The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-29
Seouel to New York Tragedy-Dis-
covsry of Information About
the Greenfield Murder at
Syracuse.
The Husband of the Murdered Woman
Three Times Sentenced to Deafn'
While the Murderers Go
Unpunished.
The Innocence of the Doomed nan H'.'"
Hshed by the Confession OF one Oh
the Murderers, Told to His
Aged GRANDMOTHER.

A Lafayette (Ind.1 special says
two since a murder tris1 waa conciuceo d
Syracuse, New York. which was intensely IN
teresting, and which in one sense IS Oh some
interest here because OF the developments III
the case affecting a former resident OF La
fayette he being, in fact, one OF the accused
parties to the crime. The trial endeo IN tne
defendant Nathan Greenfield, oelng
found guilty of the murder OF his wife IN
1875. At the CONCLUSION Of his first trial
letter as follows wss received by the au-
thorities:
snare Greenfield his life. killed her after
satisfying my inhuman lust on her sense ess
Wilds of Michigan, yet l can't do double
murder. 1 am "A German, ana before you gel
this shall be gone far away.
ON the back of the letter is written this:
Why clamor after his life: He is innocent
Upou the strength of this Greenfield was
granted e new trial. His wife had been
found in her home with knife stuck into
her throat and a hole in her head, done oy
the discharge of a double barrsled
gun belonging 20 her husband. The
taken from the barrel which had not
been discharged. He Was arrested and has
had two trials, and on October I'D was
again sentenced TO be hung When asked
why sentence should not be passed upon
HIM. Greenfield said: AS there is q God OF
truth and \ O0O OF Justice. dH lilA4OEcHh.
The defense had set up this theory that a
party of men entered Greenheld's barn TO
eteal his grain, and, after outraging his VIE,
killed her to prevent her testifying against
them. In support CT this the following
letter, written from this city BY Royal hei
Iogg. and addressed to his brother, was gwen
in testimony:
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April u, 1876.
ErrrSp AIpEN-It Is with please that !
take my pen in hand to inform you that am
well and nope this VIII nnd you the sam, ana
your Iettle family Alden, 1 am IN I4aiaY ette-
1 tesn my poor old mother oece more dio
not no her, she did not know me out
when she found out who was she iainied anu
fell in nv arms. You ought TO see her, yes,
YOU had Alden. You dent know how much
She has ahauged. You wouldn't no her, Alden.
A m,Iher is q mother. Tell about the
murder If YOU think II all right. All them.
am in Lafayette, and II they want me IheS
meet Caiden. II you want TO see me you mad
better come up soon. She Is failing last: l
am going TO work. Louiss's man got me the
place. must quit for this time, hoping 20
near from You soon. Direct TO Lafayette, Ind.
ROYALL KELLOGG. No. a Brown street.
RoYAII. KELLOGG.
We Will NOT think of the past. but of the
hereafter RoYALI., Lafayette.
The writer OF this ran away immediately
after the murder, which was committed iour
wears ago, aud he assumed the name oil
Henry Wilson until he came to this city,
when he was known by right name.
Within the past few days some points OF
facts bearing upon this murder have been
unearthed here in this city that will in al
probability go far in disproving the charge
against the unfortunate man Greenfield. The
clew was q slender one. and, 1t closely TO-
lowed, NAV lead TO solution OF the crime
Royal Kellogg came here 10 visit NJ:
grandmother, Mrs. MIny Drake, an old ano
feeble lady. The clew was simply the DIS
coyery that she knew something about tbs
case She was visited this afternoon by o
H Stein, city editor OF the Courier, TO whom
she gave The following statements:
That after Royal came back the SECOND
t,me-a year after the conviction OF Green
field-he told her about the murder. He SAID
that the night Mrs Greenfield wsS killed, h,
and Alden and George Hines went TO th'
farm to steal Greenfields oats. GreeniielC
wasn't home, but his wife saw them snC
the idea got into their heads to outrage thu
woman, and one of them knocked her dowr
and stunned her. and they all outraged her
Royal said: I'VE thought she was coming
TO, and she died-died quick"
How about taking the things"
well, they divided them up. Royal. HI
took the gun and went outside and buried
it in the field. He told me be first wrapped
1T in a rubber overcoat, and then all aroun,
with some old wooden clothes SO that i
wouldn't get we. and rust Then there wa
$50 in money. They took that and watch
and good deal of oats. Hines took part o
the oats to his own house and used them
the rest they sold. Royal said 10 me,
don't think any body can find that gun, Blu
if they do I'll swing, sure Z"
Mes Drake said he threatened to kill her
often, if she repeated what he told her. Mrs
Drake says that the authorities in New York
few days ago, arrested Roysll Kellogg. Sh,
also said that since the murder he served
short sentence in the psnitentisry, an,
while there wrote to her rot 70 say e. -
thing about the murder. and psrticui. .r, :, ,
his attorney. A detective visited r g.,
ing the first trial. but she was sf,s;d ~ 70
him anything. She says me sill nc not I. 20 -
Syracuse unless c.-.npelled 70.
.snce Gresnheld ist9 lang December /
hnd this information, If true, will save hi
and prove him in ocen., it would be pert
nent that the authorities be informed COZ
cerningit. A telegram has been sent fro
here TO Jrdge Daniels. who sentenced Gree
field, bur no answer has been returned up
this writing.
Two Anecdotes of Webster.