, 1866-03-19
THE BEDFORD TRAGEDY.
Full Details Of the NeWland- Evans
Affair.

Full Details Of the Newland- Evan
Affair.
cauHe and Incidents OF the 1illInc q
| the Seducer by eFather OF Elis Vic
um-The Personnel OF the Parties.
Correspondence indianapolis Hc,ald.1
BEDFORD, Lawrence Co., Ind, March Is,
The public has been widely thrilled BIZ til
Startling event Of tue killing of ProE. NadI
eon ETana BY Or. Benjamin NcHlaud. You
correspondent Is able TO gire you In create
detail than has been reached In previous &c
counts tho particulars of the ntfa1r. Let mI
commence with sketch Of The parties.
Ut. Newland Is large, Porily man, with
tar. hotid complexion, thin nose, littl.
a9uiltne IN its formation, a little bald on tht
ancc Of unusual height. he wears q ful
beard and moustache, dark brown in col u
and slightly ttngcd with grey. Ills coupten
ance, though composed q appearance, bear
the Impress Of the dreadful experience Of thf
past te1 days, Els daughter. Miss Heller
thus cruelty blasted, is described as a Hnt
looking, Intelligent md amiable young lady
Of eighteen. She had graduated at the ST
Agnes Institute, TerTe uaute, having beer
| thoroughly educated in the usual branches
She was completing. her studies Of music,
| teilcTc, at the same instftution, up to tht
| time when her unfortunate situation rendered
her retirement necessary. Alettcr, written
by Evans to Miss New land, and sent to Terri
Hnntc, failed to reach her, wus remniled tc
Bedford, and Is now In the hnnds Of the defence
and will be offered in testimony. The letter
is eight Or nine pages OF uotc paper in length
ana N II Evans hopes 10 make an aHange
ment some time in May to protect Miss NJ
]. character. What Is the nature of the Har
i! rangcmenth Is not clearly shown. Evant
also assures. Miss n. TINT her father suspects
nothing, and says that under pretcnse Of bor
rowing . book, he had gone to Nevland's
house for the purpose Of ascertainlng II III;
suspicious Ind been aroused.
Madison Evans Is described as q man not
particularly striking in bis personal appear.
ance, but smootl-spokcn, oily and insinuatiue
In his manner. He was member of the
Christian Church In good standing up to the
time Of Ills oscapade with Mrs. johnson, q
couple Of months since. Although formerly
in the habit of exhorting occasionally, he
never was preacher In tue church.
|; Ills vile Is described as an nmiable and in.
ttelligent woman, highly educated, md,
though apparently timfd and reserved In dc.
pertinent, really q lady Of considerable force
Of character. Her maiden name vas Batter
ton, and Eynus married her In Bloomington.
|
ceased, with unfeasonfng fidelity and love,
throughout his previous difficulties, she Il
now almost heart-broken.
. TIE scESE OF TIE TRAGEDY.
Eyans lived on tho hill, about the fourth oi
d mile north of town., After calling ut the
honse, On the fatal night, Newland started
back to town, and met Evans ut the foot OF
the hill. There were no witnesses, but parties
living near nrc reported to have heard the
14sx11 f,nH Hnr1yr thn nuH~ &fs,.-
Of tho dying man, imploring to be allowed to
70 home to die, the frantic imprccations OF
the ascnger, and the death struggle which en-
sued. There Is great deal Of wild talk about
this matter, which Is not sufficiently nuthcn.
tic to bear repetition.
TAXING TIE BODY uoME,
AIrt. Evans Is said to hayu suspected moth
Ing from DR.. Newland's visit, and did not
hear the shot In the hollow below the house.
The first lntimation she Is said TO have had of
anything wrong, was o visit about0 O'Clock
FROM Elder Mathes, accompanied by some
female ffiends- Knowing that the unusual
Visit portended evil tfdfpgs of some sort. Mrs.
E. first thought that her father, who had bcan
quite sick, was dead, and her first exclama:
;1fon Was, my God is father deaas" She
was told that It was worse-thnt DR.. New
land had killed her husband. Frantic with
grief, horror stricken, the womnn's love OF
the WOMAN still elung to the unworthy man
who had brought shame upon her, and dis
grace to another hAppy household, and she
'entreated them to bring the body to tho
house. In the meantime tho ifeless md
manglcd rennlns Of the ltbertino were taken
TO bis office, washed, cleansed of its blood
stains, and dFssee1, so as to present less
ehastly appearance. The dreadful gashcs in
lee Threat were sewn up, and bis crayat so
ARRANGED as to hide the wound, in which con-
ditlon be 1as taken home.
THE WOUNDS.
There Is some difference Of opinion as to
whether Sewfand fired one or two shots. At
any rate, ono shot took elect In tho side,
tines, and lodging under The skin On the other
IT, sn0ictin" mortal wound. T'-"-" il
another wound In one u Tic arms, belle believed d
by some to have been d pistol shoI, In nd. d.
ditiop, there was heavy gash on the chin,
and two others, frigltfal In extent, In the
throat-one Just below tho chin, NJ If the
knife had ibeen struck through Just back of
the artery and ripped out. and another OF tho
same character lower down. One Of tho
hands was cut to the bone, as II the dying
man had grasped the knife, and there we're
also numerous stabs In the back Of .hc neck
and shoulders. Tho knife used was long,
two edged and slntp Instrument, called bY
surgeons q catling, and used In operating. II
Is fearful instrument In the hands Of a de-
termined man, but 50 highly tempered as 10
be liable to break, a. did this one.
't.' THE ARRAl0sMEST.
About ten O'Clock this morning, Dr.. New
Land Was brought into Court for trial. A
great amount Of legal talent is nrraycd on
each side, and there arc plenty Of means ut
the command Of the prosecution, as well as
the defence. The 'prfsoner L. represented by
D. Pearson, A, c. Vorls. and D. ". Short, Of
bedford; Col. Dick Thompson, Governor
DunniDg, Judge James L. Hanna and Col.
Cyrus L. Durham. It is also thought the
Hon: Daniel W, voorhees, will be retained.
For the prosecution appears Moses Dunn, Of
'Tediora' z partner a Of Esans; @ District Attorney
and Jonathan W. Gordon, of this city. Hosts
of Witnesses have been summoned, Including
most Of the young ladies Of Bedford.
The court room was crowded with excited
spectators, when NJ. Cobb arose md present.
sd IN affidavit Of the prisoner, supported by
the atlidavits of numerous citizens, alleging
that such feeling existed in the commnnIl9
that the prisoner could not get m impartial
trial, and asking for changc Of venue. The
most profound stiffness prevailed during tho
reading Of the affidavit. Judge BEcknell, after
taking the matter under alrisement, decided
that the a1lldayit of the defendant alone was
cordingly changed the venue to Floyd coun-
ty, fixing Tuesday, the 8th day OF Mny, as tho
day for trial. Washington county was at first
as It was understood that both
prosecution md defence were anxious for
speedy trial, but there being already two mur-
der cases IN that county, Floyd WIG finally nc
cepted-that being the last county Of tho cir
cult, so that tho term may be continued BY
adjournment until the case Is finished. The
defendant was admitted to bait in the sum OF
$4,000, his uncle, Dr. Elijah Newland, Mr..
Menaugh, Of Salem, Henry G. Houston, Jesse
A. Mitchell and William A. Ragsdale, Of Bod
lord, going On his bond.
TIE FEELING.
As eyidenced by the application Tor change
county against DR.. Newland. unfortunately
the atiair has assumed something Of poliii-
cal cast, both men having been strong pnrti-
sans. The trial, when It comes Oh, Win be
holly contested. and no efforts will bc spared
on the part Of the prosecution to pass con.
yiction, If It Is possible to convict man
under such circumstances.
THE CHARLESTON CoPpERHEAD
RIOT.
Arrest OF an Implicated Party.
(From The Nsttoon Gazette, 1lth.
Benjamin D. Scrrell, one Of the parties im-
plicated in the assassination of Major York,
In the Copperhead riot at Charleston, In this
county, two years since, was arrested by no
1hceMan Norvell on the tralu bound cast, last
Thursday noon. When brought before JUS
tice Fisher for trial, 1t was proved that Ser
Tell lives at TeTre Haute. and just previous to
his arrest was on visit to Windsor, Shelby
county, one Of the principal localities Infested
by Copperhcad bushwhackers, in this section,
IN 1854. At that place he. expressed great
lately, over the death Of Mr.
Lincoln, and said that Mr.. Lincoln was not
the only abolftionist that had been killed
that he knew the man who killed Minor
York, was with him about the time
and took charge Of, and kept the pistol with
which the daslardly work was done. This
rennrted to hare occurred he.