Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1860-01-02

rived be vas taken, with his confederate, the
second girl. The first one, il is said. has es-
capped, and Welsh says she has the 5000 with
her. From letter; found on him it appears be is
from Cleveland, where he has a wife and family,
ard he left there with one of those women. He
is said to be \ gentlemanly looking man.
COMMITMENT OF WELSH AND OTHERS FOR Elk
T5RTING MONEY BY THREATS CT VIOLEScE-Ex
cITENEST-ExaMISATIoN WAvED.-The exami-
nation of Welsh and the two women, Jane Snow
aud Eizs Ford, on the charge OF extortlDg money
from a clergyman, was fixed st two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at the Mayors Office Long
before the hour named the Office and every cor
nec AZ preaching to il was crowded. 1t was found
impossible for the attorneys, Witnesses, and 9TH
ers interested 10 gain access, and Mayor Maxwell
announced tina: the examination would be held at
The Court house. There the crowd hurried, but
he Court. house was found entirely too small to
contain one half the people who we're eager to
get in, and a scene OF pushing and showing and
crowlipg, rarely, if ever witnessed around the
old building, eDsued- The interest felt in the
sA5t was AItCucCs cuN buC lCCiiDS was hAttbttucf
ia favor of the Reverend gentleman who had
been outraged and prosecuted. The press Of the
crowd was so great that up to the judges stand,
inside and Outside of the bar, was one solid mass
Of men. The prisoners were got into Court by
some ledgerdemain known only to officers of the
Court, and after the buzz attending their arrival
had subsidized the Mayor asked if the parties were
ready to proceed.
w. F. FIshbsck, Prosecuting Attorney for
the District, T. A. Hendricks and Ii C. New
comb appeared for the State; and R. Wslpole
and Slime A. Collsy for the defense. The Aida
Wit was b. Captain Rose, and charged the de-
PENDANTS with ,x.Orting money under threats
violence, and also with assault and battery. A
long consultation was held between the male
prisoner and his COUNSEL, during which time the
women, who are good looking. but bold and
brszsI, KEEP. up a constant succession of smiles
aud nods aud wiuks on the crowd, indiscrimin-
ately, o. if they sought to mesmer'ze them with
their charms Bat their witching, winseme wsys
seemed to have a conriry ff CO, and settled the
popalar mind determinedly against them.
But one Of the women had been arrested Oh
Friday night, and as two we're in Court, Captain
Rose explained that the other, supposed TO have
gone TO Cleveland, Ohio, had returned on that
iSstand y morning and be had arrested her at
the house where the parties resided. Mr.. WAL
pole sskcG what amount the bail had been fixed
ct when Welsh was first arrested. Mayor MAJ
well replied that FOR Welsh it was $500 and for
the woman 800.
would waive an examination and be trusted that
toe Court would not make the bail excessive.
Mr.. Hendricks rem rked that he had been in
formed that Mr.. Welsh owned property in Cleve
land, Oaio. The amount obtained by the fraud
was 5000, and he thought the bail should be fixed
at least as high as il would be for an officer
through whose hands money would pass. How
ever he was willing to trust the discretion of the
Court.
MIR. Walpole and Mr.. Colley both expressed
their willingness to abide the decision of His
Honor without further argument.
Mayor Maxwell remarked that in view of tie
unusual excitement and the great interest evinced
on the part of the pubic in the case-its enor-
nifty, and from what he knew of it, although he
had not examined any Of the parties under oath,
be would fix the bail for Mr.. W elsh at $4,000,
and for the women, ane Snow and Eliza Ford,
at 81 900 each. The decision of the Mayor was
received with demonstrations of applause all
over the room The crowd was so closely packed
e - diff ult n hnf .ha -
was stamping room good use was m ade of it, ard
cries of "good, good" arose on every side. This
ended the proceedings in Court, and the windows
were opened to give means OF exit to the crowd,
the greater portion of which remained in the
yard until the prisoners we're safely lodged in Ill
Tnrea were freely made of lynchiug Welsh.
and had be been bailed out or released it would
have been done without any doubt. He is much
safer in ill than he would be in any other quar-
ter OF the city. The ribald talk of the women,
as they passed back to Jail, disguised every one
We have ought proper to suppress the name
OF the clergy man. His name is we'll known in
the city, where be is slso known, and where il
can do him no harm, but hes rather had a tend
ency to knit bis friends closer 10 him; but our &C
count might be read where the public have no
have, and reproach might thus be thrown upon
name that, through this transaction, certainly
does not deserve reprosch.
The circumstances of this case are about as we |
stated in cur issue OF Saturday. Itsppears, how
ever, that the plan was meditated. Some two
be three weeks ago ope Of th, women sccosted
The victm when be was working In his garden,
! ID Inquired if be was Presby terisu clergyman
H. replied that be vas She then told him that
The was a member OF that Church, that her hus-
,lnd was 10 st. Louis, and that she was left here
stranger, destitute, and with a sick child, and
'sktd the loan of ten dollars. Mr.. - told her
hat he had not ten dollars in the house, but that
lie would name her destitute condition, and en-
leavor 10 get assistance for her. She left, after
-'-'"" him her address. When be went into tie
,.s--s
loHsc, be says he thought seriously over the
yoman's story, and determined to visi. her. Il
vas early in the afternoon When be arrived at
he house, the woman asked him to be seated,
I'D seemed disposed to svoi the subject of her
stitution. lie asked to see The sick child, and
ne replied it WAS ia st. Louis. He says this
pened his eyes to the kind of woman she
7as, and he left. A. the meeting of one
{ the relief societies, shortly after, be
etailed the circumstance in some remarks he
lade about the duty of caution in sffording re. !
ef to impos.ers. He saw no more of the woman !.
ltil the evening when he was kidnapped On |
lat evening she had called at his house, and {
.quired for him, and being told where he was, /,
ID followed him to the house where he was !.
.ssiog the evening. Her story then was, that i
sr mother had arrived. and that they we're des v
u;e. and asking him to call again at the house. !.
DC next time was when be was sccosted on St =
AIR STREET. on his return home, the same night Il
e was roughly handled by the man Welsh, and 6
agged by main force by his own gate. The =