The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-25
IErTER FROM WARgICK.
BooNr11Ln. 90. &C., 3. Isss.


presided with his usual ability until
Wednesday evening, when Isaac S.
Moore, Esq was appointed to preside
during the remainder o. the term.
Ike" Moore, as the folks in this
county say, is young nan of very
superior attachments. by-the-way, and
promises great things for the future,
In addition to which he is one OF the
truest and staunchest Republicans In
Warriek County. or any where else,
his father, Judge Moore, bitterly to the
contrary Notwithstanding. His legal
judgment is held in great estimation
by all of his professional brethren,
not excepting such venerable savans
as Messrs. Robinson, Igleheart, De
Bruler, and others Of similar high
standing in this part of the State.
All of the most important cases, of
which there were several, were con
tinued. Judge Parrett finally gave
vent to his displeasure in the follow
ing ironical remark, addressed to the
members of the bar:
Gentlemen, hereafter, instead of
asking whether you are, ready for
trial, | shall ask whether you are
ready to file an application for con-
tinuanee."
The Hedge trial, with the
merits of which most of your readers
are cOnversRnt, was among those con-
tinued. This case, owing to its afro
ciOus and aggravated character, has
attracted a great deal of attention !;
and though it has already been on
hands for about three years, during
which time it. has been transferred
into and out of nearly every county
in the District, it is now, apparently,
no nearer settlement than at the time
of its origin The disagreement of
the jury at Princeton, then the trial
back to its starting point, and now, in
all probability, the long route over
which it travelled before will have to
be re-traveled, if, indeed. the parties
do not become exhausted first
For the sake of the peace and quiet
of the community in which it had its
origin, every well disposed person is
anxious to see the termination of this
very ugly contention. The lawyers,
as usual in such cases, are alone being
benefited so far, and they are reap
ing a luxurant harvest.
By the way, there is an incident con-
nected with this case with which
every one is not familiar, and which
it will probably not be in bad taste to
relate in this connection. The Bells
have had TIVE barns burned. During
the rebuilding of the first, Charles Bell,
a venerable aud estimable citizen of
this county, the father of the plaintiffs
in this case, was at work on it. when
a violent storm suddenly arising, the
barn was blown down, aud he received
Injuries from which he afterwards
died.
A fellow. yoid of character or re-
sponsibility, hailiRg from no one
knows where, calling himself Sans,
was arrested on the evening that the
second barn was burned, under very
suspicious circumstances, which left
no do doubt of his guilt. He after
wards acknowledged the crime, plead
guilty at his preliminary trial, aud
was committed to Jail IN the sum of
$4,000. At the same time, however,
he claimed that he was employed for
a certain sum to commit the act.
Sans was afterWard removed from
this place to Evansville, and through
the influence of the present defendant
in this apparently inte7minable trial
of Belle VS.. Hedge, Judge Parrett
was persuaded to reduce his bail from
four thousand dollars to fifteen hun
dred, when he must have known that
the chief object was to get entirely
rid of Sans on the cheapest possible
terms, as he was the plaintiff s main
witness.
Judge Parrett lost, on account of
this seemingly uncalled for and, inju-
dicious step, a great many friends in
this county, though, by 10, he may
have strengthened the friendship al
ready existing between himself and
others.
The grand jury found a true bill of
Indictment against Ira Duncan, for
murder in the first degree, aud he was
arrested and placed in jail Your
readers will, no doubt, be surprised
that this Indictment Is for the killing
of Elliot Mefford. a citizen of New
burgh, who crossed over into Ken
lucky and piloted Adam johnson into
that place in 1862. Everybody can
easily call to mind the circumstances
of Johnson's raid into NeWburgh.
Old man Mefford was a rebel-excuse
me, l mean Democrat-and he was
heard to threaten that he would bring
johnson into Newburgh, give him in
formation of the Leading Republicans
and Democrats in the place, so that
when the pillaging began the proper
distinctions could be easily and salts
factorily made.
In a short time he carried his
threats into execution. He and an
other leading Democrat by the name
of Hamp. Carney, both prominent