The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-10-05
PEOPLE VS.. BROADwELL.
Verdict, Not Guilty---Resume of Case as
Disclosed by Testimony.

Disclosed by Testimony.
William M. Broadwell was, on Satur-
day last, acquitted by jury of his peers
OF the charge of assault with intent To
kill and murder Albert More, his father
in-law. The trial lasted over two days
and was stubbornly and ably contested
on both sides.
The arguments to the jury made by
Judge B. F. Heckert and Spafford
Tryon, for defense, were master pieces
of logic and eloquence, bringing tears
To the eyes of jurors and spectators and
meriting the encomiums of all who
heard them
The respondents interests were looked
after by 4 Nj. Chase of Bangor, Spaf-
ford Tryon of Dowagiac, and Heckert
Il Chandler of this place. 1t goes with
out saying that the case on their part
was cleanly and ably tried and for all
there was in it. The facts, as devel-
oped on the trial, were not at all as
reports from the vicinity would lead one
to believe. In brief, they were as fol-
lows:
About the middle of July last Bar
bara Broadwell, owing to his habits of
drinking, was compelled to leave her
husband and take up her residence at
After leaving, and within a few days,
she, in company with her father, Albert
More, her brother, Lewis More, who is
cripple, and VIM. Chisnal, went to
Bangor to remove her things. While
there, Lewis More took Il chair belong
ing to VIM. Broadwell, the respondent,
and was about leaving the house with
it, when respondent demonstrated with
him and forbade his taking it. They
got to scutiling over the chair and Mr.
More, the father, took a hand and forced
respondent into u corner and choked
him until demonstrated with by Bar
bara. Broadwell is small man, weigh
ing about 125 pounds, and very weak,
while his fatherinlaw is a powerful
man, as he himself admitted on the
stand 1t appears that Broadwell had
the elder More arrested for choking
him, which led to bad blood on More's
part, but, for some reason, nothing be-
came of these proceedings.
In the evening of August 10th, Barbara
went to Bangor, and while visiting at
one of her former neighbor's her hus-
band came along with his little girl and
stood and talked with them for Il few
moments, when he took out a revolver
and asked his little girl if he should
shoot a little dog which was near by,
and at the same time said to his wife
that he had changed his mind about
going to the Pacific coast and was going
to Marion, Indiana, to take the gold
cure. Whereupon his wife said to him,
81 am so glad; if you will GO | will go
with you; and if cured will return and
live with you"
Broadwell informed her he was going
that night; that he had his satchel
packed already to start, and urged her
to go with him. She said she could not
go that night, as she must return home
with the horse and cart and would have
to get some things before she could GO.
She urged him to go home with her, as
she wanted to explain il to her people,
and that they would be glad. He hesi-
tated about going, saying that he feared
if he went home with her that her peO-
pie would not treat him well and that
there might be trouble. He finally
consented, after much urging, to accom-
pany her home, which he did, arriving
there about 9:15.
1t appears that Mr.. More was await
ing his daughters return, and when
she drove into the yard she said to him:
"Pa, here is Will" He asked what she
had brought him there for, and ordered
him off the premises. He became very
much excited and angry, as he admitted,
and when Barbara said she would take
her husband part way home he replied
that his horse could not draw him an
other rod. More then put out the
horse.
Broadwell, in the meantime, had
passed out of the yard into the high
way Barbara had tried to explain
hot Got har nd har
brother, who were now all in the yard,
but they would not listen and began to
call BrOadwell names and abuse him.
Barbara called 10 respondent to stop,
saying she desired to speak to him. She
went into the road and stood talking
with her husband, urging him to 60
alone to Marion and take the cure; not
to get discouraged, and she would come
to him in few days. All the time they
were talking in the road Mr.. More, his
wife and son hept up a running fire OF
names and abuse towards respondent,
until finally Lewis, the son, said to his
father: "He called you s-n of
b-h. He had you arrested" Where
upon Mr.. More started into the road
towards Broadwell and his wife, as he
testified, in high state of passion, with
the intention of taking revenge on
BrOadwell. lie came upon Broadwell
and his wife from behind and was not
discovered by them until he was on the
point of reaching for Broadwell, who,
taken unawares and knowing from ex-
perence that he was no match for MIR.
More, quickly pulled his revolver from
his hip pocket and shot from the hip
without raising it.
Respondent claimed he shot in self
defense; that he was no match for More
in fight; that he was weak and in poor
health, and shot to save himself from
threatened violence to his person on
the part of his father-in-law.
The next day after the shooting, Mr..
More said to parties who called to see
him that he did not know what he might
have done if he had got his hands on
William; that he was very angry, and
it might have been much worse than 1t
was. He said he supposed he was to
blame for going into the road; that he
ought not to have gone out there. He