Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — MURDER TRIAL AT LAFAYETTE [ARTICLE]

MURDER TRIAL AT LAFAYETTE

State, Weaves Strong Evidence Web Around Ac cused’ Tailor. Despite the fact that William Troschier avows he is innocent of the murder of Charles Harris on the morning of July 31, Roy ('. Street and Guilford Hennegar, attorneys for the state of Indiana, are weaving about the defendant what is considered by experienced court attaches tlid strongest chain of circumstantial evidence that a defendant. has been compelled to face in the Tippecanoe county courts, in years. Regardless of the, fact that witness after'—witness has testified to circumstances that tend to point to his guilt, Troschier maintains his remarkable composure and nothing that is said or done seems to shake him. On the other hand, a stranger in the court room would take Troschier to be an attorney in the case, so active is he in directing his defense. His eyes are constantly on the witness and no word uttered escapes his keen ears. Many of the most, complexing questions asked by Messrs. West and Simms, liis attorneys,' are coined by the defendant. Those who have watched Troschier sinre the trial began and since he was arrested charged with the have been unable to penetrate his trend of thought or per-sonality.—-Lafayette Journal.