Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 24 June 1899 — Page 1
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It is not our policy to carry any thingpast its season. We have the best stock of Oxfords, Shoes and Slippers there is in the city and here are prices that will tickle your pocketbook. We are going to make them Hy this week.
Ladies black or tan Oxforde, worth $1.2" 1.50
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WELLS ON TRIAL..
Continued Prom Seventh Page.
ALBERT BARKER.
About 6 o'clock on June 1, heard screams from the Wells place. Kan to see and met Mrs. Wells who was screaming: "The old well!" "The old well!" Witness ran to the well and found Wells down in the well with a rock in his hand striking the children bel®w him. Pulled Wells out, and he exclaimed, "O Albert what made me do this?" When released Wells ran to the creek about three fourths of a mile away. Witness then took the two boys which were alive to the house, the other two were dead and had sunk.
CROSS x—Wanted Wells to go hunt ing with me in the morning. He talked all right. Didn't see anything peculiar about Wells when he pulled him out of the well. Started away from the well shouting and waving his arms. Saw him at the house afterward and he appeared somewhat excited. Made no effort to fight while in the well and not much afterward.
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MOSES RILEY.
Got to the well just as the two children were being taken to the house by Mrs. Wells. Helped bail out the water and removed the dead boys. .............
HABRY WELLS
Son of defendant, nine years old. Picked berries at Jones' on June 1. Was there two hours. Father came over and stayed awhile at the house Played awhile with the Jones children and started home down the road. Climbed the fence and went over to the old well. Father did not suggest to go to the well, but after we got there he said there was a ground-hog there they could catch perhaps. They got over the fence and got down around the well and looked in. Father then commenced pushing us in. Witness did not sink when he struck the water, add commenced to climb out. The other boys hung onto the rocks. Father came down and pushed them under with his feet. He said nothing. Father was pulling rocks out of the well to throw on them when Mr. Barker came up. Witness had climbed out of the well, his father came after him and threw him back.
Willie was struck on the head and had sunk when Mr. Barker got there. Witness was hurt on the head. When Mr. Barker came father climbed out and over the fence and ran. Next saw Willie and Lee when they were brought home dead. Before we were thrown in father tested the depths of
water with a rail. Noticed nothing wrong with father at the well. Begged father not to hurt me. but he kept right along kicking and throwing rocks. We boys all scrambled in the well but not on the outside. .. LEROY WELLS.
Son of defendant eight years old. Testimony the same in substanoe at that of his brother. Witness also climbed out of well and was thrown back. Came up after being kicked under and hung to a ledge while father kicked Willie under.
CROSS
X—Talked
with Uncle George
Dick about what he would testify to. Witness remained under water to keep from getting hit.
CHAS GUXTLE.,
Lives near Wells home, 19 years old. Working in field when he heard Mrs. Wells scream. Saw Wells running and ran after him. Wells told me to go back. Wells jumped into creek. Water about 4 feet deep. Witness followed and dragged him out. Witness helped take Wells home and helped hold him. Had quite a struggle with Weils in the water. Wells seemed frightened. He frothed at the mouth and cried that he wanted to kill himself. Handled Weils with ease.
The first witness Tuesday morning was
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C1IESLEY CLOUSER.
Arrived just as the boys were brought in dead. Assisted in holding Wells. Wells sat in a chair crying out: "My God, can it be possible I did this?" Mrs. Wells asked him what he did it for. He hung his head and said he intended to kill all the children and then himself. He said he supposed the devil was in him when he committed the deed.
The state rested its case after recalling Albert Barker to the stand for a few minutes. The first witness for the defense was
MILTON B. WAUGH
Formerly a resident of Sugar Creek towns', .ip. Known defendant all his life. his parents. Saw him almost daily as he grew to manhood. Knew him as an industrious, frugal moral man, who had a good farm well kept. Wells was considered "off" at one time previous to uniting with the Lutheran church. Was once hurt in a runaway at Colfax: injured on the head. Was inclined to be melancholy. Always seemed kind to his family. Saw him the morning of June 2, recognized witness though the defendant looked like a wild animal. In conversation said he had had the idea of killing the children for several days for the reason that he was in ill-health and they were going to destruction. He also said his intention was to kill himself and would do so, if he could get out. Thought that he was of unsound mind when he saw him at the jail.
CROSS
X—Wells
taught school in
Sugar Creek township, and was elected 1886 constable, and served several years. Witness was justice of the peace at the time. Wells seemed perfectly sane at that time. Based his opinion of meutal unsoundness on his looks at the jail. Wells said he had a "whirling in the head" after leaving Jones: and could not resist the impulse of committing the deed.
MRS. MARION 1IOLLOWAY,
sister of defendant, aged 37 years. Wells was in youth mild and quiet— never angry. Two weeks lefore his marriage in March, 1886, he had been injured in a runaway accident. July 4 of the same year he came to his father's and cried said that his wife was not satisfied, that he was suffering and feared he was going crazy. He was there again a couple of weeks later crying said he had blighted his wife's life and wanted to die. His condition was pitiable. He was always kind to his wife and children. Witness went to his house April last to examine into his mental condition. He was downcast and looked wild. Witness had known defendant to fall in fits at school. He was filled with the idea of his wickedness a few years ago, but was converted and joined the church.
Cross—Wells had the grip last winter and it settled in his nervous system. Did not know that the Indianapolis doctor had told Wells he was cured.
MRS. MARY MILLS,
sister of the defendant. Mrs. Mills' testimony was similar to that of Mrs. Holloway. Witness visited Wells at
REVIEW.
the jail the day after the tragedy. He said to her "Isn't it dreadful that a man does not know at all times what he i.s doing?" The family had discussed his mental condition often. -MILTON' M'CARTER.
Saw Wells just after he was taken from the creek. He wanted to be taken back to the water. He cried out: "What was I ever born for? Take me back to the creek!" Was taken to home of witness. Tried to get him in the buggy and Wells objected, saying he wanted to back to the creek. Witness said, "get in and I'll take you to the creek and drown you right." Got in buggy and on the way home said that he had killed his children liecause they would be better off dead than alive as they were threatened with starvation. Wells seemed io be suffering pain. He regarded him in-
sane when he saw him on June 1. DR. W. II. WARE. Physician at Bowers. Treated Wells two years ago for pneumonia. Treated him again in January, '99 for grip. The attack of the latter had injured his nervous system. The defendant came to him in February last and said his head hurt him periodically and he believed he was going crazy. He was nervous and weak, and told the doctor that he had inherited insanity from his mother's side. Early in March he consulted him again saying that he had lost manhood and told the physician along story about his early youth. He was advised to consult Dr. Fletcher at Indianapolis, a nerve specialist but Wells consulted Dr. Wehrman a specialist on stomach disorders. He thought the defendant of unsound mind in February and March last, and in March ho advised his relatives to have him placed in an asylum.
Cross X—Wells did not go to bed with grip. Wells refused tr go to Dr. Flether for fear they would put him in the asylum.
PAL'L J. BARCRS.
Practicing physician sincc ^S",. Had studied the subject of insanity. Was called to jail to see Wells on June 2. Prescribed for him then and since. The disease known as melancholia is accompanied very often with suicidal and homicidal mania. In answer to a hypotheticial question covering the case of Wells, witness stated that the subject was suffering from mental disorder.
NOTES.
Dr. J. N. Taylor and Dr. W. H. Ristine were examined at length as to the symptoms and tendency of melancholia. Dr. Taylor thought the defendant in bad condition mentally. A number of other witnesses were examined, the neighbors of the defendant, the marshal of Darlington, who arrested him, and those who had known him for years. But little was extracted from them save what is set forth above.
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Both sides rested after dinner Wednesday. Judge West allowed each side two hours for argument. Dumont Kennedy, W. H. Johnston and Chas. Johnston spoke for the state, and Benj. Crane and A. B. Anderson for the defense. The case was given to the jury at the adjournment of court, and after wrestling with the problem all night returned a verdict at the opening of court Thursday morning finding Wells insane. The next move is to call a commission de lunacy, which will adjudge him insane and he will be taken to.,the hospital for the insane.
An Error.
An item in last week's letter from Patton's corner stating that D. W. Murphy and Philip Hauk were riding neighborhood, is an
together in that
It was Dr Allhands of Win-
gate, who accompanied Mr. Murphy. The correction is cheerfully made at the request of Mr. Murphy.
Thomas Ransdall Dead. Thomas Ransdall died at his home in Fiskeville Thursday morning, aged 67 years. Mr. Ransdall was a cripple having lost both a leg and arm in a railway accident some years since. The fufieral occurred to-day.
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58th Year.DNo 42
SPOILED HIS BREAD.
Demas Gilbert Sues the Natural Qas v7 Company for $200 Damages.
The Natural Gas Company has run up against the "real old thing" in the person of Demas Gilbert. He has entered suit against the octopus for the sum of §200 damages. Mr. Gilbert it appears did not dance up to the office and settle like a good little man on June 10, he having been in the habit of paying his bill about tb 20th of the month. The new mar ageinent however did not wait. Buij Thursdaj* sent men down and turnedl off the gas just as he had his bread about half baked. He claims that he begged them not to do it under the circumstances, telling them that he would pay the bill at once. The minions of the corporation however, he says gave him a cold stare and a harsh horse laugh and the fire went out, thus spoiling 400 loaves of bread, and disappointing all his customers.
He says that last winter when he had to buy wood and coal to run his ovens he paid for the gas he never got'and made no kick that the company never rebated a cent for the gas paid for and not furnished, and now he feels that he has been outraged and demands damages.
Assessments Changed.
The Board of Review has raised the assessment on the land and improvements of the following townships: Coal Creek, Scott, Madison, Sugar Creek, Walnut and Clarke. The assessment of Union was lowered 10 per cent. that of Wayne 3 per cent. Ripley, Brown and Franklin are unchanged. The raise makes the assessments about equal, but Union is still comparatively high. The -Board, so on* member states, has taken one prosperous farmer from each township, and owning 240 acres of land, with a two story house of from ten to fourteen rooms. An average of them shows: that this class of farmers value their farming implements at $42, household goods at §56, organs and pianos at $73, vehicles $53, horses $33, cattle $22, sheep $150. This member states that these values will probably be raised.
After the Bell.
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Telephone men whose war cry is 'anti-Bell' will meet in Chicago June 26, 27 and 28 at the annual convention of the Independent Telephone association. From all parts of the United States will come managers of 'independent' exchanges, manufacturers of and dealers in 'independent' apparatus and representatives of construction companies engaged in the establishment and extension of 'independent' local and toll-line systems. Elaborate plans for entertaining the 400 delegates expected have been made by local manufacturers.—Chicago
Record. The officers of the Home Telephone Company of this city will attend. A banquet will be given, and plans laid to head off the "big concern" if possible.
Insanity in the Wells Family. It appears that the Sugar Creek township horror is only one of several which mark the career of the family to which the man just acquitted of murder belongs. A cousin became violently insane a few years ago while working on a farm in Sugar Creek township and had to be confined, dying in a few weeks. A great uncle committed a murder in Illinois many years ago and was tried and acquitted on the plea of insanity. He removed to Indiana, where he in turn was murdered by a relative and his body concealed, so that it was not found for a long time. The record of the family would indicate tl^at the homicidal mania was well developed.
Hot Weather
May be rendered more tolerable by the soothing smoke of a Hoboe cigar.
The graduates of the Ripley township schools held a reunion at Alamo Wednesday evening.
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