The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-04-03
end to the lies she told and hired others


to tell for her.
When she was arrested she was wear
ing pair of carpet slippers belonging
to her colored servant, and not a slip
per could be found about her house.
Inquiry was made at number OF shoe
stores in Indianapolis, and it was ascer-
tanned that boy had sold Mrs. Glenn a
pair of No. 3 CATERS few days before
the murder. The boy was requested to
get pair of the same size of the same
manufacture. They were procured and
careful measurement proved that they
were too deep for the woman's tracks IN
the woods near the dead bodies, but
correspondent with them in every other
particular Upon this being mentioned,
the boy remembered that Mrs. Glenn
complained of the hiph heels when she
bought them, and inquired for shoe
maker, and upon being directed where
to go, started to have them altered.
The shoemaker remembered that he
had altered the heels of pair of gait
ers for Mrs. Glen, and upon being re-
quested to alter the new pair In the
same manner, he removed portion of
the heel Just as he had done for her,
and when thus altered he CATERS fitted
the tracks near the dead bodies to per-
lection. The servant girl swore that
she saw Mrs. Clem's new CATERS laying
on bed in the house few days before
the murder and that she saw the same
CATERS soiled and muddy on the porch
the morning after the murder that
Mrs. Glen passed out by them on the
porch, and that they were never seen
afterward. 1t was also proved that
Mrs. Glenn was seen to go into the car
riage with Young and wife as they were
going in the direction where they were
murdered, the afternoon of the murder ;
and one witness, who had known her
and her brother Silas for years, met
them coming home in buggy from the
direction of the murder at rapid pace,
and swore that they refused to recog-
nize him.
The most remarkable feature of the
case, however, and one that has excited
curiosity that will never be allayed
until the guilty parties confess and ex-
plain it, grew out of the secret and mys-
sterious financial transactions which
were carried on between Mrs. Glen and
her victim, Young and other prominent
citizens of indianapolis, for months
prior to the murder and up to the very
day of its commission. Young, the
murdered man, had been porter in a
hardware store. and was known to be
poor. Suddenly he gave signs of
wealth, improved his property, bought
him horse and carriage, quit working,
and informed his former employers that
he was engaged in business that was
realizing enormous profits. He bor-
rowed large sums of money ut enormous
rates of interest. invariably upon short
time, and always repaid them before
his obligations matured. He kept a
large bank balance at one OF the In
dianapolis national banks, and estab-
lished credit that enabled him to pro-
cure the Endorsements of some of the
leading business men Of the place. No
one knew his business, and when asked
by his indorsers what he was doing, he
put them off with evasive answers. He
was murdered Sept II, 1868, and $27,
600 of his paper matured in bank on the
18th. This amount was paid by his in
dorsers. He was seen in a bank the
day he was murdered, with $500 in
his pocket, and one witness swore that
Mrs. Glen said that Young had given
her $40, 600 on the morning of the muir
der. These financial transactions of
Young's covered period of six months,
and during the whole time he was visit
ing Mrs. Clem's house as often as two
or three times a week, and always when
her husband was at his grocery store.
Mrs. Clem's husband had never met
Young and knew not that his wife
was acquainted with him until after the
murder. Mrs. Glenn was also in the
habit of visiting Young's house two or
three times a week, in company with
her sister-in-law, and when there she
and Young would retire to an adjoining
room, where they would be engaged in
conversation and writing for few min
utes. When questioned by her sister
in-law about the nature of her business
relations with Young, she put her off
with indefinite answers. Meanwhile,
Mrs. Glen and Young both had plenty
OF money. During the same period the
fortunes of her convicted accomplice,
Abrams, who purchased the gun, began
visibly to improve. He quit working at
his trade, commenced loafing and bor-
rowing money at high rates of interest,
kept respectable balance in bank, paid
his bank paper promptly, and spent a
good portion of his time visiting Mrs.
Clem's house. But the strangest part
of the transaction remains to be told.
DR.. Duzan, leading physician of In
dianapolis, and man of wealth, had
been acquainted with Mrs. Glen since
she was a child, and had always been
her family physician. Before her arrest
Mrs. Glen had testified as witness in
the grand jury room, and had there
positively asseverated that she had
never had any financial dealings with
DIR. Duzan, and that he would not ties.
tify otherwise. All the leading bankers
in the city were examined and compelled
to produce the bank accounts of Dr.
Duzan, Young, the murdered man, and
Abrams, Mrs. Clem's confederate. Mrs.
Glen kept no bank account during these
transactions.
A comparison of these bank accounts
revealed the fact that there were the
most intimate relations existing between
them. When DIR. Duzan would check
$4,000 out of his bank, Young would
make deposit of the same amount the
same day and when Young would draw
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