Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1911 — HERTZINGER IS NOT GUILTY [ARTICLE]

HERTZINGER IS NOT GUILTY

Witnesses Testify that Victim of Man On Trial Struck First Blow. Anderson, Ind., Oct. 6—A jury in the circuit court, after four hours’ deliberation, found Henry Hertzinger not guilty of murdering Frank Eales on the night of July 29 Mrs. Emma Cassiday and Mrs. Lizzie Pickett, who, besides Hertzinger, were the only eyewitnesses to the tragedy, both testified that Eales first struck Hertzinger with a posthole digger and that the latter fired only to protect his own life. Prosecutor Shuman made an heroic effort to break down the testimony of the two women, but was unable to do so. Their testimony coincided with the testimony given by the defendant