The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-10
THE NIGHT OF THE TRAGEDY.
Witnesses Who Were Called from Bed
by shots and Cries.


called at the afternoon session They were
Elisha Marker, a miller. and his wife. who
reside at the corner diagonaliy opposite
from the Methodist parsonage where Mrs.
Hinshaw met her death one cold moonlit
night in January. The parsonage is at the
southwest corner OF the National road
and short street that crosses IL in Belle
vile. The Markers live at the northeast
corner Miss Eva Worrell. a daughter OF
the deputy State Statistician, boarded with
the Markers at the time of the tragedy,
being employed as a school teacher in the
neghborhood. The young lady's room was
in the southeastern part of the house.
From her window she could gain a good
view of the Hinshaw home the side gate,
out of which Hinshaw is alleged TO have
pursued the burglar, and the fence where
Hinshaw claimed to have been shot.
Mr.. Marker told of the manner in which
he had been awakened on the night of
Jan. 10. Attorney Spain had spread large
plat, showing the localities of the houses.
before the jury. Some noise awoke Mr.
Marker and quickly following this was the
sound Of pistol shot The witness, before
dressing, run out of the west door of his
house on to the west porch and glanced
down the cross street in the direction of
the parsonage. 1t was moonlit night and
a light fall of snow was on the ground.
He could see nothing and went back to bed
He had hardly drawn the coverlets around
him when he heard cry like that of a
boys. Murder; oh, my God, I'm shot Is
what he heard He dressed and went over
to the parsonage as he saw several of his
neighbors going in that direction. He first
saw Hinshaw inside the parsonage. DR..
with the preacher. Hinshaw told him there
had been two burglars. One was heavy set
and of dark complexion, and the other was
tall and thin, and OF lighter complexion.
After scufi1ing with the burglar out in
break the fellows back over the fence. The
second burglar came up and shot the min
ister and then the two ran south: IL after
wards developed in the evidence that il the
burglars had run south they would have
run against fence as there is dead end
to the cross road just south of the par
sonage. The witness asked the minister
why he had not pulled off the cap which
partially disguised his assailants face. The
preacher thought he would be able to hold
the burglar. The witness had asked Hin
shaw about the circumstances the follow
ing Sunday, but Hinshaw replied that he
did not remember much about them. The
night of the murder the defendant had told
him that some one had shot his wife while
she was in bed but didn't describe the man
that had wounded her. nor did he say any
light, the witness had gone with Joseph
Alexander out into the cross road and
west on the National road looking for bug
gy tracks. but found none. He had also
gone to look for tracks around the gate
five minutes after the body of Mrs. Hin
was unable to find any. 1t was not showing
when he rushed over to the. parsonage.
Attorney Parker. for the defense, cross
examined this witness. The lew was
about a quarter of an inch deep that night.
The. moon might have been partially
shaded by thin cloud when he first looked
down the cross-road. The only track
he noticed in the parsonage yard was one
in the mud, which had evidently been made
several days before. as 1t was partially
filled with snow. He had seen Hinshaws
pants lying on a block in the woodshed,
with little snow on them. He did not
touch the garment.
MISS wORRELLS REMARK.
Mrs Markers best statement for the de-
fense. although she was a States witness.
was her repetition. on cross-examination.
of remark made by Miss worrell. The
witness had heard cries from one 20 two
minutes after she heard the first shot
She left her bed and rushed to a front
room and looked out through glass door.
but could see nothing. She met Miss Wor-
rell, who told her not to open the front
door, telling her there was some trouble
outside, exclaiming. "Oh. just hear those
awful oaths; there must be fight" Mrs.
Marker, onfooking out again, saw a man
apparently s croncnlng % near tne IinTnor G,a.1
was about eight steps from the corner.
Then she heard cries of Murder 20
a%d help The man wao Wss n ehe
STOPPING position arose and ran TO the
corner and then west on the National road.
She didn't know who 1t was at the time.
1t was a bright night, as the moon was
almost at its full.
When Mrs. Marker went over to the par
sonage. Mrs. Nettie Mays and others were
there. Mrs Hinshaw's body was lying on
bed in the dining room.
The doctor who came asked Hinshaw
where he had been. showing his money.
AT Stilesville, replied the minister; "but
don't let's talk about that now. DOCTOR
The doctor told his patient that they
wanted to get some clews. Hinshax then
told him that he had between $40 and $50 in
his pocketbook when he exhibited. it at
Stilesville. He had also commented on a
buggy that had passed him as he came
home from church the night of the murder.
The buggy. which was covered top one,
was rapidly driven The story Of the strug-
gle related by the witness. as she had it
from Hinshaw, was similar to the story
told by Mr.. Marker, different in few
cried. rs that you. will?' as he was fight
ing the heavy-set burglar, and that he had
answered her, Let me me & e.: don't hinder
marked, "Then had murder in my heart"
referring to the moment when he was try
ing to throw the burglar against the fence.
She had failed to find signs of scuffie out
side of the gate, or tracks. either. After
daylight Hinshaw had shown his wounds
to her.
Mr. Duncan, in cross-examining the wit
ness, elected the fact that she did not get
out of bed till she heard the cries He also
brought out the statement OF Miss Worrell
relative to the oaths.
DIR. STRONG CRIES.
DIR. A. NJ. Strong. of Belleville. friend
OF Hinshaw, a trustee in his church and
the first physician on the scene the night
Of the tragedy, was next called. He re-
lated the story Hinshaw told him of the
fight the night of the murder; that he
fought with the heavy-set man; that he
threw the other man a somersault; that
his wife came to him and put both arms
around his neck and he thrust her away
SO he could fight both men. The story is
radically different from that told by other
witnesses The doctor was much ag.tated
and became suddenly embarrassed on the
stand He first said that Hnshaw told
him that his wife put hand on his shoul-
der but when his signed statement. taken
before the coroner, that she had put both
arms around his neck was produced the
witness was silent for several minutes and
then said he would stand by his statement
before the coroner. The point In the case
IL that Dr. Dryden had said that the effect
of the wound would be to paralyze her
left arm, and Hinshaws own statement
thus showed her arm was not paralyzed
The witness certain also that Hin
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