The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-24
A Rag Peddler Arrested at Noblesville
on Charge of Rape.
Four Houses Burned at Harmony, and One
at Shelbyville-The Greensburg Council
Supports Monopoly.
INDIANA.
Full Particulars of the Murder of Samuel
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Full Particulars of the Murder of Samuel
Stewart at Flora.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
DELPHI. July 23.-The Flora murder, a
brief statement of which appeared in to-
days Journal, is of such nature that
more detailed account may not be amiss.
Flora, small town of Carroll county, is
ten miles east of Delphi, on the Vandalis
railroad. As near as can be ascertained this
morning the facts in the affair are about as
follows: About year ago Mr.. Samuel
Stewart a well-to-do citizen of the county,
removed with his family to Flora and began
running livery stable. In the place also
lived Mr.. Clein Keyes, a small merchant,
who stood we'll in the community.
In a short time Alex. Reyes, his son, began
paying attentions to the daughter of Mr..
Stewart. The young man not having borne
a high reputation, the girls course did not
meet the approval of her parents Matters
went on until last spring, when the girl, find
ing that she would soon become mother,
charged Keyes with her ruin and asked him
to marry her To avoid this he went to
Kansas. but returned soon after and because
another young lady refused to go with him
he attempted suicide and failed. Miss
Stewart visited a relative i'll Cass county, and
soon the sheriff OF said county waited on
young Reyes, and he was compelled to assume
the responsibilities of husband and father
He Immediately abandoned the bride and
went to work on the railroad, she returning
to her father.
On Saturday Keyes visited Flora, and was
af hr- rf wi n inuitnH n
home, hoping that all difficulties might be
amicably adj listed. Keyes refused to go with
him. and some words followed. Yesterday
Keyes bought revolver, and accompanied
by his father, approached Stewart in a crowd
on the sidewalk. Charges and counter
charges were made, when Stewart became ex-
asperated, and with a chair, struck at young
Keyes, the destroyer of his daughter. 1t APP
pears however that he did not hit him,
whereupon the elder Keyes then struck
Stewart with his fist, and the boy drew his
weapon and shot him through the heart.
Stewart exclaimed, "Oh / am killedl' and
expired instantly The murderer and his
father were both seized, brought to Delphi
and Jailed, luckily escaping from a crowd
who were s.,ongiy in favor of lynching.
When visited last night in their cell an
attorney was consulting with them The
father remarked that it was "a bad affair, "
and expressed a belief that he would be re-
leased to-day Later in the evening they
sent tor Rev Claypool, the Methodist min
lister. The father is a church member and
was in good standing. The son is about
nineteen years of age. Stewart was a good
citizen with interesting family. He was
a gallant soldier of the Seventy-second In
diana volunteers.
This afternoon, at the preliminary trial of
the Reyes for the Stewart murder, which oc-
Cured yesterday. Alex. Keyes was remanded
to prison on the charge of murder in the
first degree. His father gave 81, 900 bonds to
appear upon the charge of manslaughter
The trial comes off in October