Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1873 — Mrs. J. C. Workman Indicted. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. J. C. Workman Indicted.

A Peoria, HL, dispatch says the Grand Jury of Woodford county have found a bill against Mrs. Workman, wife of the Rev. J. C. Workman, for killing Mrs. Hedges, near Eureka,. Illinois, last Spring. A former Grand Jury, it will be remembered, failed to her. — Mr. Workniaa-4iiwl his wife, immediately after the tragedy, removed to Lafayette, and have been living Quietly on the west side of the fiver.f jt j’jcertainly very remarkable that a indicted for murder should receive 1. 1,c fi rst intimation of the fact through anybody save an officer of she l/w- Oar reporter interviewed Sir. \Fprkman to-day. He found him in a buggy with his son riding to the depot. Question —Have you the Peoria telegram announcing e * ln ' dictment of your wife? Answer —I have not; but I had a letter last week intimating that certain parties who, for reasons best known to themselves, want to conceal the real culprits and are pushing the persecution of my wife, would make another effort to get an indictmenfryagainsfcher. Question —Have they any new evidence? Answer —None. I have a copy of all the evidence before the Ooroner’s Jury and the Grand Jury. The best lawyers in Lafayette have read it carefully and say there is nothing in it —no case. Question —Will you go without a writ? . - Answer—Certainly, and at once. We go tomorrow. We shall face the music. I wrote last as soon as I heard of this last indictment, that we w’ould come. Question —To whom did you Write? Answer—To the Prosecuting Attorney. I told him he need not send a writ. We would come without delay. Question—Did he respond u to your letter? Answer—Not yet; but we shall start to-morrow and look this thing square in the face. Question—Do you wish to publish anything about the tragedy and its cause? Answer—Not yet; my time has not come. I shall have something to say ere long, and mark me (with some excitement), some people who were so swift to swear before the Coroner’s Jury, so swift to strike a man when he is down, may have a chance to learn an honest trade and do the State some service. Question—Will you get an immediate trial? 8 Answer—Doubtful. Our leading counsel Mr. Bqms, has been elected Circuit Judge, and as he cannot try the case we will have to take a

chance of venae. We start tomorrow. We bide our time. they hav6' done their worst, we may get a fair hearing at the bar of public opinion. Meanwhile We stand together. If an indictment is returned and is not bailable, I shall go to jail with my wife, and abide the issue. I believe her guiltless—-I know it. My life is blasted; I realize this; I may have deserved it; I ask nothing for myself, dut demand everything for her. —Lafayette Courier, 13th.