The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-01-20

June 10, 5000
July ID, ISIS. - ....... 5000
July g. lS75.... 1900
July ID, 1873. 800
MAY s. so
Total. S57,O
The indictment was returned into open court
January s, but no arrest was made until Satur-
day. the 10th. Judge Cravens, the presiding
judge, reaIising the fact that nothing but
nominal bond was necessary for Mr.. StilwelIs
appearance. fixed 1t az sI'~o. but after
stance TarS raised OF the slG himself nf he BAN
was promptly given, with Richard Lake, W. r.
Pierce, J. NJ, Dickson and L. N; Trees. as surety.
On Sunday morning Colonel Stilwell went to the
country to visit friend, but expected TO return
to-day.
AN HOUR WITH CORWIN.
HOW HE FEELS ARoUr THE HoMICIDE-A
FREDERICKSBURG APPEARANCE-HIS VERSION
AND HIS APPEAL.
Meantime the Sentinel's work had been
telling in an unexpected quarter. On re-
turning to the hotel the proprietor told me
significantly that ''Corwin wants to see
you" / FASTENED to his place of imprison-
mept-his office-which was surrounded by
a tumultuous threng. Conversation was car
ried on in low tones, but none the less en-
cited on that score. I had some difficulty
i'll obtaining access to the prisoner, as he re-
fused admission to all save special friends
and official personages. On giving my mis-
/ sion from thu Sentinel. the de putty sheriff
admitted me with alacrity, and as 1 entered
my eye fell upon a splendid figure, which
/ knew. without the formal introduction
/ that followed, was the murderer. He
! greeted me with a calm, graceful
/ self p ossession, and motione0 to a seat
/ Yfra oil 7
/ forced to admire the man, tall, erect as an
oak, with finely developed form. In the
general ensemble, he is the typical picture
of the better class of Englishmen that one
see travelling for pleasure in this country,
with a light hazel eye and clear ford COM
| plexion, he is as handsome a man as one
sees in any large assembly. His eye is I'M
certain and restless, and rarely meets you in
frank exchange when talking, and he has a
disturbing trick of searching the back of his
head with alternate hands as he becomes
deeply interested in the topic in hand.
Dressed with scrupulous neatness and per-
feet taste in well fitting dark blue coat cut
| fashionable with clean impressive linnen
and tasteful studs, he presents picture
of worldly propriety and self COM
placency rarely seen outside OF the weekly
conference, or the Sabbath exercises. But
the reserve and complaisance which evil
IDENTIFY haDitually characterize his inter-
course with his fellows, was lost TO a certain
extent in the present crisis His broad
shoulders were somewhat contracted and his
fine open forehead corrugated with the
weight OF his position. When he began to
talk was struck With the ease and readi-
ness of speech, and the fiuency with which
suggestion and illustration poured OF. His
voice is sustained and musical and as a spe-
cial pleader he would move the most obdur-
ate jury TO tears.
/ CoRwIN's ACCOUNT.
l. He began at once upon the absorbing topic.
He had read theSentinel and seemed shocked
at is editorial presentation OF the case, and
said with protesting accent: The Sentinel's
article of this morning was very unjust;
| from whom did you get your informa-
| tiony Ii must have been written
by some drunken friend of Stilwell's family.
For myself l can say it was clearly in sell
defense. for 1 had no grudge against Mr..
Stilwell. / had often demonstrated with
him for drinking, and at one time told i'm
that if his bank business was in such con-
dition that he wanted to withdraw from It.
that and the two Mccullough would buy
him out, and then he could go to Binghamp.
ton Mr.. Corwin's native place. where he
could be benefited. The New York Inebri-
ate Asylum is situated there.--Rep.] Ifyou
want to know who am, ask DIR. Seward. 9
nephew of VIM. III. Seward, and a preacher
of Philadelphia-ask him who John f.
Corwin is. Ask every one in Middle
Corwin. Ask oliver Tousey, in your own
city. who John +. Corwin is. Ask Frede-
rick Baggs who John E. Corwin is. Ask
the Fletchers who Jo IN f. Corwin is; an6
old Calvin Fletcher, II he were living, could
satisfy you as to my character. used TO be
a partner in Hume, Adams dS Co.'s, but we
had a little difficulty and we separated, and
l think to this day was right" He grew
vehement and absolutely eloquent while
talking in vindicatiOn of his character, and
emphasized his words with the cadence and
incubation of preacher. He continued:
SIN your paper do not assail the character
of
ALLEN MAKEPEACE;
He Is dead. Allow his bones to rest in
peace. If have done wrong, and the facts
show have done wrong say so, and blame
me, but do not blame Allen Makepeace
4 would like to have you TO go and ask
Wiles Bros in your city in regard to my
character. Go to your democratic friends
in this town, to the clerk of this court and
others, and ask them who / am
The idae of my bribing grand
jury. did not know. what
). the indictment was until saw it in this
mornings Sentinel ] do not think Colonel
Stilwell was insane when he came into my
Office. / think he was melted by malicious
persons, who, in this way, sought TO accom-
plish their own ends" At this point of the
interview several. people appeared at the
door, and he asked the sheriff to let them in
He was very courteous and cordial to every
one who came into the Office. 1 asked him i
he slept well the night before. 'Oh, no; as
well as you might expect under the circum-
stances was very much narrowed. / was
4 at home, guarded by Mr.. Davis, the deputy
sheriff" this point gentleman came into
the Office and asked to see the Sentinel. II
could not be found. He asked me direct
If had it, evidently supposing that haG
! so me sinister purpose in concealing &C. Hav-
ling 90 such object or intcntion, replied that