Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1903 — Page 3

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FOUR ARE INDICTED Rising Sun Grand Jury Returns True Bills In the Gillespie Case. y u rd«r in the First Degree Is the Awful Charge Relatives Must Now Face. groti er aid Sister of the Deceased and Myron Barbour and Wife Indicted. Rising Sun. Ind., Dec. 23 -In its report of the investigation of the assassination of Miss Elisabeth Gillespie on Dec. 8. just two weeks ago, the grand jury late yesterday afternonq returned tree bills of murder in the first degree against James Glib -pie. g twin brother <>f the murder- <1 woman Mrs. Belle Seward, her widowed sister Mrs. Carrie Barbour, niece ot Dr Thad A Reamy. an eminent physician of Cincinnati, and Myron Bar hour her hueband. Mrs Barbour is sister in-law of Dr XVllliam Gill--ph. bruthv of the murdered woman. | Bench warrants were issued immedi stely by Judge Downey of the circuit i eour' The Gillespies were e.vpecting the arrests and Dr. Gillispie drove to the home of the accused in a closed : carriage and brought the indicted per- ’ sons to the courthouse, surrendering a.i of them to the court. The four in dictmer. -s were read to the accuse I I They showed no emotion with t:..> <*- j

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o arb ° Ur - The maliciS? '7” Wi,h fated intem- C nn Wlth llremedi®“»beth Gillesnie 118 ' le " h ° f 3mon K members or o A eons P lr ary J «>nes Giihsui ," hvr ,R ftr - is the one w ho'i' v r '"’ in l,roth ’ rfincipal, although al [ harged as wi,h murder in tb? fi ar “ char ßC<l a de" ,?, Each C,,,es -attorney for |i’ p^'‘’ ; v Caplain aeut <“i pcti Hons fo r ; i ;”:' a '?7 re -: corpus on tho rr . > . habeas enough evidence 7' l / a< lbere Is not 1 their liberty wa , W H h i"?* Ct and tllal 1 ot a crime of ah . i i, ' onach «W cent. j U d -. " ,, y w <*e inno returtiable J in7 11 e,i‘ < l s ( .|v 1L n !e | WrilE "°t> was then h.-ard with"' Peti ' Counsel fm the ,i., h ar ">>ments. lhey were ab e .e e BU,Pd ,hat bail. bm th'.- hare furn,sh reasonabl « ™ -»! i XX”' “™'- the writg ■ poc * e 'W was under Is'elXed Pa, b ° f " ie *«» degree bm in ,hp wereLvl i° neh warra Qts. which named i ' ° D ,hem in the courtroom, before th.- net Th acc " ss °>’l'-’« th- t, It. rb '’ PCtXdty under XX'n, ."XX'X I well u ' Hn n ach ease a s be h.i princl P al The hearing of I he habeas corpus proceedings is in I fZT ,0 . ,1aV " " aS agrePd “> ! -bi, , h ’ Wnmen on bond, and L . C ' J, ‘ r ' illloWed ° n acp(,unt of I ; J c "n-ss of Mrs Seward, who suf-' ters from 1. - t lroub]() . admitted to nail i„ s , :nis of t]flono Fifers l " I e " lia '“ (;iilPS|,ie ' Dr -’"hn ! Elters ami l-.arl Seward, her son. went fm- I?' S ' I " dr,! ' 3 111,11(1 and the bond 1 Mrs Barbour was furnished by , P officials . t the national bank with w-neh her husband is connected James Gillespie and Myron Harbour were refused bail and remanded to 1 . ; n Rtiard was placed in' ’he jail. All the pent-up excitement! and strain under which the people in ■ 'he city have been laboring for two weeks has broken out. No violence is expect. I. however, as the people seem willing to let the law take its course as long as it has proceded thus far. Almost everyone in the town had expected an indictment against. Janies Gill. pie. and most of the peo pie thought the grand jury would also indict otiu rs. The grand jury was in j I -.ession eleven days James Gillespie I and Myton Barbour took tlteir incar- | ceration in jail coolly ami laughed and I joked about the i.rol.ahillty of finding' e weapon on them as the sheriff 1 searched them. Dr. William Gillespie held a long , consultation with his brother and MyJ ron Barbour at the jail, also with their I | counsel, and it is und. rstood that they i ■ will make a defense of an alibi. The I I ladies Will be <Mi- lied bv a la.t., |

Miss Cynthiana Coles, who is a law partner of her father, was in consulUnion with Mrs. Seward and M*rs. Barbour and it is said that she will be 'bo first woman in Indiana that has ■I'P- ured ip such a criminal case. Carrie Harbour is the dnugh- '' 1 "i Hu- late Rev. I’. S. Rearny of the 1 niled Brethren church, and formerly Hied at Kokomo. Her father was well known throughout Ohio and Indiana ' n the I ulted Brethren church. Two Steamers Hard Aground. Kobo Japan. Dec. 2:’,.—The Nippon Kaisha (a Japanese steamship company) steamers Mutsn and Shinagawa are ashore. It is feared that Ute latter will be a total loss Hanna Will Soon Be Out. New Dec. 23.—Senator Hanna, who lias b.-i ii ill ai his hotel for several drs of grippe, is improving rap Idly. His physicians expect he will be out within a few days. Cause for Rejoicing. St Paul. Dec. 23. —Archbishop Ireland has just received a cablegram from Monsignor Guidi, the apostolic delegate to the Philippine Islat is, announcing that the last touch had just been put on the contract between the United States government of the islands and the church for the purchase of the friars' lands in the islands and invites the archbishop to rejoice with him on the happy conclusion of tho negotiations. Banker Andrews Paroled. Lansing Mich., Dec. 23.—Governor Bliss iias signed a parole for Frank C. Andrews, former vice president of the wrecked City Savings bank of Detroit Andrews has been confined in the state prison at Jackson since Nov. 13. 1902. He was convicted of a misappropriation of the funds of the bank. Motion for New Trial Delayed. Bluffton. Ind., Dec. 23. —The motion for a ne ' trial in the John W. Terrel murjier case will not be submitted until Jan. 2. at which time Judge Smith will return from Portland tp rule thereon. Sentence on the verdict of the jury, fixing life imprisonment, will await the disposition of this motion. The Incident Is Closed. Alexandretta. Dec. 23.—The governor of Alexandretta made an official call upon United States Consul Davis and formally apologized for the indignities suffered by the consul. Admiral Cotton left here last night, on the United States cruiser San Francisco for Beiint. Marirtn. Ind., Dec. 23.—The trial cf Harry Hooper for the murder of Marshal James Payne is being conducted iu the circuit court. Hooper entered a plea of not guilty, claiming selfi defense.

I POINT ST LIW Defendants In Fake Foot Race Case Want Affidavits Quashed. Three Reasons Are Set Cut Why the Charge Against the Man Should Not Be Maintained. Interesting Legal Technicalities Being Argued in Court at Noblesville. Noblesville, Ind., Dec. 23. —The attorneys for County Clerk Horace W. Carey made an argument before Judge Christian to quash the affidavits in the fake foot-race cases against Carey and Tyler Cruthers. They held that further proceedings in these two cases should be stopped for three reasons: The aiding and abetting statute applied only to a case where a person in this state aids another person to commit a felony in another stale, and that the offense charged in tie cases In question showed that the defendants themselves committed the alleged offense as principals, and to such a case the statute does not apply. They also claimed that it was no offense against the bunko statute, because it only applies to offenses committed wholly in this state and not to an of tense partly within the slate and partly without the state. Their concluding reason for quashing the affidavits was that the defendants had committed no crime against the conspiracy statute because that statute, like the "bunko" statute, only applied to a conspiracy to v.tmmlt an offense within the state. KUHNS SEEKING LIBERTY Will Try Peaceful Method to Get Out of Prison. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Dec. 2:1. —It has become known that Marvin Kuhns, the notorious Noble county desperado who is serving a life sentence in the Columbus (O f penitentiary, will make another attempt to regain bis liberty. Kuhns was convicted thirteen years ago for ibe killing of his companion, William Campau. and was arrested near Ch rubusco after a desperate fight with Fort Wayne officers. Three years ago he made his escape and returned to Noble county. He was captured at Logansport after being seriously wounded, ami was taken back to prison. He has been working over time and has secured SBOO in cash, and yesterday sent for former Representative George W. I.outit of this city, whom he desires to take a plea to the circuit court in an effort to secure his liberty. The grounds for the plea are said to be an admission of incompetency in the testimony of a witness. Alleged Malpractice Case Dismissed. Fort Wwjuc-, lud., Dec. 2:1. The Indictment against Dr. J. W. Kannell has been nolle! by the state. He was charged with malpractice in a sur- | gieal case, the coroner in a post-mor-tem reporting that the bowels of the patient bad been cut in several places. The indictment was not returned until it had been pressed for the second time by the coroner. When tho case was first called the chief witness waI absent. This was tho case again yesterday. the coroner having gone hunting iu Mississippi. The defense objected to further continuance, and the state dismissed. Breach of Promise Complaint Filed. Vincennes. Ind.. Dee. 23. Sarah E. I Wellington of Martinsville has filed | suit against George W. Traub, a promj inent farmer of this county, for $5,000 I damages, claiming breach of promise. I The complaint alleges that slie pur J chased a trousseau, rented her farm and turned down many chances to get I married to carry out her agreement ! with plaintiff. She is about twenty- | three years old. while the defendant | is seventy and veabliy. Negro in Custody for Killing O’Brien. Alexandra. Ind.. Dec. 21.- William Walker, colored, of Alexandria, was arrested on a grand jury indictment charging him with the murder of John «)’Bri» it. who was found <l<‘ad with his skull fractured, by the Lal-e Erie A Western bridge. In tills city in December, 1901. Winn found the man was I lying in about six inches of waler, ' and no marks except the bruises on Lis head, were found on him Sweetheart Will Wait. Elkhart. Ind.. Dec. 23. Howard Monteith. Harry Searles and Harry Runyan, young tne.i of good families. | artesled Saturday, have <onfessed to several robberies, and have been sen tenced to the Indiana reformatory. Runyan’s sweetheart told him sho would wait for him till bls term ex II pl red Mysteriously Missing at Evansville. Evansville. Ind., Doc, 2:!. Fred Schmid', formerly a printer and con nected with the waterworks depart ment. has been niysicrlonsly missing for two weeks II Is feared tbai he may have committed suieide He Is ■ member ul an old and wealthy family.

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WOMEN WANT TO ENLIST Patriotic Movement in Colombia Assects All Classes. Bogota, Dec. 23. —Patriotic meetings are being bold here every evening, at which contingents of men ami sums of j money are offered to the government. Even the women demand to !»•: enlist- I m i Ax * ABTKCK M. It M ”I;V.. I’M I’ll>s IA Tl ''INI'- l H ".<> Oil < >MKIA ed for the purpose of going to Panama to snl.'',ne the separatists. The government only awaits news from General Reyes, and if that news is to the effect that r.otning can bo accomplished by diplomatic moans,; then tin auih-n rtii s will continue to I semi troops toward the isthmus. Th ' ; government and people hope that the United States congress will avoid a I conflict, ami they rely upon the fair-■ ness of the American press. United Slates Minister Beaupre has left for Cartagena en route to Washington. SCHWAB DENIES Steel Magnate Files Answer in Shipbuilding Case. New York. I tec 23. -Charles 11. Schwab has filed his answer Io the cross bill of the United States. Shipbuilding company and .lames Smith, . Jr., Its receiver, in the United State.circuit court lor the southern district of New Yot k. The case is thut of the company and its receiver against the New York Security and Trust com puny. and Mr. Schwab. After admitting certain of the fundlt menial tacts which havi heretofore boon established, Mr. Schwab lakes up the various allegations and charges n cross bill, entering a specific denial of the charges contained in the com plaint of tin receiver Soldier's Strange Disappearance. Washington. Dec 23. Offlcera of the army are endeavoring to llnd See otid Lieutenant Floyd (’ Miller of the First infantry who while engaged with

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