Telegram-herald., 1886-04-23
"NOW WATCH WILD
DAILY : Progress IN Letter Writ
ng Stopped BY a Threat
IaE HaHu II TIE aIlLlal CASE
letters asiating 70 Ons Of the Jsrofs
uas N tzrd's SISTER PERM ted %
See me s4ry2 -lonta County
Secured fer EsdsnCs
Daifs Disappear
a1ce

"A IFiae si 30 a. tse Ufslt i.iti.A a over . 4
r.aaa iu plaees sere sandy aad lillg ip .
n8rtile..sferly direction. brings che iraseleF (
q tas qaist afre giilsse 8f Pai9. lesliing
peacefully co the banks of Frairas ereek
Ia he tosasblp of Ronald louia county
Thefe j. nethlug particularly attractive a,,,at
lla lttle hamlet igr ifs sEs churches are
gefg culinary appearing auo iis shops ioes
a lli8e the wore fF sse baf .l gained a
sadden and Almost nsuoual repuiailan 9s
benz tils heiae 81 MA1lheS Miliard = bose
arrest eonvieton. sentence tar hie 20 JACK
.oa second tfial and dnai Aeqaitsi oa the
charge Of poisoning bis wlie are yet
hesb in memory Alilard sas a. the
tlme-faii 0i is-- proprietor OF a general
store la the village. and Nas doing very
prosperous business. A Dear neighbor of
hls xas Almrda Mitchell. y to presided over
The destiuies of a millinery establishment,
Aad ~ the business ol the twain often
brought them into contact Wifb each other.
and As Almeda Nas egInely and fair - LOOK
upon. an intimae5 soon spraBg Az that NAs
~ a character calculated % sci the tongue OF
gossip Naegins TFips ont OF tosn. elan
d.-stine aieeilns- iR northern villages. regis
srttiosl as raan and wife in Jtrange hotels
we're al waited on the winds and formed
the basis Of the after events ia the heeelebraied
rial ia vnlch Miilard occupied 50 proni-
seat part
The sad len and mysterious death OF
Mrs Aillard was the subject of
/ ueighborhood gossip. and before
the 6o,iy ~as placed under the ground the
stomach was removed aud sent 10 Ann Ar
Dor for examination The resul, Of the
chemical analysis vas the finding Of arsenic
| in the stomach and MillarI was placed un-
der arrest RE was examined before "a jus
tee of the Peace aud the evidence being
/ sufficient % warrant it he Was bound over
O. the Circuit Court for trial he was
| brought % l0ala and LODGED in jail, where
| be remained untl Decefsber =. when he
| was arraigned in the lonia Circuit Court,
waived the reading Of the information and
pleaded not guilty. rhe people were repre-
seuied BY + D. NJ. Davis. Prosecuting At
torney. assisted BY Mitchell, Bell x Nc
Garry Having some considerable
money Miilard engaged the best legal talent
20 aid IN his defence, Morse. Wilson and
| TrOW bridge and A. A Ellis, now prOsecut-
ing attorney OF the county. Oa January -,
l,-3. the work Of impaneling a jury com-
| meuced- The regular panel WAS exhausted
and bv order of the tOu-t $50 additional
names were added go the jury list and from
them chosen the dozen who held the life OF
the prisoner in their hands For 10 days
the isry was kept guarded and nearly 200
witnesses placed on the stand. AZ noon ON
the eDth The Judge charged the iury who
I returned a verdict 0t guilty after Two hours
and a haif deiiberatinn The subsequent life
sentence of Willard. his incarceration in the
| Jackson prison a. well a. his second trial
aud aequittal need not be further men-
! toned except the fact that the case excited
great curiosity here aud the verdict vas a
general surprise after the strong evidence
/ introduced
Before the ease went - the jury, ". W
Mitchell one of the attorneys for the prose
euiion. suspected that all was not serene
and even went so lar as L. hint 70 Judge
/ Montgomery OF the suspicious action OF the
| friends Of Miilard and 70 express his
/ fear Of corruption. But here the matter
rested and perhaps nothing more would
have been thought or heard Of in relation
% the aiiMr had il not been for the institu-
ton Of suit for divorce in the lonia Cir
/ cult court.
Ia order % clearly understand the divorce
case As we'll as IT, effect on the murder tria
n question. it IS Necessary 90 20 back into
domestic history for a few years. aud trace
the relationship between the parties "a
interest Fena Miilard IN ISIS was a chubby
faced fotund country glrl u about II year.
OF age. Wild if common report Is true, and
ftmiiarlv known around IOuia as short
] a IA tr- Naffhsurf- tfftftfs
sister aud ike him was a trihe peculiar,
TO fact bore a reputation not ike that oi
/ immortal ia.sar's wife About this time
while not endowed oy law with the title
[ Of wife. kenn gave birth 20 a female
infant a fact which surprised her parent.
/ and cansed them to dlsown her and drive
/ her rom the homestead soon after this
Nsna WAS adiudged insane and sent to IA
AmaF1o where she remained for several
months. when she was released and was
again taken back by her parents From
( the various stories told iu ionia the gir
vas allowed % run Wild. bur ~ the fail oi
] I-Si married a young country lad named
<J0hn Etiman Re vas an honest sort oi
chap knew nothing hdt bard work and
believed that life for him had dawned
/ anew he htfed ~ comfortable rooms
[ in = block on the main street. and sbowered
on his better half everything which bis lion
tied means wouid permit Her every wish
Vas KrafiHed and John was supreme hap
/ pv Cor TIE demon jealousy had not taken
+ possession % him Thus matters rau along
for tine aad while John was away during
the day Vena would take advantage 20 his
absence anil run with strange men. conduct
+ ing herself 0fhersise than became respect
/ abe married woman. Bat finally came an
sWsksniaa The storm cloud burst. the
-raies dr0pped from hls eyes and e. bin
was revealed fhe true character ~ his un.
fsthfll spouse
In the fsll ol Ss4 John n Ejman began
{ proceedings fsr ifvorce. having faf I5s A.
t,rnev r n n Davis who. A. lie time II
( the NHisri trial was the ehief proserntoi
80 fhaf esss The hili alleged adultery and
risndesfinr .corrsspondenee. the Latter
[ eharze being fhe one Thieh revived the Old
ease snd plsces enc juror. a. east. in a.
! unenFisaie aght The testimony in the
case wsz taken hesore Circuit g4.lrt Cgua-
missioner = RI Stowe the iefence paftiag
In no rebuffinz testimony In he zauers
lire ~ testimony introduced hY tas
complainant ere public are nef inter-
sstef exespf 80 mufh ~ H5 ss reIstei
- e. NslF. jHrer fn taf
+ "a Iari ease and lae roang man who -
suddenly aei frln the e.fy che nighr before
ris axaeefei Re,itnz ta Mss Essie Tick
hstea are euiinerfiv respectable Naliy tlfg
fsir The story 81 hesr r1|d ~ Etinssu 3
BIS 8wu roF-is ts sn'iaFif being SWORN tg
hefsrs 4 nofary rublie