Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24
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Yrs. CIeEI.


rtv.EAAuLE CASE OF CIRCCNsrANrIAL EvI
DESCE-
murder trial was concluded a few days
..oss IN Indiana. resulting in verdict OF
..-.g and a sentence Of Imprisonment for
-e. ybfcl has some remarkable aud slngu-
r.-t.rures. As a case Of circumstantial
-ss.r.a where that was mainly to be re-
...i ,aan. II Is almost without parallel .
.-5 fr certain circumstances connected
r.-s #. unexplained and inexplicable on
.-- ordinary theory, it j, still more inter
.-.r, h involves some exceedingly re
.--.-gbIe people in Indianapolis, and
..--atber /. one of the most remarkable
trials on record In this country
Tine accused was one Nancy u. Glenn, the
wife of leading grocer in Indianapolis.
Tr, rbares agaiu-t her was the murder,
.,ur wears ago iu September, Of Jacob
youn5 and hi, wife Nancy ] Oung, also re-
-nectaJLe people of the same town. This
is Mr. C.em-- fourth trial. Sue having OH
the first tria. lost an aclulttal by the
ob-fiuacv of a s.u-.y jUryman on the
second. as now. been convicted and SEN
fenced t0 Imprisonment for life, though a
rsversion Of Judgment was granted by the
supreme Court On the third escaped BY
disagreement of the jury. and now, on
a fourth, found guilty and sentenced to
,s-e Prison for the remainder Of hcr days.
Meanwhile. one William j Abrams was
a-ed Of the same crime and found
.-Y of murder in the first degree and
-.- brother. Si.as Hartman. who was an
s.e5mpIice, committed suicide in Jail on
.-en1-dt of his sisters second trial. when
l v- found guilty. 1t is, perhaps, only
result Of the intense excitement the case
-4, created 10 Indiana that the Supreme
Court + accused Of having been tampcred
with when a new trial was granted after
V-- lens first conviction but at any
--.s there Is no hesitation in the western
-l-sr- .a making the accusation
Jacob Young and MS wife Nancy were
.lud Head on the 18th of September
I,5~. ou the bank Of a river three miles
from Indianapolis. The woman had been
..al hr pi-toI-bau through the back
o. her head, the man by a charge Of buck
.1o. from q d0nbie-barreltd guu, which
vas found by his side, The two shot,
we're distinctly heard By persons in the
la-ll0rH7gI. one party hearing also i
.-sam between them and another party
having --aea Mr. and Mrs Young wlIkiut
ztlau9taer woman on the rlver-be8ch
17mHl-s- before the shots were fired
4. vl- clearly i case IF murder. Nr.
Iua.- horse and burgy were found
-..1eI do q fence I'm ther0ad near by, but
T-v ba ana his wife were there, and who
va, with taem, it was useless even to con-
..Grs.
The dl-, c.ew was the gan found at
Iua.- side. There was some pecuI Iiaritv
about the locS and it had a broken
humble Such gun. it was found, had
been purchased at a pawnbrokers In
Indianapolis that morning by man who
ga, accurately described by the pawn
broker aud bis assistant. A man had in
.l.reI iUr a gun at three different places
between = aud @ that morning and at one
OF those places q little zlri had directed
him 10 the pawu5rJker's where this gun
Vas brought, and had seen him enter the
shop He was finally identified as
William !. Abrams, a respectable carpen-
ter OF the town. and be was arrested and
lodged in ial
Next the ground where the murder was
committed was carefully searched, and
there was found weI-lefaei impression
q. a NO. 3 w0man7 gliter.' worn By d
person who had taken long strides. a. if
hurryiug from the spot where the dead
bodies lay, until the track reached that ot
a buggy drawn by two horses, one wear
rng sma.i-- 1sI interfering Shoes After
It was settled who bought the gun and
Abrams was secured. attention was turned
TO these footprints %. woman and
horse
Ia a liyery-~ta5e 10 indianapolis. after
careful search. wr- found q mare who
wore small interfering shoes. One Of
these exactly fitted the impression found
near the scene Of the murder. Aplaster-
cast was taken and compared with the
feet Of thousands of other horses In the
town it fitted none Of them S.Ia- Hart
man. on the afternoon Of the murder. had
n,reI horse and this small interfering
mare. Some farmers sworc that they
met him driving behind the oungs' carri-
age though he failed TO respond to their
recognition Others testified that they
saw a person whom they believed to bC
Mrs. Gem sitting in Young's carriage at
the same time. Hartman was arrested at
once But Mrs. Glenn was left at liberty fol
'lres weeks longer.
>ls was not arrested for three week,
u 1s was closely watched Abrams
'la a-tederate, was in Jail and wanted
money to pay his lawyer. 1t appeared OF
re t-Ia. that while Mrs. Glenn was thui
atIi1erty, Abrams had sent his brother
. rer to demand several thousand dollars
ITs Gem went into her cellar, and TOOK
Zoe money from a package Of bills con
.sa.ed 10 stove-pipe hole, and sent it {
Abrams But she warned the brother
aot 70 come again, as it would excite sus
FicIon. Now, it was known that YouD!
mad $1,000 on his person when he lef
aome, but which were not found on hi
BODY after he was murdered. 1t was alsC
proved that Abrams had received money OIL
ne day Of the murder from Mrs Clem
Rnen sle returned home In the after
noon
When Mrs. Glen was arrested she haC
% pair Of carpet slippers belonging to
servant. No shoes nor boots Of any kin
belonging to her could be found in tn
house, and there was, therefore, nothin
mat she wore with which to measure tn
footprint Of the No CATERS foun
near the dead bodies, and which it wa
EVIDENT we're on the feet Of woman VIII
led from the scene Of the murder, an
stopped when the footprints of the interfel
lag mare were reached. A rigid inquir
vas made in the shoe stores of Iudiar
aPo.ls tlll Ole was, at last, found wher
Mrs Glenn bad bought pair Of. No.
CATERS - a few days before the 18th
September. A pair of the same size an
manuiacture were nroduced and carnf,l