Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-11-09
Two Horse Thieves Caught
The Shooting OF Henry. Cook
The testimony before the C0rOner's jury
and tie 1erdirf -. Z

! parties, took them into custody, togethe
with the horses, and were proceeding I,
this place for an investigation. The par
ty and prisoners had not gone far unit
Cook attempted to make his escape, whel
several guns were fired on Cook, KILN!
I him. The other man, whose real name i
not known, also attempted to escape, ant
received wound in the thigh, but succeed
ed in avoiding second arrest until til,
next day, when he was caught, and is nov
) lodged in Jail, to await his trial for lar
ceny. Soon after the horses were claimed
by the owners, who reside in Michigan
) and taken away. As the testimony be
! fore the Court discloses the facts concern
ing the arrest and shooting OF. Cook, w
have taken substantial copy, which w
submit to the reader, allowing him t,
judge whether the homicide was justifia
BILE or not, without any comments from
us in connection with this:
TESTIMONY.
Enoch Powers being duly sworn
stated: l was at home to day huskine
con-Mr. Fetters' little girl came down
and told me that her father wanted me Il
come down; that there were two mer
down in the north west part of his
field, lying asleep with two horses tied
/ to tree. and a lot of corn near the horses
that the horses had been fed hay; that
1 there were two saddles and brides there
that David Fetters supposed that they
were horse thieves and that they were
stolen horses; that he had sent Ed. his
youngest boy to Corothers, Chenceys and
to Rankerts, and that she had been up on
the ditch where Mr. Conger was working
on Fetters place, but he was not there,
and that he had sent her up after me to
come down, and TO go to aIr. Farleigh's.
She came back and said Farleigh was not
at home. | then went down with her to
Mr. Fetters. When got there, Mrs. Fetters
was in the road in front of the house.
She told me to hurry, that there were a lot
OF men down there and that they had ar
rested the thieves and were fetching them
up the road. l. went down the road to
Fetters land and met the crowd coming
coming. | turned back with the crowd
and one of the men, Fetters | believe
asked me if | knew one of the men. told
me to take good look at them. stepped
little forward and told them thought
II was Charly Cooks son. | thought I
knew the mans, face bat could not nam c
him. | walked along side the man sup
posed to be Cook. Tie stepped along
brisk and kept beside him. He asked
me my name and l told HIM He asked
Mr., Fetters his name and he told him.
tie spoke TO me and said: s'You wouldn't
SHOOT. | had gun on my shoulder and
iold him that | WIS a sworn officer and
that he must not undertake 10 get away
from me as | would certainly shoot him
II l could not stop him without. We
then went to tue end Of Mr.. Fettcrs' lane
and 5 Altman said stop. We stopped at
the end OF the lane, for them TO come up. |
it appeared from conversation AMONG the
crowd, that something had been said
about hanging them. told them that
couidn t be done; that we had law here,
and that ifthc men were guilty they would
nave toabide The consequences. Nothing
further passed until We got to the house .
OF Mr. Fetters, when this man that is
Claimed to be Cook, appeared to be very
anxious to get to the house He claimed
mat he was very dry and wanted drink
d water When we got in front of the
house, Mr.. Fetters told them to take
seas on the woodpile and he would oct
hem some water. letters sent some ono
% the spring for water Cook stepped
around to the cast size of the gate from
he crowd, and stepped by him. Fetters
wanted to know if he would not like TO
AVE some cider. Cook, as they call him.
and he would. He then opened the gate
md went into the yard. Fetters fetched
'ut pitcher with something in it. | did
lot drink, supposed it to be cider They
frank CT 1t and about the time they got
hrough, Mr.. S. Altman came out with n
Dng rope, something like clothes
Inc. Some one asked what he was going
do with that, | think it was Cook
lie said: "wc are going to tie them
'lih 1t and take them to town" Some l
then passed and Cook made
'me remarks, | don't remember what
ley We're. Altman wanted to know 1
hetheithey were h .ngry. Cook said they
ere and that they would like to have I
'mething to eat. Fetters, said they
louid have something. He told them to
l down on bench, on the south side of
lie house, and he would fetch them ont 5
'mething, Cook appeared to be verv c
neasy, and he stepped up on to this c
anch at the end of which is a board t
nee, with one or two boards out. I e
ont know who spoke and told him not to
In or he would be shot He pulled out c
revolver, and then jumped over the
nee INTO the garden with his face to the u
'owd, revolver in hand cooked. and I Il
INK as he jumped over he pulled ont his l.
'volver and SAID he would rather die
ian be taken. About that time there e
as one or two guns fired, there might b
ave been more, he reeled then and fell {
the garden. There was great excite J
lent' ne, making the break to get away. t
'me haliowed shoot, some one thing and a
'me another. About that time or a lii n
tile after, this other man made a hreak t.
nd ran east past the corner of the house, ft
I'D there was gun or two fired at him. {
thought he was hit. He ran down the b
ii, got over into the marsh, and Schuy- a
Altman and some others followed him al
'wn into the marsh. He was some dis CT
nee ahead of Altman. Some of them Il
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