The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-24
Charged Win tho csims!


On lat SATURDAY right sb,ut 10
O'Clock Mr. Conrad ketl e. : we'll kn.wm
iarmer OF Hsrhis0m toWw ship. wss
tound on the k~ilerviiie and Shoals
with bic skull crushed clear In on the
right side, HE lett jaw clustered IL
places. aud HE neck severelv brwjsed
He had evidently becn struck several
hard tAows. About = hundred yarls
from where ~ lay . gun stock uss
found, which vas Identified o. belong
ing To jsmes n. Cave. II had blood
sd : few hsirs upon Il. u. va taken
hosn~ unconscious. md died q $50
S."dny morning. lie wss +. man about
rs ,+nrs did. ~ good rupute aud leaves
Is ~iie aud two chtidreu
SheriG Tray Tor heard Of tho m0rder
on Sunday. and with commendable en-
Iergy Cor Z new t0csr, i~msnediately set
To work 10 eject the srsest 0t The snuv-
lderer. An n1idsvit was died before
EsQ Zoeiler. charging 0ne James u.
Gave, : farmer OF that n~eighborhood.
With tho criRe, and WArssuts we're
placed In the Sheriff hands, snd aIso Ia
c~onsssLae v0ndsrschmidrs and they
stsrted after their man. COroWsr Au6srt
Wa also noti6cd. aud be went ous from
Fordiusnd end held IN lnQuest.
Sheriff Trayl0r on arriving q Case'a
lhouse found that be and his family bad
gone, aud upon inquiry found be had
some relatives In Martin county. The
lSherif then aeut the Constable on one
road 10 search, while he went another
t.s~ nn~.~ AA...ov A~t-s - ~
farm house Of NJ. janice Deviue, wh0 u
q couslu u Mrs. Cave, about 10 O'Clock
SuHdsy night. he 1ound Cave and his
family IN bed. and arrested him. When
HE W. srreeted Mrs. Cave remarked. II
knew jim, had got hin,self isto trouble
this time, and would lie arrested for H.. =
Cave was eulIcn. not saying much. anil
claimed shst he didnt reasembes having
seen Coon KelIar Saturday sight. Il III
In the meantime persons who would
have 10 be witnesses. aud didu't wait to
|come IA miles TO Jssper 10 stteUd the
examination, had 6ied An s6iavit helOre
E-Q. Martin Meyer, 1T Hickory Grove,
chsrying Cave with tho crime. and NE
sheriff, ~ . mstter Of convenience 10 Inc
w~itmease~, agreed the examination might
take plsce shere.
The trixI hexsn By E-Q. Me-, o. about 1
lo'clock Monday morning, and q con
Iclsded sboui 8. Il wee shown ,ha( Cav
wss q Kellerville on 6alsrda, nishs,
limaoxicst.d. and had : wyrdy suss win
John Keller, father or Consad sbss Coa-
rad Keller had hauled sosne lumber "a
Keltesville, aud about U'clo.k aisr
,ldsy night ssarsed on HE way home
with Gave % The wagon with him ; ihs'
shey appeared then Il b. in : good hu
.lmor. Mrs. Keller lsssided that about {
o. 8 o'clock she heard the team come ~
Ito The iarsn gate, and supposed her be-
band would soon come iu; that sLs
waited "a, time and then went GU, q
see why he did not c0snc ; calling hin
he received no amswer examining The
wagon she found blood on Il. She thes
vent to : broshrr-n-law's hSuse : shor'
distance away. and they started 10 aesrcs
Isor him. finding him unconscious. In n.
'lrosd. about : mile aud = hair from hi
home. and going ahons 100 yards turtle,
KeIlrsvills they sounh the Gus
ssock broken from the gun. They thes
-lcsrrird Keller home, where he iingefes
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