The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-02-11


him, and I went about my business OF feeding /
and milking after getting up in the morning, |
which was about daybreak.
horse?"
sold Brown, and he always referred to it as |
"Wade's horse"
At this point an officer from the cor oner,s
Office came in and informed the tornkev
that Mr.. Wishsrd did not want s.Ayone to
talk with Wade, and the interyievS was nee
essarily brought to close.
THE POST MoRTE'
The reporter next Wis cad ITndartsksr
kregelo's place, where tr a hodv Of the mnr
deIed man was lying. Proceeding up stairs
S Suu enterink me uea room" he found Drs.
SnanOers anu 0eo' ga Wishard engaged in
presence OF Pr cssc..,to Elan. Thew had
sSarceIy eomIdeteF. their examination, s1d
tne rspoiteI WaiT cd some little time to OBJ
E MIn lne H'cts IN regard to the cause OF death.
Inc post NOR Cem revealed the following:
Anere were Abraslons on the left forehD1er
ana snotnS on the back Of the right band,
contuS ed wound above the rigb6 orbit
ABOUT n inch in length. Over the left side
VI ID occipital bone there was deep scalp
WoT md one and three-fourth inches in
40 Lgth, extending upward and outward OBJ
4Iquely from behind, and, adjoining this
at right angles, there was
second wound nearly two inches
in length, and extending obliquely down
ward and outward. At these points large
pieces of the skull were entirely shattered
| off some of them the size of a half dollar
silver piece. The doctors say these wounds
were caused by some blunt instrument.
There was a large bole in the skull at the
l I'D ofr1re
reached clear scross the back and front of
the head. To summarize their conclusions,
part of his head, and especially behind it,
was pummeled almost to jelly. There
was not pistol wound about the head at all.
/ THE MURDERED NAN.
The murdered man was about five feet
hve inches in height, weighs about 125
pounds. and was well muscled for man of
ms build. He had sandy whiskers and mus
| tache, had curly, brown shaggy hair, and had
| the appearance OF a farmer. He Is repre-.
scented to be 80 years old, and leaves q wife
and three children, aged respectively four
nine and eleven years. He bore a bad repu-
tation in the neighborhood where he lived,
and last January was sentenced 10 tie peni-
Tertiary for one year, for grand larceny and
receiving stolen goods. He was indicted
with his wife and Presley Miller. Mrs.
Brown was released on her personal recog.
nizance, and Brown and Miller sent up for
year. At the time of the arrest of the
parties there was considerable sensation Gre
at d. as an extensive system of robbery was
| unearthed.
Coroner Wishard visited the scene OF the
recent murder to day, and examined
Browns premises where the murder is sup
posed to have occurred. In front of the door.
step (which Robert Brown, the child of the
murdered man, testified to having been
washed off Saturday mOrning) imprnts in
the ground were discovered where boards
had been laid, and removed An examinR-
ton Of the yard about the house resulted
in the finding of the identical boards all
besmeared with blood, which exactly
fitted into the frozen imprints in the
ground. Also a piece OF carpet was
found near this door which has blood
marks on it. The neighbor Smith, at
whose house Wade and Mrs. Brown went
the evening of the murder states that the
two seemed to be uneasy, and DESTROYS Of
getting back, saying that hot fire had been
left and they were afraid the house would
catch fire. The coroner thinks this fire was
occasioned by the burning of the club with
which Brown was beaten TO DEATH and the
clothes and shSrt of the supposed murderer,
Wade, which in the struggle
had become bloody, as also other pieces
of plank which answered as a side
walk from the front door to the gate
which could not be found. although the inn
prints of the same were on the ground. All
the shorter pieces are supposed to have been
burned, as only the longer ones that would
not go into the stove were thrown away,
and found by the coroner. Prosecutor Eism
was closetsd with Mrs. Brown awhile yes
terday morning but failed to get anything
out of her In the afternoon she was
visited by Coroner Wishard, VINO had
long talk with her. When
she was going to the jailer's room from the
coop of the Jail, Sentinel reporter, who
happened TO be In the office at the time,
though she had been crying, and seemed
very much depressed In spirits. The re-
porter next visited the Central station, and
informed Wade of the discovery of blood
about the premises. At first he said
he did not know how it came there
appeared much excited and was not the com
posed, Indifferent man that he was at the in.
terview of the day before. But in little
time he recovered himself, and said that it
1.-THE blood might have got there from tur-
key WHICH be and Brown had killed few
days before. He said they often killed tur-
keys with q rife about the yard. The corr
ner says they had ample time to commit the
murder and convey the body to the place
where il was found, he drove the entire
y distance, taking the road which the buggy
trayersed, and back 10 the point where the
horse was left to go estray, in about so min
utes. Thsn the murderer would have only
about two miles TO wax back to the house,
which he could accomplish in 30 minutes
more, and not exert himselfin the least. Tie
toll-gate keeper also adds new evidence,
stating that he saw buggy go through the
tolI-gate about dusk ct q rapid rate; that he
went out but the buggy was driven SO fast
that he could not hail the occupants, and. OF
course, failed to collect the toll.