Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-24
Captured In the Workhouse at In.
dianapolis - Martin viii be
Tried In This C0unty-He
win Plead Insanity.
An Abhrsviatisn Of Q Word 9ivss clsv
to q Hewspapsr-The stsry Of Kew
Jethro Martin Slew and Rsb-
bed HIS Own Tsthsr--Is
He Really Insaasf

'' 90 WIZ 6hSeAe weaving aooh
throws its shuttles backwFd and
across, many are entrapped. Jethro
Martin, parricide, has fpund out
that this world is terribly small land
the hiding places for a murderer
very few. He is even now within a
few weeks of d trial for the murder
of his father. Thegreat German poet,
Schiller, orlce said sBlest babe, a
boundless world this bed so narrow
seems to thee; grow man, and mar
rover than this bed the boundless
| world shall be-"
Sheriff Geo. w. Adams, accom-
panied by Jas. J. Martin, a cousin
of Jethro, left last Thursday for
Indianapolis, Ind, where the muir
derer was located, and have landed
him safely in jail here. He will make
plea through his attorney, George
Robertson, who has been retained
by members of the family, of insan-
ity.
HOW HE WAS LOCATED.
After the murder of his father, the
Rev. Thomas Martin, at Mar
tinsburg, Jan. 26, Jethro Mar
tin fed eastward. He was seen
in St. Louis and clews were
found pointing to his visiting other
places east of there.
During the first part of February
Martin was picked up as a "vag,"
or tramp, by the police on the streets
of Indianapolis, Indiana, He
was sent by a police Judge to the
workhouse. There he remained
until a few days ago, when
| be was placed in Jail. While in the
| workhouse Martin wrote a letter to
a sister in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, telling her that he
had invented a "collar-button" that
would make him rich. In this let
ter he is said to have used language
only to be expected from a demented
person.
When Martins sister received this
letter she at once concluded that
Jethro was crazy and that the best
thing to do would be to turn him
over to the law to stand trial. Hence
she took the letter to her cousin,
James J. Martin, also a cousin of
Jethro, who lives at Ten Mile, Pa.
They conferred and as a result
James J. Martin arrived in Mexico
Mrach is, and at once acquainted
Sheriff Adams with Jethro's where
abouts. This was scarcely neces-
sary, as Sheriff Adams already had
some very reliable information and
was on the eve of going east for his
man.
GOING AFTER MARTIN.
| Sheriff Adams left last Thursday
for Jefferson City to obtain requisi'
ticn from the Governor. He al
once left over the Missouri Pacific
for St. Louis, thence eastward. The
| first clew to his intention received by
the LEDGER was when he walked in
; to the telegraph Office at 2 o'clocl
that afternoon, and picking up
message blank, wrote "Gov." there
on He glanced at the clock, say
that his train was due in a shor
time, and remarked, swell, if
want to catch that $50 train I hav'
, no time to fool away" The blanl
with the one word on it remained OIL
the table.
i On Thursday the sheriff receives
the following telegram from Sal
ANITA, California:
Send at once description ant
!. photograph Of Jethro Martin.
J. C. NICHOLS,
Marshal
Sheriff Adams sent the following
reply:
You have not got him. VIII writ
llater. GEORGE ADAMS,
Sheriff
From this was gained knowledg
conclusive that Martin was locates
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
James J. Martin stated that tn
reason that Jethro was transferre'
from the workhouse to the jail wa
because he was so intractable an
insane that nothing could be don
with him. He could do no wor
intelligently. When he wrote tn
letter to his sister he asked the ovel
seer at the workhouse for
stamp and it was given him. Whe
he mailed the letter it had no stam
on it and was returned to the worl
house for the postage. When aske
why he did not stamp it he reptile
that he had no stamp, but when b
pocketbook was searched the STAN
was found there.
as re THE REWARD.
1t looks very much as though 4
lone win get the reward. It
mounts to $3.50 and il to BE- paid Z