The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-19

Marvin Hicks s>ho. Down at the
rloN.
Tae Assassin acknowledges the
Deed.


The Assassin acknowledges the
Deed.
Onr reaArfs will remember thai three
week ago ~ Mr. Tip Arnold was plow-
Ing In hiS iieid. in his county, adjoining
the Pike county line. ~ was shot from
AN ambush an' severely wounded in the
leg. IL felt certain the assassin wa
Jsnrs HISS anA had him arrested for II.
lst,i on examination HAYS swore he va
40, aenr There A the time. AMI 40 on
having ~ren hiri 10 The shooting he was
not held for H. The mex, day after this
trial al inquiry was held At the County
Clerks Office. before .Esgs. Dillon aud
Vest. in regard 10 his sanity. lie was
not present. but half dozen witnesses
swearing thu; Ne was dangerously in
sane. threatening 10 Kill some Of his rcla-
tives for imaginary offrn~es. aud goin ~
shout all the time armed. he was adj
judged dangerously insane. and a-war-
rant given ~ Sheriff Cox Tor his arrest.
Some OF hi- friends. anl he seems TO have
nnmbes OF injudicinus ones in the
neighb,rlpod IF his bachelor retreat. a
log cabin ~ twenty acres OF land which
nv nwn., advised him that the trial for
insanity wa void on account Of some
technical detect. and that ne might resist
an arrest on ihrawari and warrant with
impuniiy. lie accordingly loaded him
self down with four large revolvers and
rice. AMI lriied the officers, aud depu-
Is Gardner and he exchanged several
shots ia nm effort Of Gardner to arrest
him. Afterwards Deputy Sheriff KEEL
lum- saw him in OiwelI and talked with
him. he being fully armed aud having
irirmd~ BY 10 ASSET him, and he told the
officer he would not be taken alive, and
when he slied some others were certain
~ - win him. displaying with brayado
lis 4r'ns 7Hi readiness TO use them
Natter vent ~ Thus Tor few days. he
maklU4 III. boasts III ~ he lad been fcund
nsaiie AMI could nos b. hurt il hc killed
anyone and telling his friends ii they
wanted anyone put out Of the way to lei
him know and he would shoot for them
On saturday last Mr.. Marvin Hicks, or.
~ he Il sometimes called Silcox. was
with two other hands. engaged IL break
ing ground on j. farm IN jefferson
township, Pike county, near Hays land,
wien De was shot from behind the fence,
rife hall entering his hin aid ranging
I'D lif0 hiA back Aass was ~cen with
Aip gun ba raOreiH afterwards near
whert llt -lot WAS lrcd, arb II was
known aid ne shooting. The men
poUghiDG it ihe is.l with Hicks were
afraid M ge Id ais assistance for fear
lsr would Ia shot, until Mr.. sohn
IA lor wL4 Glanced to be passing W.
weAt geer III The wounded man and chill
fd them. Hays and Hicks had bern
friends A. far A. known until aftcr the
shooting OF Arnold, after wAieh Hays
made an unsuccessful attempt II shoot
Hicks on the road Why he shot him.
or wanted to shoot him is not known, rs
Hicks was respectable citizen. who
held himself aioof from all difficulties.
The art aroused the neighborhood, and
sheriff Cox nt posse Of men from
Jasper ~ arrest Iiavs and bring hin,
dead or Live. On arrival In the neigh
bcrhooi The posse called on all the citi-
zens 20 help Ia his arres', and many
went cheernnly, and others were taken
from their beds aud compelled to 90.
Tie search lasted Saturday night, sun
day and part OF Sunday night, ana was
participated in BY probably scvcnty-five
men, when about II o'clock Sunday night
he was tracked 70 his own door yard,
and found pacing the yard with his
ready rife. desperate, but knowing he
was surrounded by determined and
excited crowd OF men. The officers NOT
wishing 20 Kill him II they could avoid
N asked him 70 surrender peaccably.
but ia ipld them he would not, 10 shoot
= tissc sad they would. that he intended
70 sho he first one who attempted -