The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-04
1umber two and a half CATERS, which

most every other wearer from suspl-
cien a fully as it inculpates her; the
heel of the track is shallower than
the regular heel of the CATER would
make; Mrs. Glenn had the tap taken
off her CATER by Mr.. Knodle,
and thus lowered, it fit exact
ly to the murder tracks-her
brother is seen following Mr.. Young's
carriage at a distance of a huadred
yards the tracks Of his horse. made
peculiar by the shoe, like Mrs. Clem's,
are seen near the sand bar; she Is
seen returning with him at a rapid
rate beyond Fall Greek, and again on
Illinois Street at the time a fast drive
would bring them into the city from
Cold Spring; she destroys her muddy
CATERS; she takes a large roll OF bills
to her sisters house and hides it In a
hole in the chimney because she is
afraid her house will be searched"
though she is not suspected; when
Abrams is arrested and sends to her
for money, she sends him nearly s., 900
without taking a receipt,
DUN or any evidence of disposition;
She tries to bride one woman to
swear that she was at home the
afternoon of the murder; she fright
ems or cajoles her sister, her niece,
and her sisters servant into swear
ing falsely; she induces an impor-
tant witness to absent himself at
the first trial; she tries to prove as
abb and fails; she tries to prove an
abb for her brother and fails; she
pretends that he was out on the
GAINESVILLE road that afternoon with
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hours of this city, but she makes no
attempt to get that brother here to
clear her. These are strong circum-
stances; she has a motive for the
crime; she goes out with Young, is
tracked at the scene of the murder, is
followed by her brother, he is tracked
at the scene of the murder, she returns
with her brother, she ~conceals a large
sum of money, she destroys her shoes,
she procures perjury, she sets up false
defenses, she refuses to explain her
money transactions, she refuses to
bring her brother from Missouri to
clear her, and he alone Of all persons
living can do it.
The prosecution made the case far
stronger than before by proving Mrs.
Clem's return with her brother after
| going out with Young, and by expos
ing her attempts at s~ubOrnation of
perjury. These circumstances looked
the penitentiary door upon her. No
prosecution within our knowledge
was ever more skillfully conducted
throughout. The defence never profit
ed by a single oversight or blunder.
The road was mapped out from the
beginning, and followed with a pa
| thence, vigilance, and energy that has
added to the already high reputation
of General Harrison, and Mr.. w. p.
Fishback has helped Mr.. Dye hand
| somely on, and laid the foundation of
a very enviable standing at the bar
for the young but acute, clear-headed
and industrious Prosecutor, Mr..
Duncan. His argument is uni
versally spoken of in high
terms. The defence, we have no
doubt, did allAthat could be done
for a case surrounded upon every side
with so many difficulties, but it seems
to as that as a matter of legal gener-
alship they made a mistake in ad-
vancing the theory of suicide. 1t was
so obviously impossible that Young
could have killed his wife and him
self, that the resort to such a hypoth-
esis was at once taken as a confession
that no better could be offered, that
the case was so weak that any defense,
however ridiculous, must be attempt
ed. The absence of Cravens Hart
man, as in the first trial, seems to us
a strange piece of mismanagement,
or a strange confession of fear. Crav-
veus Hartman, according to the
story, was with Silas Hartman, the
whole afternoon of the murder. If
Silas Hartman was not at Cold Spring
that afternoon, Mrs. Glenn is not
guilty. Now, Cravens Hartman is the
only live man who can state, without
any possibility of being mistaken,
that Silas Hartman was not at Cold
Spring, but was up the GAINESVILLE
road. His evidence is the aequittal
of all the accused. Why Is not he
here? He lives at Iron Mountain,
Missouri, less than twenty-four hours
ride from this city. In two days he
could be here. Why isn't he? We
are forced to one of two conclusions,
either the evidence of Cravens Hart
man would be dangerous, or there
is no such man, or no such man
was in the city on that 18th day
1 VI GGDIcmDCI. AS Ou t1G uESJ lTldl,
we believe now. as We said then.
that the defense had a stronger case
as the State left it than as it went to
the jury. The futile attempts at an
d" alibi," and the admission of false
swearing by defendants witnesses,
were damaging developments, not at
all counter balanced by what favor
able evidence was ELECTED. But GER
tainly no three lawyers ever struggled
more resolutely or ably for every inch
of advantage, than did Messrs. Hanna,
Gordon, and feathers. A c%onvic-
ton, except upon Irresistible evil
dence, was impossible against their
scrutiny and t%ireless vigilance. The
charge of Judge Chapman, which we
published in full yesterday, is
a mastery paper. but possibly
drawn out into too many
subtIeties of distinction for men
unfamiliar with logical or legal analy-
sis. 1t was what a jury of lawyers
would need, but was likely to embar-
rass a jury of farmers with a multi
plicity of suggestions which their
uncultured minds could not always
easily grasp or readily separate from
each other. Court, counsel, and jury
have done their duty, we are sure,
and the public fully confirms the re-
suit. The trial of Nancy E. Glenn
will be one of the Causes Celebres ]"
in circumstantial evidence and erimi-
na1 law