Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — Strong Charges Made In Final Stage of Frankfort Murder Case. [ARTICLE]

Strong Charges Made In Final Stage of Frankfort Murder Case.

A. i i Frankfort, Ind., June 16. —Jesse E. Marshall, attorney for the state in the prosecution of Giles W. Trask for the killing of Mrs. Minerva Alice Jones, opened the argument of the case today. He said that Trask went to the Evans home for the purpose of killing the woman and alleged that he did not act in self-defense. “Mrs. Evans did not attack him with an ax/’ he said. “If she had done so that ax, which was found upright in a comer of the bedroom, would have been found on the floor. Mrs. Evians was killed in her own bedroom and not at a door when she was chasing Trask, as is alleged by the defense. Mrs. Evans did have something on Trask.” Mr. Marshall closed his argument at 11 o’clock and was followed by Thomas Ryan for the defense. He said that Trask went to the Evans home for the purpose of effecting a compromise and that he was assaulted by Mrs. Evans and that he killed her. It is expected that the argument will be concluded tomorrow afternoon and that the case will be put' in the hands of the jury by tomorrow evening. Three forms of verdict, one charging second degree murder, another manslaughter and a third of not guilty, will be given the jury.