The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-06
THELAwRENcEBURG TRAGEDY.


MISUNDERSTANDING TRAGEDY.
M'DoL on TRIAI.-THE THEORIES AND Ar
GUN ENIs OF THE OPPOSING COUNSEL
ING.
The Cincinnati Gazette of October
contains the following summary OF the trial
OF the alleged murderer of the Bradley fam
iiy; The public hayepot forgotten che muir
der that was committed near IawreDerbure
on sac night of the 10th of June last when q
woInsn and two daughters were mos, BIN
tally slain. The narae OF the murdered am
NV " - bradley and that ~ the accused ranr-
uerer, VIM. McDole. a cousiD of the worra-,
McDoie has remained in Jail since re was
accused OF the murder by the verdict of the
coroner's jury. Last THURSDAY a week a.,
to-day, he trial was BEGAN at f,awreDcebuTu
before Judge Roberts. OF the cirenit court
whose Jufls01csion comprises Ohio and Dear
porn COURSES. Prosecuting Attorney Brum-
ley ana capt Schwartz appeared for the
state, and Messrs. Bainbr;dge snd McNful-
len for the prisoner. A very int uioent
and honest Jgsy comprising ten farmers. a
steamoo captain, and a shoemaker was
obtained by Friday noon, and the case pro-
ceeded put net before mstion was made
by she defense for q change ~ venna frr,n,
Dearborn 10 Ohio county. This moSior, was
promptly oyer-fuled by the iudxe. The
tneory OF the prosecution il that McDole
leR Lawreoeeburg on the evening In cues
ton, add went To the house OF Mrs. Krad-
ley not with murderous intent but tor the
purpose OF having intercourse with her.
Failing TO overcome her scsuplcs. be resort
ed 10 violence, rendered the woman upccn-
scIous, aud then outraged her. Knowing
iuil wen tnat the children in the cabin were
ISrft city acquainted with b5.n and could
tell on him. be felt it necessary TO, comnlete,
ms horrible work by lsslling the whole fam
lily. The htle baby WIS the only one that
escaped. The defense is that McDole was
elsewhere at the time % the murder. The
strong points made by the prosecution are
that blood was found onNeDole's shirt coat
and pants and that his.
Shoes FITTED EXACTLY
the prints sound near tie house. MeDola
and his mother are the chief witnesses for
The defense. The former says that be was
under the influence of liquor on the even
ing of the 10th of june. and went home
from Lawrenceburg about 10 O'Clock. when
has mother let him in, and he went to bed
he remained about the house the dav after.
and the third day went to Eawrenceburp.
and was arrested as the murderer He saws
that the blood on his coat and.
pants might have been received
when he was killing hoes last win
ter. On the night of the murder. as he WAS
gong home, his nose bled, and she blood got
on his shirt in that way, or Oh his coat and
pants, too The mother substSntiates this
testimony as TO tbe time of her sons arrival
nome. Ey reference to the reports Of
the coroDers inquest, held last June.
1t will be seen that MeDoie then
swore that he was looking for work
abo1t that time; that he went home
very late on the-Dight of the murder. and
entered the house without awakening any
OF the family, and leaving il early in the
morning, also without the knowledge of the
family; not returning until Wednesday, the
second Gay alter the murcer. At the in
quest, Mrs. McDcle swore that she did not
see her son from Monday until Wednesday,
as he was away locking for work. IL is OK
pected that the prosecution will take notice
| of these discrepancies in the testimony of I
the two most Important witnesses for the
defense, to-day The prosecution claims
that, as the blood covered the lower portion
| of McDole's shirt, Il was impossible that it
| came there from bleeding at the nose. but
| that The shirt received the blood on il when
McDole was leaning over the BODY OF the
woman that he had outraged and murdered.
DIS Catch and Chase, OF Lawrence
burg, were called by the prosecution
TO rRovNTHAT THE BLosD
! on McDole's coat and pants was human, not
animal. They testified that in human blood
the globules are larger, and that the globules
| in the blood found m the clothes were OF the.
| size peculiar to human, and not to animal
| blood. The defsnse called seve-al doctors,
who denied the possibility of measuring the
size of the two kinds of globsles or OF
distinguishing between them, but one. of
| thera, DIR. A. R-Hayoes, of AurOTs. physi-
clan OF % years standing, corroborated the
| doctors called by the prosecution, far as
| to say that DIR. Richardson, of Philadelphia,
| the. latest and acknowledged Authority on
| this subject, has-declared the possibility of
| measuring bloodl globules in
/ milrOmatHr ThnG The stands
al present. All the people OF Lawrence
| burg and vicinity believe that MsDole is the
mIaderer, but many do not believe that the
| jury will GAUGE him to be hung. as the evil
| dence of his gnit is purely circumsi lltial.
| The Lswrenceburgers are now content TO let
| the law take its course, and they will not
resort to violsnce. The prisoner McDcSe aD-
pears in better health and con SAtiOn than he
dad when arrested, which is owing 70 lis en-.
| t0uced regular habits. His spirits are no
better than they were.