The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29
THE LAFAYETTE RIOT.
Prof. Rudolph on the Witness stand IN the
Tippecanoe Court.

SrOAs huNOlpu on the witness Slanu fu the
Tippecanoe Court.
LAFAYETTE, March Especial. /
Judge Langden today refused to separate
the Witnesses in tho Murphy case.
George T. Rudolph. whom Murphy is
charged with attempting to murder, was
the first witnessed examined. He was
catholic priest for ten years. leaving the
church in 1851. Since then he has been
professor OF languages in a college at
Buffalo, ~ y, has organized A. Il. A.
lodges: correspondent for A. T.. A. pub
LEGATIONS and has delivered lectures. lie
testified that he fired one shot the night
of the riot to brighten q man who was
beating him with pole. lie was wounded
on the LETT hand and on the abdomen.
He said be did no. know any of his asssll-
ants TIE professor wore the same gar
nents in the court room that he wore on
the stage at the opera house during
The riot, and was ordered by the court 10
leave his shirt with the clerk OF the court
for examination. The defense claims
that the holes in the garments were not
made by bullet
Dr. G. ". Shill was examined, and
testified that TO cav Murphy. the de-
PENDANT, fire several shots in the direction
OF the stage at the time Murphy was In
the rear part OF the house. The doctor
created furore, and introduced a new
feature into the case By stating that shots
were fired from the lett side OF the stage
by men dressed in the uniform OF the
Purdue university cadets. These shots
were directed toward the assailsnts of
Prof. Rudolph. The doctor. exa mined the
professors wounds On the day following
the shooting and declared they were in
flicted bve bullet.
Prosecutor Wood, IN his statement TO
the jury. declared that he expected TO
prove that catholics had cOnspired to
murder Rudolph, and that the cOnspira-
tors met at MuTphy's saloon and at Nc
Cauley' saloon the nigh, Of the riot.
McCauley Is under arrest. Prosecutor
Wood declared that two men named
Mackessy and Riley were selected 10 drag
Rudolph from the stage and murder him.
Mackessy is under arrest, but Riley has
escaped.
LAFAYETTE, March 27.-[Spscial. In
the Murphy case today Frank Moore,
who was an usher at the opera house the
night Of the riot and is charter member
of the 4. Z. y, swore that Murphy shot
at Rudolph.
He also testified that Whitney Thomp-
son. grocer, fired shot from tho par
quet at the man with the pole. The pole,
a scenery brace, was introduced and
showed marks OF bullet James Isley.
stage carpenter. ewore that one of the
rioters shot at him as he was ascending
the curtain loft ladder He exhibited four
bullets be had found on the stage the
next dsy after the shooting. He saw
Rudolph frs one shot and saw missiles
thrown from the gallery.
Fred Ebel testified that he saw James
Carter and Philip McCaulley. two Of the
deiendents, at the door before tho assault
on Rudolph.
Mrs. T. p Fraser testified that she saw
Willism Mackessy. a defendant, on the
stage with a club.
Whitney Thompson, a member OF the
Lafayette gun club, testified that he shot
from the parquet, standing at the orches-
ira rail. 81 the man with the cub who, he
thought. was killing Rudolph. He aimed
AZ HE heart but does not know that he
hit him. lie saw Rudolph fire twice. lie
had joined the A. T.. a. since the riot.
X. z. Fraser s1ore that he saw Mac
Kessy and Riley assault Rudolph on the
stage. The former threw a club and
some cheirs az the lecturerer and the
latter struck him with a pole.