The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-23
MRS. NANCY CLEM'S HISTORY
TINE SEQUEL 70 7HE MtRDER or EAR
MER IOtNN AM UIfh.
Revelations Drawn Out ancr Four Trial
Two Convictions aud Twenty Months at T.
Life Sentence In i'm Indiana renIt, ntinr.

From M ~ Nfvp IIHea
INDrANApoLts, April is.-The Cold Sprn r
tragedy. or the Glenn murder. was pnrprtratn o
near this city eight years ago. The death
jacob Young and his wife. shot down side T.
side at n lonely spot on the bank of White river,
the arrest soon aftcrward Of Mrs. Nan Glenn
for the murder with two male accompliccs. on,
of them boing her brother. silas Hartman: tho
long series OF hard fought trials that followed
ending five years later in the release of the
woman alter four trials for murder. two convir-
tions. and twenty months Of lie sontrnr.
spent in the pcnitcntiary the strange hut in 81
complete revelations OF mysterious llnancia
transactions ON large srnle which came out II
these trials; and the constantly heght"niui
thrill of strange horror and mysterious inter 81.
that first CONFUSED the immediate ncighbor-
hood and later spread in cont nually widon.n.
circles over the whole country. a. the sjngulu'
regulations went on-al these are still too rcccn-
to have been forgotten.
Now the mystery is coming 10 light in severa
civil suits, in which Mrs Glenn will ilgur. vari.
ously as witness and party. In one Of thrso
suits. to which she is moi n party. the Court tw,
or three weeks since ordered the taking Of hei
deposition, THIS wa, done privately and @
great length. Gen. Ben llarrison. Of the couns
IN the suit. conducting II. For Il whole wcoh
this extraordinary woman. who was nrvri
on the witness stand in the whole cOur-i
OF me judicial PROCEEDINGS against her
WINS suW"tod tp close examination 10y Z.
skilled lawyer and i has boon made 81 rar THAI
Mrs. Cirn, Young. the murdered man, Abrams
an h""unpli'e IN tn murder. and others Who D.
connection with these WIS more OF less obs ura.
W re- engaged IN u strange course of dealing ID
money which placed turm ia rciat On- OF cOnl-
dem" AMI 81 large credit. without NSihl" fOun-
dation. with some of the strongest banks and
most conservative bus M - men in the cit }.
Mrs. Glenn, or more frequently the others. WlD
ted - her AGENTS and go-h .twonns. were abb
70 procure sums ranging qpio $4,000 from suci
banks AZ Ilarrsons and Flctrhcrs. and iron
such private parties a- H. l.. Wright, then and
now prominent business man: H. 5 Dors',
and others. These loans were without visihl,
security. and apparently made 10y thu lender
without knowledge of the business in whici
they were to be used. II seemed To be enough
for them that for a time the loans were promptly
PAID with gratifying usury. This did not last
however.
Whom tho denoucmcnt came Il brought wit
II not only murder. hut bankruptcy and rob
berry. the balances were all on the wrong side.
When Young wis Killed ho owed the banks an
othcre over SiUOOO. and his assets were n
$4,000. Also, $1,000 ou his person the day
the murder Il SapurarsI from the body. IT,,
theory OF the prose- az ON WIS that himself an
up th' spirit a. AWAY ol this and other lara,
Ii also appear that Mr. Glenn used The money
an credit of rn,n ANA women whose conid'ua .'
she WIS ahln to -aiu lysome mysterious power
J. t7unul magnetism. pnrhaus-to furnish d
gang oi garll'i- W.th means 10 carry un th"iI
ius ln,s-. while she sinr ~ ia their gains. SIN
W., She SAYS. in ntmnte rotation with the gam
Nj gs business. 81 tiMN- I'D cooked meals g.
them. ~ other Tunes she -tpui guard VIII
I ia play was pto rr''--iu-. She WAS paid for ai
o., e'ry. -. tutl. Hfi't .,L u' .l-. IN she 1. o.
ceNcd 5000 Tor WAT 'h.n- at tlr door