The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-01
WHOLE NUMBER 1,8O6

named Watson who confessed TO the fact NJ
murder and gave the information that en-
aOieu tue oouy TO be found, was first EXAM
lned, and his evidence, giving the whole
slory OF the crime, was as follows: .sMv
naiIio - 1onn ,, watson; l live in the town-
snip OF hoiiand; have resided there two or
three years; knew Willis Pound in his Iise-
.lme; time; was also acquainted with John III.
Fuller and Melvin c. Fuller: saw the mar.
Ties OF Saturday, the 5th q. Jane. ~, that
uay 1ohn d. Fuller said h- .saIed me 20
hitch up the team and o.. hs.irs. yvith
them; [ said / would 90: il wsx shon,
O'Clock In the morning he ssid. Won
orlVe up TO that little road thar ooes in
where Mr.. Pound lives stop there, and I
VIII go and get Pound to 20 fishing with
VS. 4 Grove up the road and waited for
Poonc; IL was before the train came nv
going south. Fuller came hack and said.
round VIII De here soon, and then You and
he 90 down TO Pine creek bav.' ne was
going TO Holland, but would meet us at
Sne, osy. Melvin Fuller said he would 60
Melvin told his father in NV hearino. IN the
lhursosy before, that he would meet us
eDeie Win boat. Pound and I started
with the horses and wagon. There was a
spear ana some lines that Pound put into
we Dox, also gun and an ak; had
some nsh lines in my pocket Pound
brought little bag. / did not know what was
IN IT, w nen we reached the creek we hitched
the horses near the creek and met Melvin G.
ruler tnere; he said he had a boat. Pound
and hshed of from the dock, and Melvin
Fuller did the same. The old man (John n
Fuller) came down about an hour atterward-
Melvin asked Pound TO 60 cut fishing with
him IN the boat: Pound said he would. and
they went of together, returning after a
whlie. The old man staid on the dock with
me; iney stald awhile on the dock with me,
anG sben they went out fishing in the boat.
taking the AK and the lone-handIed speer
win toem In the boat. The old man Fuller
said, We don't have any luck fishing on the
oocA, ana asked ma to go out in ths boat
with them. l said, No, three are enough
when they started; the old man Fuller put
the AK in the boat. They went up the bay
tili tney got out OF sight behind the grass.
think they were
| GONE OVER AN HOUR.
1t was almost dark when they got back.
When saw the boat coming back, noticed
that there were but two men in il. When
they came near, ] asked, Where is Mr..
Pound?' They both said, we have got
him where we want him." The old man
Fuller said, There is one thing I'll tell you.
Ii you ever lisp word about this, I'll shoot
you.' They made me promise not to tell.
: Then says the young man, Father, I'll start
for home on the Lake Shore so that can be
y
said about Pound, we have got him where
we want him, and we guess he won't sp-
psar as witness against us at the trial III
J we have got to 60 to Jackson, we may as
wel go for an old sheep as q lamb The
two Fullers took the things cut Of the
} boat except the axe. I took the ak out of
r the boat, did not see the spear after they
: came back. threw the ak into the wagon
, and took il homo / noticed some water in
the boat. When we got started, old man
Fuller SAID he had him stsked down in the
, mud / asked him where he put him. He
, said, Near the mouth of Pine creek in the
mud and grass. stalzed him down good,
| and pulled some mud and grass over the
! stake l said, That's q serious thing for q
man to do Yes he said, but 1 had to do
it or go to Jackson Then he said again
that they would shoot me If I said a word
about it. said, Did you get anything p
, He SAID, Yes, got enough 10 pay ex-
, penses,' or to pay for my trouble
! Last Saturday Melvin C. Fuller
, showed me a pistol and said he would
, shoot me if ever opened my head about 1t
brought the old man Fuller into town last
week, Monday. He told me he had borrowed
, that gun (referring TO a loaded in gun
, court) to shoot PouRd with, if he came
3 around his house, and had it loadd to shoot
me with If / said anything about the affair
3 / asked him what he did with Pounds
clothes. He replied, We chucked them in
the mud Fuller did not tell me how they
5 killed him. was present yesterday when
: the body was found. 1t was near the mouth
+ of Pine creek in a little cove. Mr.. Adsii
prosecuting Attorney and were standing
up in the boat looking around for it. Mr.
{ Adsit said, There it is i guess: see the
. fiesr I think Mr.. Adsit took the boa,
book and hanled the sod and weeds off, and
tberelay the body"