Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — Judge Hanley Trying Murder Case at Monticello [ARTICLE]

Judge Hanley Trying Murder Case at Monticello

' Judge Charles W. Hanley is in Monticello today, where he is sitting as special Judge in the case of the state vs. Edward French, in which the latter is charged with murder of Roy Elston, of Brookston, Ind., on July 23. It is the first mutder case in White county tw<> years and is attracting considerable attention.. French has been confined in the White county jail since the day of the shooting and his attendance on trail will give him the first chance to breathe air other than that within the four walls of the jail since the day of his arrest. It is said that French has been a model prisoner and has endured his close confinement without a murder. French shot Elston during a quarrel in the latter’s soft drink establishment at Brookston. There was but one witness to the shooting, William Smallwood.