Evening journal., 1891-10-20
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?
BLAck4uRN'S CHANCES OF RE-
LEASE DIMINISH EVERY DAY.

Closely Around the Suspected Murderer
OF Eddie Gardiner-Ihomas HinesleY
Released by order of the Jury Seven
teen witnesses Examined Last Night.
The Gardiner jury met at the coroner 5
Office on East Front street last evenin
The session began at 2 80 o'clock aud It
was IL o'clock before 1t terminated.
AS an outcome of Its deliberations
Coroner Sparks awas instructed to release
Thomas Hinesley from custody. Hinesley
is the man who was with Blackburn
when the body was found in the express
CIR.
The effect of the evidence heard by the
jury last night was to deepen the pre- )
vailing opinion that Blackburn is the
guilty one.
The Murdered Boys Father.
Patrick Gardiner was the first OF the
seventeen witnesses called to testify, He
is the father of the murdered boy and
the father-in-law of Blackburn. He wgs
duly sworn and testified as follows
.On Thursday at noon l saw Black
burn He was standing at Fifth and
Church streets. We did not speak as
passed him on my way home When |
reached home the door was locked. Ny
daughter had locked it, but woulo not
say why she had done so. | told my wife
that | did not believe she would see
Eddie alive again. | went to a number
Of places, but could not find any
trace of him About 8 o'clock
l returned home and sent my sons to
search for him while / went and took
a nap. When arose heard that Eddie
had been found | went down the street
and saw my son Michael coming mp
carrying Eddie / went back home As
soon as / got there / went up stairs.
Blackburn followed me there aud asked
DO you accuse me of this murderr
had never limited at such thing, and
simply told him that his breath was too
bad for me. He kept following me
around, and at last said i saw Tom
Hinesley taking your boy down Lord
street between and o'clock yesterday
"wednesday afternoon To this | re.
piled why didn't you tell me that yes
terday so that | wouldn't have
been hunting all over for
him2 To this he did not reply. In my
opinion Black burn is a man Of bad char
acter. | kept him and my daughter for
some time after they were married. he
got ont of work and went to drinking
He got behind in his rent and sold
everything he had for $40 he threatened
TO kill his wife and child. Two months
ago they made bed in the cellar and let
him stay there. | found t out and was
going to have him arrested Before
could do so my wife warned him of nv
intention and told him to stay away. Re
threatened at the time to get satisfaction
FOR it.
The Boys Mother Testifes.
The next witness placed on the stand
was Annie Gardiner, mother Of the muir.
dered boy. She said:
II ordered Blackburn to leave the
house on Tuesday. He came back on
Wednesday / told him 1t would be better
for him to go awaS and gave him 8
cents. He went On Wednesday Eddie
disappeared / became anxious About
A 80 o clock on Thursday morning / went
to Blackburn's house He came out
] trembling all over. He complained oil
being cold, but / do not see why b,
should fbe, as the air was not particu
larly cold. asked him about
seen him, but woull make J
a 6t0AGus AiACL Iuy DlI WIS
daughter told me of Blackburn's dream
She said that the reason she did not tell
me before was because she did not want
to frighten me. do not think that
Blackburn had anything against the
boy, but be could strike at me through
toe child. He did not come to our houss
on Thursday until the child was brought
home. do not know what he said t,
my husband that night
The Wife Against the Husband
Mary Blackburn. sister of the bov. apc
wife of the accused man, followed Mrs
Gardiner upon the stand. Der testimony
i wAs, in substance, as follows: sol
Wednesday morning Walter, my hus
band, sent my brother Michael to me fol
5 cents. Later in the day met him Al
the corner My mother came up to us
and told Walter that he must not com,
around the house until he was ready L
treat me properly. At ~ 80 o'clock CAV,
Eddie his dinner, aud that was the iasI
time saw him prior to his death. met
my husband at Seventh and Spruc,
streets and talked about going to tbs
fremRn's ball In Institute Hall. die
so, and saw him outside the ball room
that night. at Ills o'clock we left
there and went towards my father.
house. Walter left me at Sixth anC
Church streets The first intlmatior
] had that Eddie was lost wal
when | reached home. Mother told me
At o'clock on Thursday morning Wal
ter came to the house to ask for Eddie
He started to search, and went to sew
eral engine houses. In the afternoon h
came to the house and told me that b,
had had dream that there was blood OF
the railroad track. 10 reply to this
said that | did not have any faith ii
dreams, but he had better look into IL
That night Harry Seaman and he wen
down there, aud the next thing knev
they were back. Their faces were ver'
pale. They then told me about Eddie
death: When heard that Belle Scott
had seen Walter with Eddie in his arm
near the railroad, | went down there Il
see her She told me that she had seen
tall man carrying a small boy as il thu
later was sick, but she was not sur
who they were. She has told a lot o
different stories am not sure whether
Walter said Let the old man hun
awhile, or not.
The CITY sleuth Hound.
City Detective Hawkins testified tina
he took Blackburn's statement in his at
tempt to prove an alibi from "Wednesday
evening until Thursday night. Thi
statement was as follows in effect: h
left home early in the evening. go
| shaved. drank sevarat olassaa ~ Isono