, 1869-11-05

Viie by Drowning.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
aKS1TA, Nov. 4
The Eane County Circuit Cou1r, October tayn
began rs session yesterday, Judge Wilcox m ~.
| bench. The usual run Of business In this comm,
! Is nght' fnd not Of belnous character, Taie
@ nn, 9@9Teses @ tn atttaGta unusual attention. On &c.
foun! o. Enn Gla. or Rav. Isaac B. Smith charp.i
vAh The fwsui crime of mnrderlng his vie. s'~'
T. Hls11Rf OF TEE CAaK
anu saIco'nstancea or the case hare been alfeedy
lald before the readers Of Tue TusCHE. Nj.
Smith Gas+ Tor aonls t1me, pastoz Of The Congreaa
tiotal Church Al Turner Janciiou wfe4r 81 IL.
H. seo tGnp Kta ieFgqs M aad zeal worthy q
Win having murdered Ills own vile bY drD gninr
on OF aoo4t 1une 1sth last N small cFeef.
hnns91 a r. oeta1 Csk Msch .ofms part of
tnts creeks rot orer eighteen lact1es deeUz TOO
snonoN 70 afoWn any one under ostttnarJ c,frum.
s.a.ces- Il Il alleged that the prisoner hell tne
extinct. A'o " -
FuB1c SENTIMENT,
LIE appeared IN court surrounded by clerpyma7s
81 nls oEn denomination, ced By fr1eues VINO be-
ieEe 10 It's innocence. The E2tn Cougreaarona]
AssoSialisn passed resolutions, some r@eagp, ex.
p1eeeoE III fG1sh IN the Character or the eecnsed
Rn6 30 fur as 1t coull lending tie Weixnr Of III
1nnae1ee is create public a}mpa'hy on his oehal1.
Be hot ro,no!5 acau!.,ed On the otacr hand az ELL VI
ase those xho ret,rfu l!s case rs one which cas
Ior tee fullest inyest1Ratiop, aud see, IN the fact
tent corsr t e .h q ,usuIe9 L. 2 iHe Ano aoct-
might maze me1cenarJ Man com:Mt the crime
Iaalic sentiment 1s d'ytde's but that IS no crlte~
rion BY Nhleh 70 Judge Of u Enaats xai!s OF tnao-
cence. especially ~ hs ID on trial for his LIE.
THE C5EHsEL
MssSss si; G: ~ !. iMstzaer, state Attorney, Edward
pIosccnss, and thc Hon. ]. F. Falnsxotsb. Hon
Ihsrles Wheaton, 4 Dan5, j. S. Wilcox aud 4.
b aeoole att for tue defence.
Yesterday Y aa cnt1reiy consumed III empauuc1.
ror sier ror ~ eac eaca s1oe IT,
On lis sca,,n, ,;e,.c VIII ,n nIa c'osely
HsGHR teinny iaflon hs belonged y f. Fua the
eaFs; Fsink Mann. 1.me, rc,,e.,on r.. pns..,, -
5tPa 1Iiis; = Psy, 5 s. %iliaas / % aasss, e.
R;osn M pq@,Sy, %n t1s, ,., Marks L. n Champn, d
$@AN ~ .nIorpsur~r
"nT, ~. MN ~ aao Eae coufs
'NA'1~S 01 sFtSiEn ia NV s1otn'oe'
on-,-, s1-oNu 80 oAa.
las coaft met o. u O'Clock this uaorutng, ut
Mnca nme ne room vas crowded. The jury.
tn s m e ~ .ee III ~ H. A AezneF
ne fatal occurrence mud eontendet1 that 1t could
mol nave becn me result OF accident The mau-
nts 10 Whlcn tne prisoner Tried TO explain the
matter vas not satisfactory. He said thai, after
- ~ E emT se, nv INC noIse wanted 70 unk and
re1n; ,a WINE % dong 20, hla vile, Who was
"a fd hee huggy fald ne fel, dl5zY and vas gong 10
;hro. he Inc p H., ;9 3 e be home started
for eon-e tine, and when he got on his feet his
mud could not ,cll wnat .ooS place while be was ia
the Tater. The wnter was rnnning swiftly, and il
wns rome time hcturc he got ont. When hs did 50
hc found the buggy t'prcd over and nls Kifo gone,
lie then ran up and down In the
water Ecreechtug for her, and halloinx for heju.
Not finding her be rushed to the hni1ga nf h5a
Mife,3 hltfer some eighty rods distant calling far
help. 1t was 9 o'tiock Ia tho evening, a,,d hts
brother -ln-aaW was in bed. but he Immediately
got up anu rushed down to the creek ME- Hen
ton. the brolher.fn.law, found Mira Smith nnier
q wire and pole fence which ran across the creek
about four rods from where they crossed,
her clothes canghr in the Wires, her
face under The watet and Lite extinct.
Such, said the council wa5 one
story told BY Smith, anti II would DO proved that
he had given other accounts that coutradicted the
above. Counsel said tho Huter Yas 80 shallow
that no person could be drowned IN It, and the
hight WA5 60 clear thar Smtth could n0t helm see.
1ng his W1fe, there was nothing to obstr1ct the
view. The motive for the crime you'll be found
in The fact that MIR Bmlth'a l!e was Insured ior