The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-15

IL 10 1875
who, by their long residences and uprIph
lives, are locked upon with reverence
Nothing Of importance was elicits
William Farmer, the first wines
/ called, said that he met a man ia Blooming
Ton some time in April. 1871, who claims
TO be relative by marriage, and that b,
talked TO him about half an hour; that n,
ihaus arrangements to meet Moore at To,
motel 81 z O'Clock same evening, called a
the hotel at the time designated. but could
not nnd MIN; waited for him about an hour
and then looked for him about an hour
then went home with the expectation OF
hnGing him there. He told me he had been
70 hsntucky, where he had sold come prop
eity. got the impression from him or SONG
one else, that be hsd some 81 500 with him
he told me- his home was in BLOOMINGTON
Ill. don't know whether it was from him
or oihers. don's know where he was al
me time. l was looking for him that day.
ehiy know iEom heafsay, i rather think
bis whiskers and hair were sprinkled with
gray.
CROSS Examined.
think first met Moore about che post.
Office. talked with him about half an
hour. think he gave me the name OF John
Moore. kept diary at that time,
and find i. was the lith day OF
April, ISL. Second witness, @ilism
Smith. 1 remember o. meeiikg a
man by the name OF Moore in 1871: went 70
the hotel and introduced him 20 Mr.. Nc
Kinney aud 10 Mr.. VIM. Farmer the next
day. When FIRST met him he asked tue if
lived in tie country and how far il was out
10 MI Farmers; said he was a nephew of
Farmers and intended going cut there, but
that be understood Mr. Farmer was a
preacher. and that he Moore-had been
drinking some aud did not want Mr..
Farmer 10 see him. LETT him at The hotel
that evening and met him again about 9
O'Clock the next morning. He was
getting gray. don't remember any
other pecuharities. L think he had
on blue jeans coat. think
his whiskers were sprinkled with gray. The
next witness, Mrs. Fry, testified that she
had been threatened by Crook" or c. A.
Mershon; he intimstiog that if she knew
anything, she had better keep quiet. The
next witness, johnson, one of the
EYE WITNESSES OF TIE MURDER,
said: In april, 1871, about the I4.h day.
was in company with Mr.. Fry, on College
avenue, and asked him into the saloon on
the west side of College avenus to
take a drink, he consented and
we passed down the alley to a side door and
entered, and passed three or four men on tho
right hand side IS we came in talkin in
10" tone. We walked up to the bar and
called far the drinks, and the barkeepsr
set out the liquor. We both took "A drink
and about the time we got thr' ugh drink
ing heard lick and looked around and
saw man falling, and saw man
cut ing him with kDite. The Qussl ion was
then asked him if he saw any one in the
court room whom he mad seen present on
that occasion. lie said yes, aud pointed to
1. 4. MershOn as the man he saw using a
knife on she stranger. The witness tDen
said Fry said, let as get out of here and that
they both started Tor the front door. but
thst some enc ;utsrpOsed themselves i'm front
OF Fry, aud that Fry either knocked or
pushed the man down and escaped. but that
ne, tie witness, was hindered from setting
out, and was caught by man
by the throat, and the man said
Cd On YOU il | spare YOU, will Won
ever hint or tell this thing. The question
being asked the witness if that man was in
The court room he pointed out Alersbon
again, and said il l ever mentioned it
would be hung to the first limb that would
bear me. saw the stranger dragged out of
the west door, one MN had him by the ton
of the head aud another by the shoulder.
and Fry left the saloon aud went to Mr..
Fry's house That night. The next morning
came up town and was met
by Mershon, who asked me il was the man
" no was in the saloon last night and saw
man take it. / said [ was there when a
man was knocked down last night. He
said, Cd On you if you blow it you will
be hung. There is q band of
MORE THAN DOZEN OF US.
The witness again pointed out Mershon
and SAID, right there sits the man. 1 was
subpoenaed before the grand |
jury and stated knew nothing
about the murder, for the res-
son that was afraid of
my life if told the facts. was only boy |
seventeen years of sge snd stranger at the |
lime. After came oUt of the grand Jury
room was met by Mershon, and he said II |
me. lyon tracked it pretty well, and. Cd 1
d-n you, it is well for you you dld, becau e /
If you had told anything YOU would not i
have got out OF town sive." The prosecu- |
ion then read q dispatch in the Courier
Journal, stating that Fry had been /
arrested at Atkin Station, in ATkensi-, |
and asked q continuance OF the case until /
sheriff Mckinney, who was in charge of the /
prisoner, could have time to report. There /
upon Judge Pearson cpntiIu the case IN
Ill Monday, April L. at 2 o'c Ock P. NJ,
stating t0at whiis he consider Ell that in
vestigatiOn OF a writ of babeas corpus should |
be without delay, YET he considered that /
Justice demanded a full and far investiya-
son, and it was his duty 10 grant
,hs continuance, Is we'll for his
prisoners as for the prosecution. |
On Friday to the gratifi alton of all, Sheriff
arrived vi h Fry, the most i'm
DoTtant witness In the case, from toe tact of
his mature age and GOODNESS AZ the time of /
he alleged murder. From information fur
1ished oy Fry. Peter Wehner, HoOsier
Mershon and James Glenn were arrested to-
lay as acc ,mplices in the murder.