Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1910 — Tippecanoe County Young Man Charged With Murder of Trapper. [ARTICLE]

Tippecanoe County Young Man Charged With Murder of Trapper.

William Ashby, aged 16 years, married, is in the Tippecanoe county jail at Lafayette, charged with the murder of Samuel Waddell and the burning of the latter’s cabin. Waddell was a young trapper living near Conroe, in a cabin all alone. He had saved a lot of money. He and Ashby were in Lafayette together and became intoxicated on the night of March 20th. After they returned to their homes, the Waddell hut was burned and the next day the charred remains of its occupant were discovered. Something like $8,200 in gold and silver was also found. Paper money, aggregating SI,OOO, was supposed to have been burned. Since the death of Waddell, however, relatives have been doing some investigating and called Detective Winehart, of Lafayette, to assist them. They found that Ashby was frequently drunk and was displaying a lot of money that he had not earned. Recently his wife left him and she has told some things that seem to add to the chain of circumstantial evidence and a good case is believed by the detective to have been dug up against Ashby.