Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1913 — HUGH BURNS’ TRIAL STARTS AT CROWN POINT [ARTICLE]

HUGH BURNS’ TRIAL STARTS AT CROWN POINT

Man Who Tried to Murder Wife at Schneider on Trial for His Deed In Lake County. Attorney A. Halleck went to Grown Point this Monday morning to assist the prosecuting attorney of Lake county in the case of the State of Indiana vs. Hugh Burns, the brick mason who tried to kill his wife at Schneider several months ago and who was himself shot by a deputy sheriff with whom he engaged "in a pistol battle. Mrs. Burns is the daughter of D. D. Gleason, of near DeMotte, and a niece of Attorney Halleck. It is probable that Burns will get a long term in the penitentiary and it is greatly to be hoped that he does, for this murderous assault followed several other despicable efforts on Burns’ part to make things disagreeable for his wife, who had been forced to leave him because of his alleged drunken habits.