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Tho Conway Murder Trial at Muncie.
Social to the Ipdiana-ohs yournaI.
MUNCIE, Aug Sin the case of the State of
Indiana VS.. Charles Conway, for murder, the
State continued the introduction of its evideuce
this morning, and the probability is that they
will rest this afternoon, and the defense will
begin. Owing to the circumstances, and the
parties involved, the case is ono Of considerable
interest. George Adams. the man who was
killed. lived in Madison county. His widow Is
in attendance upon the trial. A brief history Of
tho case. as developed BY the evidence pre-
sented by the prosecution, is this: On the 18th
day of May last Charles Conway, in
company with Elmer Conway. a cousin
whom he was visiting in Upton county.
went to Elwood. Madison county, about
ten miles distant. While there they met George
Melrose. and all three of them drank more or
less during the day, and were somewhat intoxi-
Gated when they started home in the afternoon.
They had also met George Adams while in FL
William Hutchinson. started for home
just in advance Of Charles Conway. Elmer
Conway and George Melrose. George Adams had
also been drinking some during the day. When
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Adams stopped the wagon in which he was rid
ing, and delivered to James Ogle some cabbage
plants which he had brought to town
for him, Shortly after leaving town,
Elmer Conway had gone forward TO
ride in the wagon with Adams and the
Hutchinsons, leaving Melrose and Charles Con-
way together. While the cabbage plants were
being delivered. or Just as Adams's wagon drove
on. Melross and Charles Conway drove mp and
Melrose commenced to curse and swear at Ogle.
who was than C0inp toWaria hia homa Tho
wagon In which Adams was had gone but q short
distance, when it stopped, and Adams jumped
ont, and started back towards where he bad
left Ogle. calling to Ogle, as he did so, to come
back, and saying that he wanted to pay him for
some hogs which he had bought of him. Ogle
then turned and walked back, meeting Adams
near the end Of a culvert which crosses the road
at the scene Of the difficulty. In the meaatims
board in which he was riding,
and came up to Oels still cursine him.
Adams. coming up, told him to stop it; to not
abuse Oele any further. Melrose commenced to
flourish q knife at Adams, and turned upon him
and commenced cursine. Adams jumped back
and picked up . piece of q fence rail which was
lying on the road, which he swung around, bring
ing it down upon the left arm and shoulder
7 OF Melrose. twice. AZ he struck the
| second blow Charles Conway came mp behind
him, ard q little to the left of him. and struck
him on the left arm, just at the
elbow, or q little above the elbow,
/ ueon which Adams dropped tho rail-. and Con-
n way, jumping back, drew q revolver with his left
hand from his hip-pocket. cooked it, and leveled
| it at Adams. At that mement, Elmer Conway,
who had been q witness to the scene. ran up
and took the revolver from him. or told him to
| put 10 mp, which be did. The witnesses differ in
| their statements az to whether Charles Conway
had a knife in his hand when they saw him
strike Adams on the arm; some say that they
saw a knife, and some say that they did not.
When Adams saw the revolver leveled at him
1 ha ran arnund 001a who was afaudinO uaoe
and then started off towards the Hutchinson
wagon. AS he went he seemed to slip and fall,
but recovering himself. went on, and was met
by Augustus Hutchinson. who caught him by
the left arm, from which the blood WAS gushing
In Q stream. Hutchinson assisted him to the
house OF William Rybolt. only . short distance
off, aud In the yard. Just before reaching the
house, Adams tainted. Physicians were imms-
diately sent for. and q cord was tightly bound
around the arm, which stauched the flow Of blood.
DR.. McTernan, Of Independence, Madison coun-
ty, was the first physician on the scene. When
he arrived MIR. Adams was unconscious, and
there was no blood flowing from the wound in
his arm. nor did there any blood flow when he
removed the chord and stitched up the wound.
Having dressed the wound, the doctor left, with
Instructions that he should be called i'm
mediately should the blood begin to flow.
He had hardly reached home before q messen-
ger came, saying that hemorrhsRe had set in,
and returning to Adams he found the wound
bleeding slightly. DR.. Sieler, OF Elwood. had
by this time arrived, and together the two ply
which had been severed. They then left the
patient. During the night hemorrhaRe again
set in. and he died at aoout $50 on the morning
of the goth of May. While lying there he told
his wife that he did not expect he would live.
He also told his brother that he did not expect
TO live, that Conway had cut him with q knife,
and requested his brother to see that Conway
received justice. and that he care for his wife
and children.
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Adams lad been taken to Rybolt's yard. started
off towards his uncleis, Benjamin Conway, Ell.
mer Conway's father. Mrs. VIM. Hines testified
that she saw him passing her house, at about
that time in the evening, and he being a stranR'
or to her, and having seen him going to town ia
the morning. with Elmer Conway, she stopped
at the window and looked out at him. Jus,
as she did so he toox from his pocket
a knife. and opening it partially, seemed to be
examining it carefully, first on one side and
then the other. He then passed out OF her
sight. That evening he went in company with
his cousin, Elmer Conway, TO Windfall, where
he was taken to the house of one Jack Lawson,
and that was the last seen of him By any of the
witnesses. until he was arrested at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, the 20ih day OF May, by the
sheriff of Henry county.
Ed Seibert, one of the States witnesses, tes
tilted last evening that he was confined in the
Madison county Jail and overheard q converse,
ton between Melrose and Charles Conway, in
which Conway offered Melrose $500 il he would
"own up" to having done the cutting in self
defense, which offer was refused by Melrose, he
saying That he did not do il. and he would
not own up to having done it
This statement was substantially corroborated
by Melrose. who was on the stand this morning.
Melrose is also under indictment for this same
offense, and will be tried in Madison county at q
later date.
The prosecution is working with great earnest
ness and zeal in this case, and the defendants
attorneys are fercely contesting every inch Of
the ground sought to DO gained. At this time
only q few witnesses for the defense have testi
fed.
The Fair at MiddletOwn.