Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 158, 14 April 1910 — Page 1

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UtHllot Ur lHt PTIIFUL SLAYER Fcthtr ' of Charles Revalee States That the. Lad When ; two Years of Age Had His i SkuH Fractured. C"IEF GORMON THINKS THE SLAYER IS SANE D h n CvXminMi Pn '. Kct'ncmsrritr if He" Found Defect VVhcn He Examined ft Youth. ' Willthe alleged fact that Charles Rafvelae, when but two years of age. fail and sllxhtlv fractured his skull, be used in defending him of responsibility f?r. the murder of Mm. Frank Alllsoar !l'-.'l-t'v'i'':ii'"";ij"-J'" . 'v Thoca ' Revalee, . father ot -the youthful cjurderer, this afternoon Stat4 that hit son had met with such an aeetlent. and ft to believed that becansefoc this IbJiut he was, last month rcrl r-l?rrut 97? the Pennsylvatirt ill aot If BO' Bad dtaortrat Cat the 'jrstag man. had ,a fibitaa ttsn. II explained tht t had ewurad nearly two hundred arteante brt mouth and that It waa lapossit! tor him to remember the pecuUfas of every one of them. He aaU cisrhe remeaabered thatiie found tz.tK3 applicants had ikull fracture o. iarmlttes.. He also stated that 3 hi examination papera had been eat to Twedov Ohio. ..:-';' Baals of a Defense. . If If can be substantiated that the young man has a fractured skull It Is probable that an effort will be made to prove that Revalee Is of unsound mind and not mentally responsible for hta brutal crime. This is about the on ly defense the young man has . and, probably, the only thins; that can eave him from the gallows or Imprisonment for life. rChtof Gormen states that the young ' man Appeared to be of sound; mind mmA ' am wit -fa m mfvmfta IiaIIava ttiot ' fee la! Insane as- a result of the alleged injury to his, head. Other people who saw the young man today also share ' the opinion of Revalee's captor. Revaise. himself, said that, his skull had been fractured but did not know Whether this was the reason he had been refused employment He said thathis head hurt occasionally. SflK-JBE- FEIICE Ebvtnth District -Today C:p Ccvtrid33 and Tcr- ' . ' Ill Are Indorsed. ' AHI TitHEE CANDIDATES ' - (Palladium' Special) XUioa. Ind., : April -.14. The resoluUttM ot the ISkrrmth District congresstcal conrenC in session at Marion tay, indorsed Fresident Tatt-for his position on all public quesUons; inCursed the PayaesAldrich - tariff bill ..and Indorsed Senator Beve'rldge for his record in congresa and ' pledged him their solid support la the present cam- - i.le contention opened at 11 o'clock t.2l five candidates In the field. Geo. W. 'Funk, of Oass county, waa, made .permanent chairman. At three o'clock tt)t afternoon the conrention was still Looting of three candidates. A DOUDLE TRAGEDY

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Boarded on Richmond avenue. 1 worked at the Hooeier DrKf works; then Gaar Scott and Company; then Fanny Cramers near Doddridfai Chapel; ,, then the Chandelier Works In Richmond; 'then for Snyder,, the contractor; and then one month with Uncle Jim Dolan, south of MUtonjthen at Frank-Allison's. . I waa there suntll January, 1910 -Thn leawe teJtlchmond and boarded at the Brunswick hotel and worked fat? the" Wyne Works and tne 8tarr Wano company. '' On the morning of April 5, 1910, I made up my. mind Jtovoo. to the Al . lisons and rob the house, as I wanted money.. I left RfJimond about ,1 p. m. fan walked to Cambridae City. I want to WestdTJfth street, then on the i railroad through Centerville on westast wherpithe Italians were, working, then on to Cambridge. I got to Cambridge about dark. At - the concrete bridge I went "down the creek bottom anCLciwased under the bridge land followed around to the Allison barn. tl;otln the hay mow ' and covered up In the hay. I did not see anyone exe-ptt-a man, who was on horseback' In the Lackey field driving cattle. i-afayed In the barn. all f nightJ' TMrevwai aJllght-at.the Allisons. ; Theyjifl: not gone to bed, so v l thought I would stay all night in the barn and when the men left In the morning I would rob the house.- , , " L-2W.. .... The next morning I heard Allison . come f,to-kthe ,, barn. He , did the V milking and then 1 4ieard George Du Boise feeding-the stock and cleaning : the stable. Allison called to DuBolsevthat;breakjfastfwas ready, and, they ; wept to breakfast. - After breakfast they tpok their horses and went to the 'fleld?fc I took-a nap and "then got 'down; and ; wejiCto ' the house. I jwent i In the" aide door. by. the , pump on the south side of the house., I knocked on the door. -She (Mrs.' Allison) came to thefdoor. - She said she wasnt i expecting to, see me there at that time in :the; morning. J think it was ; between 9. and 10,o'clock. ; v y" ;"-, ' I saw the boys go to school and It was 'about one hour after' they ; went that I went to the house. I said, "I am lad to see you. i asked how many chickens they were raising. Thiswaa after I went. In and It was In the kitchen. ! Shersald to comeUn.the other ,? room aa she was sweeping In there. We went in the other y room. , I asked her how they liked the new, hand. 8he said she gueesed he was alright. I asked If he

waa better about getting up tmWvl was-She aald 'yes ,, he was good in '"getting up.' '.Shei was talking about Edna sPitte. , She said she would be v there next Sunday. ; I told her I would try and come over if she thought I shewould be there. - She said aha would-be - glad -to have . me come. I ' asked her about my boat.' She aaid it.was all right and the bays used it once in awhile. She went out at the door I came in. v I then went to the . bureau drawer and got a pocket book which had $S.40 and a watch in it. The watch la now at my room at the Brunswick hotel. ....; frThen she came In on me.- I started to get away and she started to hold i me. She hit me .with a stove poker. - I picked up a stick of wood and hit her in the back, I think. Three times I think was all I hit her, ' once after she was down. All she said was "Oh!" This happened in the kitchen. ' . I saw then what I had done and then I went outside and got the coal , , oil can and poured oil over her, and then I fired the oil with a match. I got the 'match in the kitchen. I went out then. My object was to burn everything. in border to hide the crime.' s I then went out of the gate between the garden and the pigpen, then ; across the hog pasture, then to the left to the creek, then followed the creek west to the Jefferson road. Then ' I came back along - the railroad ; ' to Cambridge. A passenger train passed me going Into Cambridge The first persons I saw were men working on the raitroacr construction. vThe . next person 1 saw waa Mr. Wilson at the ' railroad crossing. - He is the flagman. He was talking to tome other men. Two of them 1 did not ' 'V know who they were. I then went to my uncle ? David Hinebaugh's. talked to aunt and lincle a little. My cousin about six years old, waa ... there-and asked ime to stay, for dinner.. I told .them. that I would go-. on home as I wanted to see about some. work."" I then- went to the interurban station. Just then Mr. Gipe came from 'Milton on the car. John Graveathas just come out of a barn and Gipe aaid that Allison's house was on fire. ? I did not say anything. 1 went to the station and 'asked what time S l V could get a car. John Graves said jt would be here, in a few minutes. t- got a sandwich and started to -get a piece of pie and then the car came. I then got on and came to Richmond. I got to Richmond 'about 12 or 12:30. I then got my dinner at the Brunswick hotel. After dinner I went to Dan Gates cigar store and they were talking about the murder. I told them that I used to work for Allison. " I went back to the hotel and dressed up - with , different -, clothes ' and then came back to Hiatt'e barber shop on Sixth street, then to the cigar : store, t Soon after that Mr. Loven told me Mr. Gormon, chief of police, wanted to see me and came to Mr. Gorfon'a office with me. I related to Mr. Gormon that I had worked for Mr. Allison a year and a half. : He ask ed me If I had had any trouble with Mr. or Mrs. Allison. 1 told him that I had had no trouble and that they were nice people. He asked me tf I ' had any idea how the crime was committed and what would be mar Idea. I told htm I did not know. He questioned me about one hour. He asked me when I had been tat Allison's. I told him t hadn't been there since 1 left. This statement Is made to Mr. Gormon by: my own free will and I " think it bettor that I tell the truth. -1 am sorry that ft happened. Signed, CHARLES A." REVALEE, at 2 A. M. , Witnesses Scott (. Winter, Frank Remmert and I. A. Gormen. , .

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People Left Work to Crowd on Streets When Slayer's Arrest Was Learned. MOB VIOLENCE TALKED OF 8HERIFF TELEPHONES THAT THE MURDERER IS WELL, GUARDED AND THAT LYNCHING ATTEMPT WOULD BE USELESS. (Staff Correspondent.) ' . Cambridge City. Ind., -April 14.' At 8:45 o'clock this morning, one of the Richmond telephone operators notified Cambridge City, that Charles Aljoe Revalee, of , Richmond, until about three months ago an employe of the Allisons, had confessed to the . murder of Mrs. Frank Allison,, at her home, one mile south of this -place, stating that he had committed the crime, to protect himself from 'exposure of robbery. ( , . ' The ' neTrt spread like- wild fire all over Cambridge . "01; and lass, left their work to congregate ' at various places, on . Main., street Threats of lynching were made bat the hot-heads were: Quieted by. tiiecalmer spirits, who? advised that Jaatice, In this case, would be swift and flertain. ).'.- Caltid

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malned Ju tbe i. ru cay, mowing with the crowds, and. speaking of the strength -and' fustic of the law. Sheriff .Meredith atom gfiSfed up. Cambridge City and; jpetlned the people that the ; murderer , was closely . con fined and guarded' well, and that, if necessary, extra precautions would be taken to ; protect him from possible mob violence. - That the mob . spirit was . dominant was evident and no doubt an attempt at lynching would have been made, had Revalee's arrest been made in or near this city." The interurban . and railroad officials were notified to re fuse transportation to any great num ber, if there was any question In the minds -of the train officials , as to whether the crowd Intended to attack the county jail. , Revalee was well known In and around this city.-. He was regarded as a young man of good character and at no time, had he' been suspicioned for the crime. He worked for Allison about one year.,; He was bora at Milton and when a small boy. his mother died and - he went to. live with his uncle, James 'Revalee. -who at that time lived north of East Germantown His cousin, Edward Revalee, who is employed at a local , casket factory, said that Ais cousin had never showed eigns of melancholia or Insanity. He said that he , had . always been well supplied with money. He said that his cousin was not engaged to be married. He said that: the ' last time he saw his cousin waa last Sunday, when he was in 'Cambridge. City. A BUILDIUG FALLS . ; (American : Kews Service New Orleans, Apr!, 14. A twelve year old boy was killed, five persons seriously hurt and : fifteen others bruised when a builSing at the corner' of Rampart ami . South Canal street collapsed thia .morning. Thousands of 4 merrymakei were thrown -Into ,;t-i panics but? w-HShriners ' were hurt.' ' HAPPY RIOT TODAY i - (American - News Scrrfc) - f New Orleans, April 14. With masked ! faces and & wearina; arotesque costumes, thousands of .Mystic. Shriners and a large portion of the population oft New Orleams.i maintained a con tin oons, ' but happy - riot? throughout the day. The loaaense focmal dances will be given vtoKht, preceded - by the Mardl Orise parade 4S - unsurpassed brilliancy ausd gorgeonsaese. THEIVEATUETL STATE Showers tonight 3end Friday. Warmer teniotit. : Colder Friday. LOCAL Showers and thunder storm ' tonight and Friday. Cooler Fri- - . y. ,: - .....

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Youthful Murderer of Mrs. Ah , lisonAlsoan Inveterate" Cigcrette Smoker. ; HE TALKS TO REPORTER Attributing his downfall to the reading of dime and nickel novels and other cheap literature, Charles Revalee, the self confessed murderer of Mrs. Frank , Allison, when Inter viewed, in the city jail this morning stated that , he conceived bis idea of burning the house, after he had 'murd ered the woman, from a novel .which he had read .recently, in which such method waa resorted to, for the purpose of covering upv-a crime. The youthful murdem; stated that besides being aa inveterate dgarttte smoker he was also novel fiend' ad. read, saany "Raed Dtcks and jfihk CarterV sw he could get his hands prior to ie murCftr. ( ? w. . I , V Lamt Usan 1111 Si t "I didnt intend to murder Mr Allison,' Revalee explained, to a report er. ,l -went there to rob the because I was dead broke and needed the mcgey;::rl had not eveh the slightest suspicion of doing her any injury until, she caught me taking the pocket book vfrom the ' bureau drawer and struck;' me over - the head' 'with : the stove poker.?. I became furiously mad, for the blowf was a stinging one and, picking up a stick of wood with a heavy knot on it. I struck her over the head three times, knocking her senseless.". I then poured coal oil over the floor and' applied a match thinking that in this way -1 could cover up the crime." , Revalee then stated - that, he didn't realize that he had killed the woman or realize with what force he had de livered the blows. He said that he only meant to stun Mrs. Allison, as she was preventing him from carrying out his purpose of robbery, "why I had no idea of killing her," he said. I must have been temporarily. In sane, 7 he continued. "I can t account for it in any other way. ' I never was In trouble before in my life and never harmed a kitten." Feels Much Relieved. The youthful murderer explained that he felt as if a huge weight had been lifted ' from off his neck, since he had made his confession. He de clared that for the past week ' the crime had been haunting him day and night and the fear that some one else would suffer for the .terrible deed, hung over his head like an evil omen and prevented him from getting any rest. He stated that he " could not sleep at night . and ate .very little since the murder had occurred. "I was under an awful nervous strain," the boy murderer said." It was terrible. I'm glad I confessed for I feel mnch better now." Hundreds See Lad. - Shunning the , glances of hundreds of curious persona who were admitted to the jail -this morning for just one short glimpse of the youna; murderer, Revalee sat during the greater portion of the morning , with his back , to the crowd,': earnestly - engaged In reading an. "extra", giving an account of . his arrest .and " complete confession. The youth looks anything but the part of a criminal. - Well dressed and clean shaven, . his boyish appearance is that of a young college student rather than that of a murderer. He appears to be. well ; educated and I his pleasant and congenial, manner makes . the thought that he was the perpetrator of the brutal crime all the more repulsive -and scarcely comprehendable. Everyone who visited the jail this morning remarked on the youthfulnesa of the boy . and his general neat aad attractive appearance. It i scarcely believable that he could be guilty of so daring and dastardly a crime which' rivals that of the early pioneer .days when the ran rampant in this section of the country. ' committing' just- such murders as that to which Revalee confessed.

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Murdered Woman HER WMCII A PflOOF Time Piece Belonging to VlnL Al'Json Pcund in $!ay-. ? .r YCUTH Asked If he deln " C ' Revalee this mornlngKi" :lX " ' did' not want him to be sent fr.r has engaged no attorney and decti that he is going to throw;, himself entirely on the mercy of the court o4o with him as -may be-' seen fit. He said that he thought that he realised the seriousness of his crime now, and was sorry that it happened. " . . ' ' : Ther police .cannot . understand the boy,- " Chief of Police Gormon stated that vthe. youth possessed the most remarkable nerve he had ever witnessed in a criminal. At no time,' did he break down, and cry on being questioned, as one would naturally suppose a boy of his age would do, and at no .time did, his voice -exhibit the . slightest trace of -. emotion ' while, recounting with thrilling and intense' interest the most vivid and minute details of the grewsome tragedy. . Step by atep he .reviewed, the story, of the crime, eager ly entering into every detail of the affair., , . , ; V ' Suspected from First. Chief of Police Gormon? stated this morning that he had suspected Revalee from the first. He'deciared that on the afternoon of the murder at about 2 o'clock, he had Revalee in the office at police headquarters and talked to him for about an hour. Revalee, at that time, the same as, when first arrested, stated that he was in Connersville at the, time of the murder. Mr. Gormon stated, however that he has been working . on the , case from the first with the view that Revalee committed the crime. -. Mr. Gormon. learned from George Loven and John Rolling, in Dan Gates's cigar store, that V Revalee told them that he was formerly employed by Frank Allison, Since then Mr. Gormon - has been running down clues, and hie obtained sufficient information, to justify Revalee's arrest last nighL . A confession followed with, little trouble. 2A . . , Locates Woman's Watch. , vln his confession ' Revalee told Mr. Gormon ; where to- find Mrs. Allison's gold watch, which he had stolen. He said that, it , was in his clothes in the wardrobe in : his room, at' the Bruns wick hoteL The place was visited and the clothes were brought to headquarters. A thorough search failed to reveal the ' watch and Mr. Oormon threw te trousers . on the floor. . In doing so t Mr.1 Gormon heard a noise like .metal striking the wooden floor and picking up the trousers again discovered the ' watch firmly : sewed up in the ' lining. Mrs. Allison's full name "Christina Allison" was inscribed In - the case. This - fact removes all doubt that may have arisen concerning the truth, of Revalee's story, t The ; authoritiea believe . that Revalee haa withheld aothing and told a straightforward story, from start to finigh- - - - . Father Sees His Son. ' ; The - yoting -murderer's father appeared at police headquarters this af(Continued -on Pac Seven.)

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When Arrested Last Evcr.3,i Revalse Calmly Tc.'dGcTi i mon Hb Stcry, . - ' HE GOSSIPED TCU:i Cool and composed and V I the slightest tremor of.emc. la kl ' voice, aa he rehearsed the giewsome ' detailaof the most horrible crime that was; ever perpetrated . la Wyde county, Charles Revalee, the youthful carderer, arrested last nfcrht fcy Chief tf ' Police Gormon, freely and ready ctri-. t ed a written cohf etxin early . C-U mornlny, t which fci tiriUia tU25 the tc- rct tin. rriz 'ACa. Apr J- i-ip re.......; C: nesa ci tie crime, tie c!z:t:n-rerr-cll slayer of the wotzrs, tCU U tti c: in toe city jaiLer'T r3 c to talk cf his et - i r t BerakTji rr'. litsZ plete. - t&r -ytthe Jirusr: . ,c . -- under tU u at fafm ty came hopelearty 9mtZzztX " tz.2 rr-J-fsing that he was taTJrj esrzZ.' j toriea, broke down wi a eocr:;i -ion, after about aa Hkj'ic: -y Hia tsotive. -.r-- ' mpilvia ; '.fothery was tl X stated ttit. lie w'asvxL prior to the money, jewelry were kept at the AllisiM. mined to visit the place for of robbing the house. 1 He states . he as employed at the Allison fat. for about a year: and a half, until last January,- and was familiar with the,, customs and habits oIthe family. . ' Concealing himself ia.the hay mow in the barn at - the Allison farm. Revalee says that, be spent the night of Tuesday, April 5, in that place. - The n Avr mAsn t nv Via mi m 4 asu lial wsrssf tam. UI Mr. Allison, and George DuBotse had gone to the field and the children had gone to school before he came down from his biding place. He related the, conversation Which 'passed between himself and Mrs.' Allison.. after he had been admitted to the house, when Mrs. Allison ' left the room for a moment he states, he opened a turean drawer where he ' knew . money uiu "iuiuvki una : upv aura, hum . out - a pocket - book. Mrs. AlUaon re- ' m. m M m m w Mmi m mm mmm m mm mm mmm- mmn-m m mm motive struck him over the head a stove poker. Revalee. then sclzsi a stick , of wood and struck the wooan over the head knocking her flat. ISa : then fired the house to cover up Lis crime, after pouring coal oil on the. woman's clotbes. He Talked Tee Much. . - Perhaps it waa Revalee's brassing boast ' to friends In TJan Clmtatt rirr; store near Fifth and Main street shortly after the murder, that he had formerly worked for; Frank Allison that led to his arrest. The young man would enter Into discussions about the murder at the dgar store and with conl and nln -. hantfon ttwm - ft hi : views In regard to the matter and ad-, vance hla theory along with the rest as to whom - the; guilty party might; be. Not for a moment did his friends' believe that this mere boy, not yet out of his 'teene, who sat in their midst,' waa the nernetrator -of taw brutal murder. ' There was not a suspicion utmost innocence, could be the ' per- -petrator of the dasterdly crime. Cven after Revalee had stated that beformerly worked - for Allison, the '- uwiiiiu uiafc mmv try wmiiwwi with the murder; was fartherest from their binds. - - - OOOEOS: TIIEf.1 TRIED , C American Kews ServSee) Xnrington, Ky, April 14-jdb. Cochrane, of the United States essni today ovexTulsd n demurrer to tba indkments" and twelve tobacco saen charged wth nUat riding in OSJo and -Kentucky vers ordered to trzL '

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