The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-25
vILLAINY AND FOLLY.

THE POPULAR CRIME-A STORY OF SEDUC-
TON IN FRANKLIN CoUNTZ-AN ALLEGED
ABORTION.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the Goth inst.
contains the following story connected with
parties in the southern part of the State:
Information was received in official circles
here in the city yesterday that man named
Harvey b. Harnaday (or Hernandez), who
was stopping at q shoe store on Broadway
between Fifth and Sixth streets, was wanted.
The requisition for Mr.. Harnaday, though
firm and unyielding, is of a delicate nature,
and Is Intimately connected with an episode
or a pair of episodes rather-that made
their appearance prematurely at the village
of New Trenton, Indiana, some four, or
five weeks ago. and for which he is supposed
to be responsible. The stoSy of Mr.. Harna-
days offense, as we were able to extract it
from eight pages of closely-written legal cap
yesterday, is substantially as follows: Mr..
Harnaday, it seems, settled himself at New
Trenton, Franklin county, Ind, some six
months ago, perhaps longer, though on this
point the chronicles are at fault. At all
events he located at the place and
soon after became intimate with
Miss Laura Cope, the beautiful
daughter of widow living there The
young couple soon became apparently fond
lovers. and in the course of a month or two
it was whispered that they. had plighted
their troth to each other, and would be mar
ried at an early day. Time passed on, and
the village gossip settled down to the con-
clusion that there was neither romance nor
days of Noah, when people were married and
given in marriage. SO it would be now;
when these young people had passed
t eir wOoing days they would soon z
or later wed, and then relapse into the
matter-of-fact, humdrum existence of those
around them. On the afternoon of the 14th
of July Harnaday started with his dulcinea
in buggy, nominally for pleasure drive
over to Harrison, in this State, a distance of
some ten miles. On arriving there they
stopped at the Shroyer House, better known
as the Girard House, where they resasined
until s o'clock in the evening. Then
they together went TO the Office of doctor,
an up stairs office, on the same side of
the street the hotel is situated, where
THE OBJECT OF THEIR VISIT
was first made known to the girl, it being to
have an abortion performed on her. She
knew of her condition. bat relying upon the
promise of nsrriage that had been made to
her she hoped to cover her shame or escape
Il altogether. At any cate, she had never
thought of this way of escaping the results
Of her folly. The doctor, whose name
does not appear in the statement,
ceeded to the performance of his
heliish work. Meanwhile Mr.. Harnaday
stood by to see that the job was done faith
fully, according to contract. When it had
been accomplished the two got into their
buggy again and drove home. Next day the
girl was taken sick and was delivered of q
pair of still born twins. The physician who
was called in, learning Of the crime that had
been committed on the poor girl, set about an
investigation. The coroner, or justice Of
the peace acting as a coroner, held an
inquest at which the foregoing facts were
brought out, the girl herself making sworn
statement. Since the night he left her at
Harnaday has not been seen at New Tren-
ton. And now the officers are on the look
out for Mr.. Harnaday and the Harrison dec
tor, who was his partner in the crime. They
are wanted here just now, and 1t is alto
gether likely that the sort of Justice meeted
out to such criminals as Madame Frazier
awaits them.