Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — STATE ALMOST DONE WITH POOLE CASE. [ARTICLE]

STATE ALMOST DONE WITH POOLE CASE.

Continued from Page One I pjiid Kemper $23 tlic Friaay oeior<» ne was Kiiiea ana saia mat he still had the money. - As they neared Fowler Poole said that be was afraid ot a mob. He lay. down In the bottom of the car and a robe was thrown:nwr?hlm,. Poole told the witness that from his past record he was afraid people wouldn’t believe tils story of accidental killtag. t Poole was placed in jail and Shackleton eald that he had daily conversations with him. At the coroner’s inquest, the witness stated, Poole said that after'he killed Kem-. per he carried the body into the house, then fearing that his wife and daughter would return and be frightened, he wrapped it in a carpet and carried It to the cow shed. Sheriff Shackleton said that the second time he had Poole in jail, the latter asked him if he noticed how he looked at him when he was released the first time and said that he thought Shackleton knew that there was a body burled on hie farm. Poole told him, he said, that his defense would be accidental killing and that he did not want to plead insanity. It was then noon and recess was taken. • The afternoon session began with Sheriff Shackleton again on the witness stand and Mr. Barce continued with ti>e cross examination. Miss Grace "Wssß in- court for the first .* J roe in several days. As she entered Poole glanced up, then rose to his feet and fondly kissed his daughter, William Poole, of Wabash, Poole’s brother, has been in the court room constantly with hjs brother since Monday.

Shackleton said that he told Sheriff Hoover, of Jasper county, to telephone to Fowler to his (Shackleton’s) wife and .tell her that Poole had gotten out of the country and that they would be home without him. He said that, in the presence of Poole, he had that message sent to Fowler because he knew the. feeling against Poole and feared that his prisoner might be mobbed. The witness stated that the officers were not excited as they entered Fowler. ? -

Sheriff William Hoover, of Jasper county, was next Called to the witness stand by the state. He stated that he arrested Poole on the evening of May 2 at the Jasper county farm. He said that Poole came down stairs, asked what he wanted and was told he would have to go to Rensselaer and Poole agreed to go. After Poole got hls clothes he asked what the trouble was and Sheriff Hoover told hem he was wanted in Benton County. Poole asked him if he* had a warrant, Hoover skid that he hadn’t but that Poole would go anyway. Poole told him he was 50 years old and had seen lots of trouble. ' 7

The witness then told of meeting Sheriff Shakleton and of the trip to Rensselaer. Tjie defense then took the witness.

The witness, on cross examination, said that at no tfme did Poole attempt to escape. He said that Poole had his arm around Robinson while in the buggy and his hands were moving about He said that Poole put his hands in Robinson’s pockets at the invitation of the latter because they were cold. , Marshal Bowman then told of the conversation he and Poole had on the way back to Fowler, telling practically the same story as had Mr. Sleeper and Sheriff Shackleton. He then told of the circumstances of Poole’s first arrest in March. The witness was then cross examined and excused.

W. H. Robinson, of Fowler, reporter on the Benton County Review, was next called by the state. He told of a conversation he had on the street with Poole after the first arrest and of the confession which Poole later signed.

Walter P. Clark, of the Lafayette Morning Journal staff, was next called to the stand by the state. He said that he met John Poole on May 4, 1911, at the Benton county jail. Poole at that

time said that he had something to say, but was advised not to. He went back to the jail and the witness said that be followed him. When there was no one there, the witness said, he asked Poole what it was he wanted to tell. “I want to tell everything,” Poole said. ; x a... _ “Did you kill Kemper,” Clark asked. “It was accidental,” Poole answered, and then the witness told of the confession Poole made to him. Clark gave practically the same account of the killing of Kemper as had a number of other witnesses. The witness detailed the full account of the tragedy as Poole told it to him In the Benton county jail. Poole told him that It wasn’t his intention to get rid of the body but that ho wanted to get It to the brother in Chicago. Mr. Clark said that he had another conversation with Poole -o*-June- 15. At this time, he said, he told Poole the authorities were digging on bis Jasper county farm. Poole said that

they couldn’t find any bodies there or on the Benton county farm. The defense then took the witness. After he had asked a few questions Judge DeHart said that if tie cross examination was going to tro of considerable length, he would adjourn court until 10 o’clock Monday morning. Mr. Hall, of the state, said that he might have one more witness, bnt that he wasn’t sure. Judge DeHart then - adjourned court until Monday morning , \ \ Classified A’r. will rent it.