Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-08-27

man FOR selling whiskey without license .
Have twelve of the jury agreed to find a
bill" eyes, eighteen of them "Fore-
man do you refuse to sign the BILL" Il
DO" well, Mr.. Prosecutor, / see no
other way, but to leave him to his con-
science and his God; the grand jury will re-
turn to their ROOM" In the grand jury
room, the foreman said, 81 told you that
Judge Wick knew nothing about such ca
ses." Mr. Fletcher am only taking the
legal steps to have the bill signed. y
"What are you going to do now. why are
you stripping off your coat?' The law
requires the last step to be taken. "What
sep is that" ITO thrash you until you
do sign the BILL" Don't strike, Mr..
Fletcher, and will sign the BILL" ''Here
it is, sign it, The foreman signed the
bill, and the jury returned into Court
Judge Wick, "Has the foreman signed the
BILL" HE has, Il thought his con-
science would not let him rest till he signed
it."
/ now have six months before me, before
the other Fall Creek trials came on, and
with the consent of the reader, will sketch
some intermediate scenes.
A "REGuLAToR" CASE, ENDING BADLY FOR
EVERYBODY.
Early in the summer Of 1919, when the
| jurisdiction of Fayette Circuit Court ex-
tended over the whole White river country,
some seventy-five miles west, including
what are now the counties ofRusli, Shelby,
johnson, Morgan. Marion and Hamilton,
Christopher Laid and William Egan,
while padding their canoe above the bluffs
on White river, observed large collections
of buzzards, or vultures, on sand bar and
the surrounding trees. Ladd had shot a
deer in the woods the day before, and sup
posed it might have made for the river and
died. The canoe was directed to the sand
bar, where the buzzards were, and there,
entirely exposed. lay the skeleton of man,
nearly stripped of flesh. Notice was given
and the whole neighborhood was soon there,
among others, a company OF Regulators,
by the names of Stats, Anield. Doneghy
Laughlin and Deweese. 1t was OH the Sab
BATH A deep grave in little adjacent
island was dug and the skeleton OF the
stranger was buried; Ladd and Eagan stand
ing at the grave till the last. The Regula-
tors retired in body to the shade Of some
cotton trees, and after few minutes earn
est conversation, which Ladd observed
with some misgivings, returned to the
grave and openly charged Ladd, with being
the murderer. Ladd was taken into their
custody and his gun taken from him. Ev
cry man carried his gun in those days, even
to church The Regulators with their
prisoner soon arrived st the cabin of Jacob
Whitsell, the father of Cyrus Whitsell,
who gave me the facts Of this sketch
just below the bluffs a consultation was
had, and the question arose as to what they
would do with Lald The Regulators held
their own Courts, Judge Lynch presiding,
in that day. Some were for hanging him,
Others for tying him up and lynching him.
So stood the case, when father Jacob Whit
sell, who was man of influence with
them, though he was not one among them,
stepped in and told them that there was no
evidence whatever against Laid, that If he
hal been the murderer he wonld have eth
er buried the body, or thrown it into the
river. and the Regulators would never have
heard it; besides. Ladd was man Of
good character and advised them to dis
charge him. The vote was taken and
Ladd was discharged and set at liberty by
the casting vote of the Captain. But the
end was not yet Laid Immediately went
to Brookville and employed Caswell and
IN 10 I,,rrr I'm tho Eax-atf.
Circuit Court against the Regulators for
false imprisonment. The suit was brought.
was present at the trial in 1920 Cen
James Noble and William w. Wick APP
peared for the defendants There was
crowd OF witnesses in the Court. The facts
were clearly proved / recollcct distinct !
Iy the arguments of the counsel. 1t was
IN early case in my professional life, and
my school of practice has always been in
closely observing trials. too much neglect I
ID by law students. The case was open
ID in a brief speech by Mr. Drew for plain /
Tiff, Mr.. Wick followed for dcfcndants.-
His effort was to discredit the plaintiffs
and especially Hugh Enslcy, one
IF the very wors, looking men that could
De lOunl IN all tne new purchase. -
Ensley had sworn to some miraculous
acts against the defendants. Wick took
up his evidence and in loud voice said,
who do you learn these facts from, gen
ilemcn of the jury? l answer, old Hugh /
Ensley, man whose countenance in any
other country would hang him." Ensley /
was stanling just behind the railing near
Wick. He jumpsi several feet from the
floor aud bawlci out, ''Let me at him and
III fix his countenance," The Court
Sheriff take Ensley ont of the cout house."
The counsel closed their arguments, and
Judge Eggleston gave an able charge to
the jury. Verdict, 1914 damages, costs, I
30, 800. Defendants all broken uD upon
and Ladd ruined in paying his !
lawyers fees.
BIG DOSE.
The case of Dr. Byles against Jimmy
Johnson may interest the reader. The
Doctor was rather testy Scotchman,
graduate Of the Edinburg Medical Univer-
sity, and pious Covenanter. He was
in the neighborhood, to be good
physician, and something of surgeon,
tborch IN ono case n was said that he mis- /!