Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-02
THRICE TRIED FOR MURDER,
Clouser Again Convicted and to Be Shut Up
For Life.
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Other Blufs Local
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His Third Sentence for Life.
The Clouscr murder trial came on the
boards for the third time ut Glenwood
this week The history OF the case Is an
interesting one. The tragedy occurred
in August 1873, at or near IA stone quarry
in Mills county. Two men, Doran, the
boss of the quarry, and Iinan, n work
man, were both shot down in cold blood
by some one concealed on the opposite
side of the railway track, near winch
their bodies were found. Joseph Me
Creary, who lived near the scene was ar.
rested as the murderer and promptly
convicted, his sentence being lnprison-
mcnt for life. 1t appeared that he got a
gun at his father house, and some ann
munition from ncighbor; that he went
to the supposed ambush, slipping OIL his
shoes, and stealing stcalthily along.
Other circumstances pointed to him as
the assassin. After beng in the penlten-
tary Il few years he made n confession,
but claimed that while u party TO the
crime he was not the real slayer Jasper
n. Clouser doing the shooting He
claimed that there was grert deal of
feeling over drunken row at the quarry,
and that Clouser was determined to Kill
DOran. McCrenry was at the time rest
ing under an indictment for robbery,
beng out on bail. lie met Clouscr in
Egan's saloon in Bartlett, and an
agreement was there made by which Nc
Creary was 10 get a gun for Clouscr and
bring II to him at the designated spot at II
certain time, for which service he was to
be given 800, and furnished with two
good lawyers to defend him in the rob
berry case. McCreary claims that he got
the gun loaded il, met Clouser and gave
it to him. McCrcary then waited ut Il
corm.crib while Clouscr went Oft to the
When Clouser returned he told
McCreary that he had killed both.
men, and stated us the reason for shoot
ing Tinan that after shooting Doran,
Tinan turned around and saw who was
the man that fired the gun, and he had
to Kill him to prevent him from making
trouble.
the wids of the west, brought back here,
tried before Judge Reed in the district
court. and found guilty by the jury.
Judge Reed set aside the verdict and or
uercd Il new trial The case was then
heard before Judge Loofbourow and
Clouser found guilty again, the Judgment
rs before being that he should be sent to
the penitcntiary for life. The case was
taken TO the supreme court and another
trial granted.
Thus the case came to GlcnwoOd for
the third trial. The trial has lasted
about week. District Attorney Thorneli
prosecuted, and although coming into
the case with little or no knowledge of it,
he handled the states interests remark
ably well. Attorneys Stone and Gill
land conducted the defense with strength
nnI SbnrnnnCc of t,n Sin n ND
sensational features of the trial was the
presence on the witness stand of four
pcrsons'whO are serving life sentences
for murder, Each had committed II
bloody crime, with details differing
widely. They We're brought from the
pententiary mainly rs witnesses for the
defense, to show that McCreary had told
them that the alleged confession was
false in many important details.
The case went to the jury Thursday
night and ye sterday morning they re-
tursed verdict of guilty, and fixing the
penalty rs imprisonment for life, thus
making the third time in which Clouser
has been convicted This will probably
be an end to the matter, and instead OF
being three times and out, will be three
times and in. There is an impression
among many who avesheard the details
that McCreary has fixed his story so as to
excuse himself to II much greater extent
than the real facts would warrant, if fully
known, and that ClouSer while perhaps
not having had as much to do in the
crime rs McCreary claims, still was so
concerned in it, that the sentence OF life
Imprisonment is no more than he merits.
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