The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-30

have not told this sooner was because ! was
afraid OF my life. would have told it to
DR.. Pollock yesterday, if 1 had known he
was safe. 1 was afraid last night. 1 got
Mrs. Ramon 20 stay with me. She was
with me when the officers came this morn
ing. told the officers of my own tree
will. he Mr.. SHELLY said that Allie gave
up to him for the purpose of saving her life;
bat be said be told her that he would kill her,
| for she would tell her father and they
of Allie since she was killed. L did not
know that ne had the the butcher knife
with him until ne told me he had killed
Allie. He said he threw the knife away.
don't know where he threw them.
her
MALINDA Y SHRLL.
mark.
Test: DUNCAN Dow.
George T. Brandon, being sworn, says:
The first 1 heard of this case was about s
O'Clock Thursday evening 22d. Mrs. Horn
berger told US there was lost girl; we asked
her who 1t was. did not think much OF
the matter and went to bed. Next morning
We were walked up early by Henry Derrin-
ger, and about or hall past about two
hundred men assembled together and
started out to hunt the girl: we started out
twice, and about noon Woolman, Mr.. Huber,
OF Hamilton, and / started down towards
swail TO get some plums we had gone about
100 yards southeast of Scott's Hotel, where
we found her at the west edge of the prairie.
She was lying under thorn bush; she was
covered with blood when we found her; did
not touch her; the scene made me sick; the
first cuts | saw were those in her neck;
she was lying on her back; her head
little to the right; her clothes were up above
her knees; she had on waterproof skirt;
did not notice whether her clothes were torn
or not; noticed they had been cut on the
left side; don't remember of seeing any
ka h,rf Lo,- fooo
hands, and on her bonnet; the bonnet was
lying under her head; it was gresn sum
bonnet. / first saw Shell in the morning,
after
HEARING THAT THE GIRL WAS LOST;
be was setting in Axtle's front room; he said
he had not slept any that night, that he had
not eaten anything since Wednesday noon,
except cup of coffee. We shortly after
ward went out on the railroad, and in talk
ing, Shell said, "Oh! the girl has been muir
deredr' then said to him, "Who in the
thunder would murder her. that no one had
been out there with her but
you, that they told me that there
has been no one in the plum
patch for some time" he said he did not
know who would do it, but that ne felt like
she was murdered; he almost knew she was.
woods to hunt her, and Mr.. Axtle wanted
us TO wait until Mr.. Laughlin would come
back. We finally went down in to the
woods without waiting for mr. Laughlin;
then two or three of us together, Mr.. Bal
niger, of Springfield, and Mr.. Adams
WE KEPT CLOSE WATCH ON SHELL.
made the remark that believed that Shell
would find the girl. Hewould start down in
the direction of the girl, and when we would
follow him up he would turn around
and come back again. Shell finally
left us altogether, and we then
commenced hunting for him, and
shortly after this some one said the line of
march had been formed and was ready to
start from the pike, near Dixon's farm.
Just IS We we're leaving to go to where the
line of march was to begin, Hornberger and
Shell came up. Hornberger said he found
him near the corn field, that he was
crying. This was near where the body was
found. We formed the line of march, but
did not find her while so formed. After we
had found her, Shell came up before the
crowd came up. 1 noticed that Shell kept
looking over the shoulders of the men to
see the body, but don't remember of his
saying word. Some one said
LET Us LOOK FOR THE KNIFE.
know he helped to look for it. Don't re-
member how long remained afterthe body
was found; did not stay very long. I went
away before Shell was arrested. heard him
say in the house after he was arrested, that
1t must have been a very large knife that did
the cutting. he asked me after the doctors
examined the body, ID there were
more cuts than those in the neck. /
told him there were others. He told
US, while on the railroad how she
Il L
am twenty one years of age.
A. G. " oolman, being sworn, says: l am
twenty-seven years of age, live in Logan
county, Ohio. / went out to the reservoir on
Tuesday last with George Brandon. We
came in from the reservoir Wednesday eve
ming about s or O'Clock, and some one told
US that girl was lost. Mrs. Bornberger
said that the msn that
BROUGHT HEa HAD szURDKRED HER.
Next morning we went to AxtIe's sndsaw
the man that was with her when she was
lost; bis name was Shell; did not say any
thing to Shell, but heard all ne had to say.
He said that the girl said she was going
down the side of the creek TO gather plums;
she said he told her not to go, that
there was none; then she said they were
for her mother; had been out before that
and gathered some. After a while he said
that she proposed to him to 90 down on this
size of the creek to gather plums I; she said
her uncle had been there and gathered some.
He was asked tn describe the position OF the
girl shat he had last her in his first des-
cription was that his wife was about fifty
yards east OF the wagon gathering hazel nuts:
that the girl was about fifty yards south of
the wagon; that he went west for the girl, |
and that the girl went back TO the wagon SO
his wife told him, and emptied her hazel
nuts, and then went down toward the plum |
thieEet about the same course he had taken. |
After while he was asked to describe by |
some one else; then said that the girl was |
where he first said his wife was, when he |
said first the girl was when he started to the |
plum Shicket.
The effect ofthe dreadful aud very peculiar |
testimony upon the hearers may be i'm |
agined. 1t created the most intense excite |
ment among the great crowd in and aronnd |