and ha not vet ule up hi.smiudho-.vtoact. J'ettit'is it shrewd mau auo his plans wore laid c. irefully, and never before was a murder bettjr jihiuued. Hat as soon as the life was out ol

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wile body he began to stum

ble aud continued to until lie landed behind tho bars in Columbus, Ohio,aud the stumbling of thi.- monster niut\te"er will cause lnui to meet his just, reward, i'lit jours'.'lf in Yeager's place and you can account for tins error, lie trusted a in he believed to lie a Christian aud a friend, aud vou will do the same, and wiil no Uie same if you let this mau escape as he did. lie tills Hack with tho Malarial theory as he did Yeager. Black tries to dodge this insue hero but acknowledged it belore. lie says her bjweis were distended but this is not true. Ho wants to appeal learned when he is not and tries to bolster up his theory. Black says ho got thereat li on Wednesday but this is not true. Ethan Mehairy lied when he said ho carried a telegram oalliug him at that lime. Wliou Mrs. I'ottic dies l'ettit throws himself on the bed with loud acclamations cf grief. Ii it was genuine it was Uoa's iiocusatiou singing through his soul. '"O Mutt it1, what have I doue for you—I have murdired you." Think of tin damnable hy(ocrisv of his bra/.eu paramour standing there whining "Let hun cry—it will do htm good." In half au hour after ho has written (1 telegrams reading "congestive chill, congestive chill" all the way through when this bad not been mentioned since Sundav evening, "ivll tho bovs think of it a id I dm't oaro who it refered to, it. is horrible. Why did not ho say "tell the brethren," nut, a hilarious crowd like "the boys." Ah! ho fell tlod and spoke tho word of his heart. That .might lie ».'y to Hickman "its pretty tough," a tine expression truiv worthv 1 tho rough, tough mau.

/os the proffered withdrawal

MtVronco cagorlv. Kev. Wilson, the ii'-om friend of Frod 1'etMt ini-dorod

and clear, and made audience immediately, |i,..( opera, she lie' lug, aud showed lurtheiv 1"'

is irinarliable inleomic

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proprietors and

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erenei) could bj "iwyer wins here *'!y the court. 1 'ii- mouths aud

Vi hv did lie

!i made and tho body au.'r• pqutiro man would have =i. trying to got away trom

tho idea. Hut here is thocrushing f.«•!.. Mo asked for strychnine at OdelT just before his wife returned, lie did not get it th re but he got. it somowli»*ro else. They say he would not have tried to get it within two miles ol homo. But who was ho t.henf Me wns above suspicion, lie was Wm. F. I'otlit, (ir.ind 1

Vela to ol the Knights Templar ol Indiana, i'astor of tiiu Shawnee Mound church, a great I Am. Gentleman, vou have to prove this deloudant guilty beyond all ro'isonalile doubt.. This menus that you must bo satisfied Hint llattie l'ettit died of strychnine, aud that l'ettit had a motive for giving it to her. Maywood then read several authorities who iletined the reasonable doubt, as overcome whou tho judgement aud couscicuce of tho jury wore satisllod. Mo then said that it was common opinion that no person should bo convicted of ft henious crime on circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence when as overwhelming as it is hero is stranger than tho direct evidence of two or three who might lor Sfimo reason have Jierjured themselves. Oieouleaf on evidence was then quoted lo uphold the statement. You know when you seen man's fix it tracks in the snow that a man has walked there—yet this is circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence is le'.'al evidence, I aud until an all wise 1'rovidence gives us I power ol' knowledge beyond liio present I we must act ou it. Because your wiieat limy be blighted will you reluse to sow:

I wish to call your atleutiou to another fact, l'ettit told Veager thov were ill tho same boat. Me said they were trying to ruiu one as a pbysicau and tho other us a minister. Gentlemen, I have work»d on this case for one year, und doborvo no especial credit for it. I have lieou ably ussisted l'ettit has had tho best counsel in tho st ito to help him aud that iH right. I am ubout to leave, the case in your hands. For Gods sake mako no mistake. This man is guilty boyoml ull reasonable doubt aud if

you free him tho results will bo terrible und fur reaching. It, wo are right, lot tho prosooutiou prevail, if wo are wrong let the defense prevail. 1 Joave this case in your hands, and anovo all,

I Log you to bo men, to bo meu and do your duty. I thank you very much lor your kind attention.

The court then granted tho jury rocess of ten minutes aud Air, Haywood received tho congratulations of his friends. Among others Col. Dellart came up aud said "You mado a yery lino effort, Mr. Haywood, a very fine ellbrt." Gen. Low Wallace stated that ho thought the speech a very tine one, and also congratulated Mr. Haywood at considerable length upon his lino oll'ort. Mr. Haywood looked as though he approoiatod this favor much more than the peculiar Colonel's, who tendered his from a cloud of smoke with his characteristic aud foxy grin.

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It was a quarter of four when Col. DeHart took tho lloor and said in substance, that if the jury nud ut this hour au unkindly feeling toward himsulf he begged them to lay it aside and not charge it to his client. L'ettit has been indicted of highest crime known to luw. Lt' lie in guilty no severe. We are not here to deny that

uight lx«cati--e murder is a high en me and ought 'tn be puuls-hed. No less thau times did the prosecutor refer to the and the defense's circumlocution. Men honorable aud high their proles-siou who testified for the defense, were led here by the ear you are tol l. All our witnesses are st gmuti :ed as false and all theirs as honorable. Now the ma-s of witnesses who have been herd for

I.Kit ii sides, and they would have you believe they swore tho truth lor the st ite and perjured themselves for us. Tile trial hero is not liko tho trial before tiie grand jury or the conference where a mau may go into the inner ehimber of high tribunal aud denounce his fellow for three quarters of au hour. The prosecutor referred yesterday to the deceased in pathetic terms, but if they have any more sympathy for tier lyiug multilated in her grave th::t we have or that bereaved husband there they have not shown it iu this case. They have followed him here and followed him there but not one uuk'ud word have they brought forth from Pettit to his wife. Thov showed that tuoro was trouble in South Bend some years ago, but that trouble was not between l'ettit aud his wife. There was a gray haired mother there aud here the contest was. lint how did this hard struggle end.'

Why ho provided a house for his mother and stayed with his wife, aud they bring this up agaiust him. That action is worth a pauol iu tho gates of pearl. The State litis spoken much of secrecy. Thero is a class who say that every time a man is seen with a woman that something is wrong. Thy sit in every town oil store boxes whittling aud comment ou ovory ludy who passes if she Lows or smiles. \Yro heard much of drift wood yesterday, of a great storm somewhere which had scattered ruiu far around. Mo thought I stood on the land and saw tho drift wood dotting by. 1'eter* and Haywood stand near a,id as Me a c. 11 outs by Haywood cries out aghast at "There goes that that squo.iketh at

hi i. toi-taud an investigation and l'ettit eo-.ud not look him in the faae but said, in at a ,'5i»j f- this admission by silence is a conI'D.

on of guilt, (lireenleaf on evidence '•ol 1, section 15)7 was then re id to tin.fleet .) Ho comes homo and says lie •Willitod to save Airs. Whitehead's chiir'tiT. Where is she to-day,' Turin ot' tie on nisei in this case are hers and 'ti'.ny It.!ve they not her here. She is I neie but lier money is here. "That cried iv'imler, "aud we except eiiiark." "That is right," said 1 "and "will your honor, 'laid llivwood. "No I will! .liidgo Snyder. "I have had •.•t.oujjii nlrea ly and I want the :e.v i'nit any stiteinout not •. v.deuce is to bo regarded as! ivwoiv.l then nrojeeded and

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drawn as ai'iotisl tlieir side. Why, iio when not 'ettlt was knew the not have

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aud can do more woik to-day thau anv dude that, walks vonr strcel. l'iiey called Mrs. Whitehead a viie wrete.'.i —a co'isp'rue'.*. it there was .1 conspiracy between Pettit. und Mis. Whitehead it was to bring Airs. Pettit back to Health. Consider the facts. It is a 1

utiful

"Sabbath day and she is summoned frou her home and visitors to a sick bed. Liko good samarilan she goe* and »",• ui'Hrge her here as an iidulterows, hen worn out with work she prep ires to have she is entreated by Mrs. l'ettit to lem iiii as she looks upon her as a sister. 1 or this thisy indict her one cold dark night they drag her 'JO miles ucioss tho dark prairie through winu and snow to the Tippecuuou ciunty jail, but. when tho time for trial eamo the prosecutor said ho bad no case, let he comes hero aud charges her

punishment is to p.it shroud ou this mau, (pointing t:) i'eltitj to put a rojie aiou'.i his neck, to pl-ce aim ou a pbtform and then send luw to et-Tuity. its authority says state's tirmuess .me enthusiastic chemists slate thut the color test is iuftillible, but gentlemen tho uuthusiast is not tho man of judgment. lie mry be likened to soda water. This authority, El well, holds however that in the absence of the bitter taste there can be no certainty that strychniuo is present iu spite of tho play of colors, aud yet Dr. Peters iys this color test is infallible, has that attribute of tho creator. Auother author,

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murderess. Wo were severely critized for the manner in whie.li we put our hypothetical (junctions. Notice one thing though. We presented both sides and they presented but one. Notice also that one distinguished doctor of this city told them when they presented tlioir hypothetical question to him weeks ugo that he would ansiver it on the witness stand and In, ho was not called.

The colouel then related a nutuhnr of stonea calculated to deproc ate tho value of circumstantial ovideuce.

SATl'HDAY MORNING Col. I )eJlart arose to continue his spe -eh at 8

We are lrymg a case which sounds into eternity, in which a human life is involved. I will read from a distinguished author on circumstantial ovideuce showing tho unreliability of it. .Much of the evidence of the State has been of this character. Now let us eomo to some of tho prominent points in the case. We have no right to form hy potlietieal case which is not basal ou tho evidence. Tho learned gentle mini ot tho State told you how prompt ly their experts unswered all tho questions, but is that oreditablo to them when such momentous question is involved/ l'liey should remember thut man is prouo to be mistaken. Mistakes are us common us blackberries. I once went to veterinary surgeon iu .-regard to a horse. He looked at the mouth, felt his skin anil naked nil about his symptoms before proscribing. Ho used grout care and diligence but some men 1 am sorry to say go off half cookod. The experts ol tho State who had "read up'' for this case Bhould not have tlioir ovidouoo considered for much. Tne more I read ubout toxicology and medioul jurisprudence the more I feel liko Newton, who said when oomplimented for his knowledge of the oniverse, "1 feel liko a ohild gathering pebbles at tho soa shore while the great ooeau rolls beyond." The corner-stone of the ptosecutiou is tho chomioal analysis. But admitting that stryoluiine was found in the body that does not prove anything substantial, for Prof. Haines testified that strychnine taken on Sunday might be found in tho body on Weduosdey, and it has been shown that the strycliniue taken on Sunday was given innocently or otherwise. Now 1 read from Second Rest on evidence to show thm medical experts have been much overrated. 1 thought ol thiapussugo when Dr. l'eiers testilied that the color was lnfaliiole. 1 will road you anothorhtgh authority ou this medical expert evideiice upon which you aro expict. to

Bly, coutirms tho above. Ye., this infallible wituess stands within charmed circle aud daro not approch to eveu touch the hem of his garment. Ho is the great I am and ihe smoke of his incense will go up forever.

Wortuley and others say that prernaugauate oi pot ish may produce colors perilously close to that of strychnine aud bichromate of potussiuiu they say is oven more untrustworthy, yet this infallible man used these two oxidizing agents in his analysis to produce his infallible tests.

Now let us consider tuis infallible an iu tho light of the evidouoj. I do

1" it tie Ground." As a buggy top went rr through the columns ot the Tilbune, down ho cries again: "Thero goes the

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The Trtbane's Sew Enterprise. I never tiie late election proves with regard to the Tariff, lt was not to be expected that The New York Tribune th. life-long and able ehampion of Protection for agriculture and Industry, would yield one Inch of ground. The Prospectus o! The Tribune in another column, indicates that that enterprising newspaper proposes to plant its Dattle flag in the camp of the farmers especially iu c.civ part, of the I"lilted States. Hon. Koswell (1. llorr, of Michigan, has been engaged by the Tribune to devote himself iu his breezy, entertaining and masterly manner to expounding thetar-

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in which Mrs. Whitehead rode

witu Pettit from West Poiut." Again us a haud reaches up Irom tho tinny wave he said: '-There goes somo parson's hand reaching up to feel some geod sister of the church." A leaf goes by ami Peters ones: "Ther.' are the be uitiful colors blue,purple and violet," aud alter this by he can't recall them to save ins lilts. A defense was made hero yesterday of the people of Shawnee nietrop'ilitan neighbor finds Mound. They needed none, no mail |„[]|.am writers iu the United State can be very bad aud live iu .-itch place, li i" God's country, a .garden of Eden and a serpjut is there. It is slander, invidious and deadly but disgui'CO as of old. Something was said bv the Slate about David Meharry's being too old to te«tdy ami I hoy would not, put him ou the st ni l. Tins is not true, l.hev know ho would testily

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