Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1889 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN Thursday, December 19, 1889.

DIEECTOET COURT? OTTXCSB* Qafk . ... JiMMF .I*wiy. Sheriff ,Phillip Blue. Editor GeorgeM. Robinson Tteaanrer I B. Washburn Recorder Jamis F. Antrim. Surveyor Jamis C. Thrawls Cotoner B. P. Benjamin. Snperlutendent Public Schools.. J. F .Warren (IstDistrict.. P. M.Quirky. Commissioners {2d District .. .J F. Watson. T we. September and December CORPORATION OFFICERS : arshal Abraham Simpson •lerk Fred L. chilcote. Treasurer ..t. : C.C. Stair - . (Ist Ward N. W. Reeve. | 2d Ward ... Hiram Day. Councllmen {3d Warn Hugh W Porter I *thWard Simon Phillips 16th Ward.. Emmet Kannal JUDICIAL Circuit Judge Peter H. Ward. Prosecuting Attorneyß. W r MARSH A LI,. Terms oj Court —First Monday in January; Third Monday in March; First Monday in dune; Third Monday in October. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OFEDUCATION Jesse Gwin. Trustee. Han gi ng Groseip, James R. Guild,TrusteeGillam tp. FredS .Meiser. Trustee. Walker tp. J. F .Iliff, Trustee... ;■. .... Bark icy ♦P• Win. Greenfield, TrusteeMari.iji tp. J. A.McFarland, Trustee..... Jordan tp. Jackson Freeland .Trustee. . .Newton tp. J. F. Bruner, Trustee Keener tp. Edward Biggs. Trustee Kankakee, tp. L. P.Snirer, Trustee...Wheatfield tp. Win O. Roadifer, Trustee...Carpentertp. Hezekiah Kesler, Trustee ..Milroy tp. Wm. Cooper, Trustee .... Union tpW, H. Geover Remington. M. E.JSpitlerßensselaer. Frank J . Warren County Supt.

The great Cronin trial has ended in the sentencing of three of the parties, O’Sullivan, Coughlin and Burke to imprisonment for life, one of them, Kunze, to three years’ imprisonment and in the acquittal of Beggs. To a great many, perhaps the majority of people, this sentence will appear too lenient; but so far as the three who have life sentences, at least, TheßepubLlCan is disposed to regard the penalty as sufficient. It is true that the murder of Cronin was a most atrocious and cold-blooded butchery, but at the same time we are disposed to believe that these men who have been on trial, although they actually committed the murder, are uot the most guilty parties to the crime. They were, in a greater or less degree, the dupes and tools of abler men, and were probably led by the designing chiefs of the triangle to really believe that Cronin was a British spy and a traitor to the Irish cause, whose death would be a service to Ireland. Of course such a belief upon their part would not by any means be a justification of their crime, but it may, at least, be considered an extenuating circumstance,’ in a very limited .. degree. '

The result of the Remley trial at Monticello, adds oue more to the countless instances of the failure of justice through the illogical practice of requiring a unanimous „ juiy., .in.Qidei\.to.fipd. <r a.ye,edict, and of th e unreasonable and j usticedefeating nature of the rules of evidence and court practice. Here was a case where a man, highly esteemed by all of his neighbors whose good opinions were worth having, an industrious, peacable and moral man, and a man of whom none could be found to express an unfavorable opinion of, but whose misfortune it was to live in close proximity to, and to become involved in a quarrel with three men, whose standing in the community is, apparently, in all respects, the reverse of what the other’s was.

The three men have repeatedly threatened dreadful violence and even death to the one man, and he, through repeated warnings of his friends, adopts the, to him, unfamiliar practice of carrying a weapon to defend his life. The man goes out on the public highway, towards the close of the day, for a legitimate purpose. He sees his three enemies in or near the road which he thought to pass, and takes a different route to avoid them. They see the man and knowing which way he is likely to return to his home, they lay in wait and intercept him. Two of them meet him first and make as though they would seize his horse. Knowing as he does of their malignity towards him, the man shows his revolver, commands them to let him alone, and he then rides by, trying to go home in

peace. A little further on the third of his three enemies rushes out upon him, with a drawn revolver, and with threats of death in words and acts. The man whose life is thus put in deadly and wanton peril, does what any man should do under like circumstances, and defends himself as best be can, but he is wounded in the encounter thus forced upon him, and is twice wounded as he tries to get away from the place. Wounded so greviously that he escapes death only by a hair’s breadth. The man who thus attempts and barely fails of a wilful murder, is put on trial; all the facts are clearly proven, by unshaken evidence, while what poor evidence there is upon the side of the accused man, is given by his two near relatives who are implicated in the crime and whose evidence is refuted by all the circumstances and utterly descredited by the sworn o pin ions of all their near neighbors whom the court would peimit to testify on that point; while not a single man is put upon the witness stand to say that he thinks them worthy of belief. The case is given to the jury and at first nearly all of them are in favor of vindicating outraged justice, but two or three of their number have their minds irrevocably fixed upon an acquittal of the prisoner, and their resolution finally prevails against the others’ sense of justice, and the verdict is not guilty. Such verdicts are a travesty upon justice and thri direct cause of a very large proportion of the crimes committed in this country to-day.

How the Books Don't Sell.

The township trustees have all made their first quarterly report to the County Superintendent in regard to the number of the new Indiana series of text books, received and sold by them. The report shows that, so far, a very small number of the books have gone into use in this county. The total number of books of all kinds, sold in the entire county, exclusive of the writing books, is only 183, and the money realized upon them, and turned over to the Superintendent is M 4-70. The total number of the books received in the county is 6160, and their value, at selling prices, $2,267.70. Less than two per cent, of the books ordered and received by the trustees have been sold. The townships in which the largest numbers of the hooks have been sold, are Carpenter 51, Jordan 33, Union 30. Of the 51 books sold in Carpenter, it may be stated that not more than two or three are in use in the schools of this county, but were sold to residents of White county, where the County Board of Education has enforced their general use. Rensselaer, Remington and Wheatfield report no books sold, at all, while Hanging Grove has sold only one, a first reader. trustee of Marion has sold five, but they were all bought by a resident of Rose Lawn, in Newton county. The writing books, supplied under the law, are taking better, as 676 have been sold, at a total amount of $33.80.

The Patriots' League of Benton County.

An organization bearing the name given in the above title, is being organized in Benton county. Its meetings are to be held quarterly and its first regular meeting to be on ths first Saturday in January. The organization is to consist qf one league in each township, with an advisory council of one member from each township league. Any person 18 years old and not a non-compis nor a deadbeat, is eligible to membership. * Their basis of action is put forth in the following principles: We believe in the divine right of each person to the full value of all the wealth he produces and therefore advocate: 1. Legislation against all monopolies, pools and trusts. 2. A graduated income tax, and its co-rdative, a graduated land tax. 3. Abolition of foreign ownership of our soil. 4. The government to resume its soveieign right to issue and control the volume of currency. 5. Government ownership of telephones, telegraphs and railroads.

Farm For Bent. Eighty acre farm, on the Francesville Prairie, well improved. Cash rent. Call on or address A. D. Scott, lip. Fair Oaks, Ind. Johnny smoke the Mascot

A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

AWMte County Jury Acmite the Man Who Tried to Murder Simeon Dowell. bn Sunday afternoon the astonishing news was received that a White county jury had accquitted Samuel Remley far his attempt upon the life of Simeon Dowell. The case came up for trial at Monticello, whither it had been sent from this county On change of venue, last Wednesday afternoon. The old man Remley and his two sons, John and William were jointly indicted but the defense elected to try them separately, and the state elected to try the old man first. The following summary of the evidence in the case is impartial and we believe covers all material points. On the evening of June 7th, last, Dowell mounted his stallion and started out from his house to exercise the animal. After proceeding a short distance he saw the three Remleys, who were neighbors of his, in or near the road, south from him, and he accordingly rode north, to avoid meeting them. He rode some distance and then turned, to return home. When a little more than a quarter of a mile from his house he encountered the two Remley sons in the road, where they had evidently placed themselves to way-lay Dowell. The latter essaycd to ride by, but the Remleys stood on each side of his horse. There is a conflict of evidence as to just what cocured here. Dowell testified that that John Remley tried to seize his horse and that he raised a revolver and said, “if you touch the horse you are a dead man.”. The Remleys swear that they did not offer to seize the. horse, but only said, “Hold on we want to talk with you a minute.” The young men then stood back, and Dowell rode on. A little further on, the Remleys say at least a 100 feet, Samuel Remley, the father, and the defendant in the case, came swiftly into the roid and intercepted Dowell. Dowell swears that Remley came with ~a~pointect revolver in his hand, which he thrust towards Dowell’s face, with the remark: “You d—d niggardly s-n of a b h now I’ve got you . and I’ll kill you.” Dowell then raised his revolver, which be had carried in his hand, but by his side and not in the sight of the old man, and both ' men began firing at , very close range, but Dowell thinks he fired the first shot. Dowell fired i three shots, all of which struck Rem-1 ley in his hand and arm. Remley fired six times. Three shots struck Dowell. One shot struck him in the shoulder, one in the middle of the back, and one in the thick of his thigh. One shot hit his clothes, one struck his horse, and the other missed entirely. Dowell although badly wounded, kept upon his horse until he reached his house. Dowell swears that Remley came towards him, at this occasion, with his revolver in his hand and extended towards Dowell. The Remley boys swore that their father’s revolver was in his pocket until after Dowell raised his. As to what Remley said to Dowell, the sons claim that they were too far away to hear. As to the positions of the two men during the firing, Dowell says that several of Remley’s shot were fired after Dowell quit firing and was trying to ride away, and that at the last shoLbyHtendey, Dowell was quite a. distance aSftty. The . Remley boys ,SJWire.it was. all doiie at close range... Dowell’s testimony on this point was fully corroborated by the testimony of Mr. Zook and wife who witnessed the shooting from their house, fifty rods distant. They both swore that Remley’s last bullets were tired at Dowell from behind him and after he was quite a distance away. After the shooting the Remleys went to the house of the old man’s son-in-law, Cyril Steele, where they remained until morning. Henry Steele, brother of Cyril, swore that Remley told him about the shooting. Said that he came to the place to protect his sons. He admitted that he had called Dowell a “niggardly s— of a b—” and said that now he had got him, but did not say that he had said he would kill Dowell. Said that he fired in self-defense. Cyril Steele and his wife testified that they did not hear Remley give this story of the shooting. Willis McColly, of Rensselaer, talked with Remley the day after the shooting. To him Remley admitted having called Dowell the niggardly &c., and saying that now he had got him. But to McColly, also, Remley insisted that he did not draw his gun first. The testimony of Ben McColly, constable of Union township, was material as to the position of Dowell when he was hit the last time, which was in the thigh. Remley was beside and to the right of Dowell when he began firing, but when he ceased he was behind, and a little to the left. McColly saw Remley in jail, a day or two after the shooting, and Remley told Ben of having made the same insulting and threatening remark, as he told to Willis McColly and Henry Steele. Remley also asked Ben if his, (Remley’s) last shot had not struck Dowell in the . Ben said not quite, but pretty near it Remley said "I thought so," and then went on to tell Ben that he aimed the last

shot at Dowell’s shoulders and exj pected “to get him,” but just as he fired Dowell’s cavorting horse made a liound which raised Dowell high out of the saddle and the bulletstruck much lower than Reinley had aimed. The shooting took place at a point quite a distance from where Dowell had seen the Remleys when he started out to exercise his stallion, and the state held that they had gone to the place knowing that Dowell must pass that way in returning home, and that they went there for the purpose of way-laying him. The Remley boys swore, however, that they I went there to see if their corn did not need replanting and to look after some Canada sorrel. The state proved, in answer to this excuse, that the Remley farm was then rented to another party and that they had nothing to do with the raising of the crop. The state offered to prove that the I Remleys had previously made many ) threats against Dowell, but the court J ruled to exclude all evidence on that I point except as to things that had ! been said within two weeks previous to the shooting. Samuel Hersliman, a most reputable Anan, by-lhe-'way, as indeed we re aII the witnesses for the state, testified ; that less than a week previous to the shooting, he had ridden home from ! Blackford with Samuel Remley, the defendant, and that Remley had i talked much about his troubles with : Dowell and said that he “would put Dowell out of the way, in less than ; two weeks, and that he had the thing ■ in his pocket to do it with.” I Jas. H. Payne testified that Remley said to him, a few days before the ■ shooting, that in less than two weeks , his, (Remley’s,) two sons would give Dowell “the damndest beating a man ever got.” The defense did not at- , tempt to contradict, impeach or i explain the evidence of either of the above mentioned witnesses, in any way, nor of any other witnesses for the state, except Dowell. The state offered to prove by Joel F. Spriggs, that one month and 5 days previous to the shooting, RemIcy threatened to kill Dowell, but this was excluded. The state had about 50 witnesses present whereby to impeach the testimony of John and William Rem--1 ley, but the court would permit only 15 to be sworn on that point. Of these 15, there were 14 who swore . that they were aequaited with John’s i general reputation for truth, veracity and morality and that it was bad. I Thirteen of them testified the same iin regard to William. One of the 15. answered that he did not know their reputation. . ■ John Ryan, now of Rensselaer, a most estimable young man, was one .of the 14 who testified to the bad i reputation of the young Remleys, j and be lived a near neighbor* to them : for 15 years. The other good men 1 who swore the same way were Squire : Joel Spriggs and his son, D. C. Prevo, ■ Logan Wood, Cornelius Shay,Squire Elias Marion, M. P. Comer, S. R. Nichols, J. L. Nichols. Jas. Comej.stL T. Iliff (township trustee.) George Daniels and Geo. Adair. The defense did not offer any testimony to con- ' trovert the opinions of these men, nor did they attempt to impeach the characters of any of the state’s witnesses. | There was no evidence showing; that Dowell had ever made any threats against the Remleys. He had been carrying a pistol for about two ; weekS"~Tt was proved, on the testimony of Squire Elias Marion and other undeniable evidence, that he had been informed of. the threats against his life, made by the Remleys. An attempt which had been made in this county and was repeated in ■ Monticello to create a political feel- ; ing by claiming that the Republicans were for Dowell and the democrats for Remley was effectually disposed of ] by the fact that several of the good i men who testified to the bad reputai tions of the young Remleys, were ' prominent Democrats. In regard to the plea of self-de-I sense, set up by the defense, the court, in one of its instructions, distinctly stated that even if Dowell did begin i the shooting, and if the jury did believe that Remley’s first shots were in self-defense, yet if he wounded Dowell after the latter had quit firing and ■ was trying to get away, then the jury ■ must bring in a verdict of guilty. The evidence of Dowell himself, of the two Zooks, the statements of Remley to Ben McColly and the position and nature of the wounds all proved conclusively tlht Dowell had ceased firing and was trying to get ' away when the last shots struck him; i and the only evidence contrary to this was that of the impeached Remley boys; but neither the evidence of the witnesses nor instructions of the court 4 upon this point appeared to have any weight with the jury. The case was given to them at noon, on Saturday and on Sunday morning they brought in a j verdict of not'guilty. As to the standing of the jury at first, they are said to have been ten for conviction and two for acquittal. Mr. Remley, the defendant, himself stated to an acquaintance in Rensselaer that the jury stood at first 8 for > conviction and 4 for acquittal. The attorneys in the case were ■ Messrs. E. P. Hammond and S. P.

Thompson for the defense and Prosecuting Attorneys Marshall of Rensselaer, and Ryan, of Delphi, for the state. THE AESTHETIC GARDEN CONCERT. PROGRAMME. Ins. Music - - Miss Mae Dale. Aesthetic Garden—Lum Turn Y'oung Man. Long Live Our Company—Full Cho. My Pretty Red Rose—Solo. Big Sunflower-Bass Solo. Music.' Lame, Tame Crane. Fawn Footed Nannie.—Lilly and Dahlia.—Duet. Buttercups and Daisies.—Sop. Solo. Ins. Music - Miss Mae Dale A Basket of Flowers. Music. Dear Little Pansy Blossom—Sop. Sol. Man in the Moon.—Bass Solo. Ten Little Flowers. Good Night To All.—Full Chorus.

WEDDING. On Thursday evening, Dec. 12, 1889, at the residence of T. F. Clark, Mr. Grant Hopkins was married to Miss Cora A. Clark, by Rev. Jackson F. Clark,.of MeAllister, Kansas. A number of relatives mid a few personal friends of the family were present. The attendants were F. M. Cissel and Ora Hopkins, Ed. Hopkins and Kittie Hyland. After thecftremony sup'per was served. The following is the list of presents and the donors: Set of (Usher, bi ide’s parents. "Linen table clotlT, groriih’s paroi ts. ; Glass fruit dish, Mrs. J). 6. Hopkins. Glass water set, S. A. Ilopkins and family, Set silver table spoons, F. W. Cissel. Parlor lamp, Geo. Qolyert and wife, Frankfort, Ind. 4 Set of silver tea spoons. Maud Clark. China fruit dish, S. I. Yates and wife. Liucn table cloth and dozen napkins, T. J. Mc- , Coy and wife. Pair linen towels, Hannah Hammond, Hamond, 111.1 Set pie plates, Mrs. Ada Yates. China spoon holder, -fohn Eger. Rose Jar, Taylor and Luella McCoy. Rocking chair, Jav W. Williamsand wife. Slipper perfume satchet. Kittie Hyland. Doz. linen napkins, Mr. Steel, Frankfort, Ind. Rocking chair, N. Hopkins and wife; A. Hopkins and wife; C-. Ilopkins and wife. Fancy Rug, Mrs. D. C. Ilopkins. Plush Photo album, Ed. Heath and wife, Templeton. Ind. 1 yrs sub. to Household, T. F. Drake. Bridal Boquet, (cut Howers) Geo. Colvert, Frankfort, Ind. Bed room set, matress and springs, Bride’s father. Pair Towels, Mrs. Caleb Hopkins.

Notice of I. 0. 0. F. Election. Notice is hereby given, that’on Thursday Evening, Dec. 26, 1889, at the Hall of Iroquois Lodge, No. 143, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Rensselaer, Ind., an election will be" held by said Lodge, to elect officers, and three trustees to act for said Lodge for the year commencing January 1, 1890. N. W. Reeve, Secy. Iroquois Lodge No. 143,1. O. O. F. Robert Elsmere. the minister whom God gavo the strength to pull away from thff old church, and establish The New Brotherhood of Christ died joung. while the church still lives. Had hetysed Milton’s Nerve and Lung Food,he might have lived tor years to enjoy his work. Ministers take warning keep your system up by using this syrup. Sample bottle free. 12-3 m. F. B. Meyer. Peoples’ Meat Market. The best of meat always on hand, ■at the following prices: Round and loin steaks, 3 lbs for 25 cents."* —'~- Forequarter steak, 4 pounds for 25 cents. Boiling meat, 3 and 5 cents per pound. Pork steak and ham, 3 pounds for 25 cents. Side pork, 6 cents per pound. Lard, 3 pounds for 25 cents. Give our meats a trial and you will find that we deserve a share of your patronage. Shop, on north side of Washington street, one door west of Fendig’s drug store. B. F. Thomas. For Sale or Trade. For sale or trade, for town or country property, either in Jasper or Newton {county, two farms of 160 acres each,in Nebraska. These are homestead farms, selected by actual settlers. They will make good homes and will be sold on easy terms,.or traded for property in Rensselaer or surrounding country, at fair value. Call and see or write to J. H. Willey, Rensselaer, Ind. Eoose’s Red clover Pile remedy is a positive specific for all forms of the disease. Blind, bleeding Itching, ulcerated and protruding Piles.—Price 50c. For sale by Long & Eger. Itch, cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. Sold by Long & Eger, druggists, Rensselaer. SufiTerlng Women Pains and weakness of females are always due to want of vital force. Milton’s Nerve and Lung Food supplies that force. It works a cure by building up the whole system. Sample bottle free. 12-Bm. F- B. Mkyab. Shiloh’s Vitalizer s what you need for consumption, loss of appetite, dizziness, and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle at Long & Eger’s. i

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