Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1913 — BURNS CONVICTED OF MURDER ATTEMPT [ARTICLE]

BURNS CONVICTED OF MURDER ATTEMPT

Sentenced to Penitentiary For 2 to 14. Years—Defendant Made a Very Weak Defense. « ' ■ 1 • Hugh Burns will serve a term of 2 to 14 years in the Michigan City penitentiary. He was convicted of assault with intent to murder his wife, the deed having been committed at Schneider several months ago. The trial took place at Crown Point, starting Monday afternoon, and the jury receiving its instructions before noon Tuesday, and the verdict was arrived at only about five minutes after the jury retired. The indeterminate sentence of 2 to 14 years is the maximum under the Jaw. Attorney Halleck, of this city, assisted Prosecuting Attorney Peters in the prosecution. Burns had retained Attorney Boone, a former prosecutor in that county, but he withdrew from the case, it is said, because Burns could not raise the money to pay him. The court appointed two young attorneys named Fancher and Ray Anderson to defend him and their defense was perfunctory. Anderson formerly lived at Wheatfield and is a brother’ of Jim Anderson, the saloonkeeper at that point. He has been admitted to the bar in Lake county and will doubtless succeed at his profession. Burns is 39 years of age and will serve in the Michigan City prison.