Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1908 — TERRELL IS SANE. [ARTICLE]

TERRELL IS SANE.

Slew Son-in-law and Was Sent to Madhouse. WILL BE RETRIED FOR MURDER Officer from Bluffton Has Gone for Him—John W. Kern's Son Seriously Affiieted.

Indianapolis, Oct. 13.— A telegram from Bluffton, Ind., says that the sheriff of Wells county has left there •n route to Richmond, Ind., to bring back to Bluffton John W. Terrell, who will be retried there for the murder of bls sou-iu-law. The release of Terrell caused considerable surprise among the people at Bluffton, but it was not unexpected by the authorities. This leads to the news that Dr. Smith, the medical superintendent of the Eastern Insane bosptial, has decided that John W. Terrell’s condition at this time does “not warrant his confinement In this institution.” Story of Terrell’s Trial. Terrell is the most famous inmate that has ever been confined in the Eastern Indiana hospital. Seven years ago he was arrested, tried and convicted in Wells county on the charge of murdering his son-in-law, Melvin Wolfe, having wreaked vengeance on Wolfe because of alleged family troubles. Terrell was sentenced to prison for life. His defense was Insanity, but the jury held that Terrell was not insane at the time of the killing, though it evidently had some faith in the defense that Terrell had become a mental wreck since the crime. Was First Sent to the Pen. The instructions to the jury, however, precluded any recognition of the defendant's condition at the time of Ute trial, unless It could be shown he was in the same condition when the shooting took place. The sheriff of Wells county took Terrell to Michigan City prison and then Governor Durbin Interfered, ordering Terrell tobeplaced Id the Eastern Indiana hospital. Was Not Shamming Insanity. The stories told immediately after Terrell was taken to Richmond, bix years ago, to the effect that he was shamming insanity, were exploded by the hospital authorities, who had kept special watefc over the man and pronounced him insane. His mental awakening has come about in precisely the yjay that has marked similar cases in the hospital, and 'Terrell is by no nws|ns immune from another mental breakdown. For five years there was ngger a gleam of intelligence from tl* eye of John Terrell. He showed stolid indifference to all his surroundings.

TIPPECANOE MONUMENT It Is Expected To Be Completed la Time for Dedication on Nov. 7. Lafayette. Ind., Oct. 13.—With the huge derrick with 110-foot arms in place over the foundation of the monument at Battleground and the immense blocks of granite that are to form the shaft being lifted into position the monument commission believes that unless unavoidable delays are encountered the memorial to the soldiers who fought in the battle of Tippecanoe will be completed in time for dedication on November 7, the ninety-seventh anniversary of the battle. Every effort is being made to prevent a posti>ouement and the commission is already at work on the programme for the dedication, which promises to be one of the greatest •vents of the decade in Tippecanoe county.

John W Kern's Boy Afflicted Indimiapolis, Oct. 13, John W. Kern. Jr., afflicted with what the doc&r*s term infantlie paralysis, is a patient little sufferer at his horpe here. When the boy was brought home from Michigan he was unable to move bls arms or legs • He Is now gradually regaining the use of his body. At 'ho time has the sense of touch been absent. The parents are assured by the physicians that while the boy’s recovery will be slow he will eventually regain the complete use of bis limbs.

Recovering of Broken Back. Linton, Ind., Oct. 13.—Artman Francois, the miner whose back was broken •nd who was denied admittance to the St. Anthony hospital, is now on the road to recovery. When the Injured man was refused admittance to the hospital the local physicians had no hope for his recovery, but they decided to do all in their power to prolong life. Finally they decided to replace the broken bone, and after four hounf work they succeeded in doing so.