Bloomington Courier, Bloomington, Monroe County, 10 September 1895 — Page 1

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How Rests in The Hands of Twelve Hen. k Jury Impaneled in tne . Hiosbav Case. Friday as noon the last juryman in the murder case was accepted by both the state and defense. The men are representative citizens of Hendricks county, and will give the minister a fair and impartial trial. The instructions of the judge to the jury were very strict and it will be impossible for either side to tamper with them. , Attorney Spaan addressed the jury for the State. Among other things he said: "At 1 o'clock, the morning of the 10th of January, in the little town of Belleville, six miles south of this city, a most terrible murder was committed. It is the duty of the State to prove to you who did this murder. We think we can do so. The murderer was the prisoner at the bar. We think we can prove him guilty, not of manslaughter, but of murder in the first degree or second degree, as I have just read to you. It was a most diabolical tragedy. When the first news came of it, no pne doubted the statements of the only living witness to it, as he was a minister of the gospel, standing well in his neighborhood. There was not a question at first but that the defendant bad told the exact and whole truth about the matter. It was easy for him to convince his .friends, mostly members of his own church, that his home had been invaded b" burglars, and they were only too glad to sympathize with him. But the State is prepared to show by witness; who looked upon the scene within a minute, yes, in less time, that there were no burglars there as he claimed; that the defendant was the only man to be seen when the last pistol shot was fired. "Mr. and Mrs Marker and Miss Eva Worrell, who lived in the same house with them, say they looked out and saw no one but thr defendant. The State will prove the same, also, by Mr. and Mrs. East, by Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell, by their daughter, and by others who were on the scene early. We are ready to disprove the Rev. Hitishaw's statements made to these people of how it occurred, while he yet lay in the snow in the road where he had fallen from his wounds. We will prove by the first person who entered the house, Miss Nettie Mays, that she entered through the kitchen door, passed through the kitchen and found the door into the dining room closed; passed into the parlor and found the door closed, into the bed room and found the door closed, and that in the darkness she groped around over the bed for Mrs. Hinshaw and could not find her. We will prove that the body was found on the porch, in the rear of the houe, lying on her back, and that it was found by Ben Cornwell. "Gentlemen of the jury, there is only one living n.an who can tell

exactly how that poor woman died, and that man is the prisoner at the bar. Her lips are sealed. No human being stood by while the

moon and the stars were silently wending their courses through the heavens and saw that tragedy except the prisoner. No one knows anything about it except William E. Hinshaw. Iu all this world no one has been found who can tell about it except him. There was not a track of one burglar or of two burglars found. There was no mark of the hand of any man save his. "The State will prove, gentlemen of the jury, that the prisoner has told lie from the beginning to end; a story that is inconsistent with human experience." Saturday almost the entire time was taken up in the examination of Dr. T. F. Dryden, of Clayton, who is a strong lriend of Hinshaw. The Doctor was put on the stand by the State to-testify in regard to the character of the wounds of Ms. Hinshaw and Mr. Hinshaw. He rendered medical attention to both, and was present at the post-mortem ; examination. The Doctor admit ted that the report of the examination signed by him did not fully express his opinions, and this was considered a strong point for the State. The witness thought that it was possible for a woman with a bullet K through h r brain, to walk, talk and struggle with a robber, just as Hinshaw said she did. The evidence will continue for probabiy three weeks. The woman that is alleged to be in the case is ; about forty years old, but looks much younger. TRAMPS GALORE Twenty Knights of the Road Take Clear Creek Sy Storm. Friday evening the through freight coming north was stopped by the trainmen in charge at Clear Creek Station while they ejected twenty first class specimens of the tramp fraternity, all of whom were in the box car. How such a gang rode without the knowledge . of Ce crew in charge is a mystery. After they were fired from the train they hung around the station for several hours. Finally one of them appropriated a coat, the property of Lew Hall the agent, while that gentleman had his back turned. Another got his lunch basket and contents thereof, while several more confiscated the dinner pails of the section men, that were in a conspicuous position. They then marched down the track in a body, and shortly afterwards Mr. Hall discovered his loss. He procurred a buggy and drove in a round-about way so as to head them off, which he did a few miles south of Clear Creek . He walked up into the crowd and soon found the man with his coat. Mr. Hall took it foicibly from the "Weary William," who claimed that he had purchased it and paid for it. Mr. Hall dil not have any words with them and he thought best not to get into any trouble with such a tough, dirt-begrimed gang of hobos.

CHIEF OWEN

Arrested Saturday Afternoon On Charge of Intoxication. And was Re-arrested on Two Other Complaints. Carrying a Revolver, Pointing It at Another Man. Trial before Judge Dixon at Nine This Morning. J ,ate Saturday afternoon Ed L. McGee walked into J. W. Dixon's office and filed an affidavit against City Marshal Owen, charging him with intoxication. The warrant was nlaced in Coustablo Doctor Wilson's hands for service. Wilson arrested Mr. Owen about dusk and brought him before Justice j Dixon. He entered a plea cf not! guilty and his trial was set for this! morning at nine o'clock. He gave bond iu the sum of 5600 for hiej appearance, officers Eugene Kerr and Edward Johns becoming hi? sureties- It will be remembered th.it McGee filed the same charge against Owen last week, alleging that on the night of August 2iJth, Owen was in a state of intoxication at the Hotel Gentry, and had trouble with night clerk .Tread way. Deputy Prosecutor Sare dismissed the case before it came to trial, giving as his reasons that he could find no sufficient evidence against the Chief. McGee denounced the proceedings and employed Wilson & -Henley and John G. Harris as attorneys to prosecute the case. These gentlemen drew up the affidavit and instructed Justice Dixon not to dismiss the case until he had received orders to that effect from them, as they were prosecuting the case. After the former affidavit had been dismissed by Prosecutor Sare, a large number of Owen's opponents took up a collection of about $65, and the amount will be used in pushing the case. Immediately afterward two more charges were filed by McGee against Owen, one charging him with carrying concealed weapons and the other with pointing a revolver at Treadway. The filing of these charges created quite a sensation and people got to speculating how an officer could be arrested for carrying a revolver. A prominent attorney states that the statute does not say that an officer or any other person shall carry a gun, razor or any dead ly weapon concealed about his person, but the penalty on the other hand is very strict in such cases. Mr. Wilson informed The World-Couhieh reporter that the cases would be pushed, and that there was no doubt that they would prove theChief guilty of the charges. There has been considerable feeling existing between McGee and Owen for some time. McGee at one time brought a suit for damages against the City Marshal, allecino- mali cious nroscculion. but it wh.m dia. i missed owing to some Haw in the oaoers. fM.i.r rw.n ; ,.n.i.,. ? !

quittal and so stated to The Would-Coltuieb. He claims that a number of persons who have it in for him have persuaded McGee to file the charges.

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