The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

the nedrJ, ana examined him and told
him no; that he was shot too far to the
right and below the heart; he said that
he felt so much pain and distress I'm his
breast; that he thought he was shot In
the heart, and pretty soon he said:
Doctor. ! am dying and he said, God
bless little Ruth and then Mr.. Ralston
approached him and said: Sam, how do
you feel? and he said, oh, Sam, am
dying then he raised UP in a sitting
position and he saw his shoes on his
feet and he made an effort to take his
shoes of, but he failed. and he asked
the bystanders to take them off and
they did so. He said 'Good-by' a num-
Der OF times. After that he called for
lemon to moisten his lips. He sat up ON
the mattress and we held him there And
pretty soon he discovered his socks on,
and he said: Take my socks off; don't
want to die with my socks on and they
were removed; and then he apparently
quit breathing while he was in a
sitting position and we laid him
back on the mattress and he began
to breathe regularly for few moments,
growing more and moresunconscious un-
During the recital OF DIR. White
OF the last words of the deceased
the female members of the family of
Wesner were deeply affected.
The next witness was =. q. Reagan Of
Bakers Corner. Hamilton county. Heard
Mr.. Wesner make lunge at Brown and
they struggled over to the north OF the
judges stand and Mr. Wesner jumped
on the top of Mr.. Brown and raised his
knife to stab him and some one caught
his hand. Saw the CLEAN of revolver
handle in Browns right hip pocket be-
fore it was drawn.
Frank Branch, boy twelve years old,
with handsstained by Walnut hulls. an5
who said there were lots of walnuts in
Hendricks county, saw man pick up a
piece OF gas pipe and saw the shooting.
Did not see either the revolver or the
knife. Judge Hadley was in the room
back Of his desk.
DR.. E. Harland of Danville said:
'WeSner was very pale, sweat standing
on face. Wesner said to DR.. White, XIII
me- Dr.. White said, I want to help
you / want to make you better that
you may live and Wesner says, Yes,
want to live to avenge this. (The de-
Tense mere objected to witness detailing
the remarks of Wesner, because if Yves
ner was thinking of revenge he did not
realize that he was in a dying condfdon),
but the court ruled it in.) Wesner said,
I knew last night that he had a pistol
for me; / have got to die; / was told
three days ago that he intended to do
this thing. / have got to die. He has
shot me- and 1 said to him, is there
anyone you want to see?' and he said,
no.. And some one asked him, Did you
draw your knife before the pistol was
fired and he said, i didn't draw my
knife until he drew his pistol, and he
said to Harvey, George, you seen 1t all,
track him to hell
The prosecution announced this even
ing that it would conclude by noon
tomorrow, and that 1t could not pro-
coed this evening on account OF the alb
sence of some important witnesses.
LEBANON, Oct. 20. - Special. - When
court met this morning the room was
crowded to overlooking; every available
inch Of space was utilized. Judge Had
lev was the first witness to be examined.
Judge Hadley said that he didn't see
any weapon in the hands Of either party
till they were separated; he wore glasses
and his eyesight was not very good, and
besides, he admitted that he was half
paralyzed at the time and did not OBJ
serve closely.
one or two other unimportant wit
-nesses were examined and then the state
rested their case. with the exception of
one witness, at 10 o'clock.
John Duncan stepped in front OF the
jury and in measured tones began the
statement of what the defense would
prove.
He said that 1t would prove an entire
absence of motive on the part of Brown
to commit the deed; that Brown had no
intention on the morning of the murder
of staying at Danville and went to the
depot to go home, but some of his at
torneys suggested that some OF the
defendants should stay; otherwise
abandoned the case; that Brown
was respected citiZen-married
TO a wife he loved, had three children
he adored, an old father and mother
who looked TO him with pride and honor,
and that all these things would prompt
Brown against committing murder;
that Brown had his hat on and was pass
ing toward the south door Of the court
house to go to his hotel and did not seek
a meeting with Wesner, but was obliged
TO pass him, and when he did pass him
that he remarked 70 Wesner in not an
angry tone:
"I'il put my reputation against yours
in Lebanon"
Wesner took offense, became enraged,
called Brown a id coward. He said:
Brown, l know you have a gun; draw
your gum
Wesner then thrust his hand toward
his pocket and started toward Brown,
who retreated, and all of this before a
shot.
Winter" continued Mr. Duncan, that
this was the fact and that after
the first shot Wesner pursued Brown
with a knife raised; and we will also
prove these facts by the deputy sheriff
Of Hendricks county, who saw the knife
before the first shot, and by others. We
will prove TO you that Wesner was a
sman six feet tall and Brown was five
feet eight inches; that II Mr.. Ralston
had not taken the knife from the hand
of 'Wesner that he would have killed
Brown; we will show that Brown had a
revolver in his front trousers pocket and
not In the hip pocket; that the hip pock-
cts were filled with other things; that
Brown, when he carried a pistol at all,
carried 1t in his front trousers pocket;
we will prove that Wesner didn't like
Brown; that he had a kind of grudge
against him; that Wesner wanted 70
compromise the gas case before II came
to trial; that Brown, as president of the
company, told him they would not com
promise; that Wesner said:
'Coly Brown, / will make IL cost you
and your company 700 before you get
through it, and Mr.. Brown said:
'Wesner. that is all right, and that
then Mr.. Wesner turned and came back
(this being in February of last year,,
and Wesner said to Brown:
"'Coly Brown. c. d. you, you open
your mouth again and / will kill you
right here
"That during this trial Mr.. wesner
seemed to be cultivating the good will of
Brown; that he used tobacco from
Browns pocket during the trial, and
came TO Brown frequently. and that even
Friday evening before this trouble Yves
ner had been socially talking with
Brown and grand army man; that
Mr.. Wesner had made threats against
Brown; we will show TO you that
Browns hand was cut by Wesner's
knife and that IT was bleeding when the