The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-11
Little Town of BelleviIIe, Hendricks
County, Aroused to "a Shocking
Crime i'm the Dead of Night.
MRS. COUGAR AT THE BAR
TELLING A LAFAYETTE JUDGE HOW
WICKED ALL MALEKIND is.
Indiana Laden with the Greatest Fall
of Snow in Yenrs-GOshen Girl
I'm French Prison.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DANVILLE, Ind, Jan. 10.-The little own
of Belleville, seven miles south of this city,
was the scene of a daring robbery and a
double tragedy this morning that will prob
ably cost the lives of the Rev. William E.
Henshaw, pastor of a Methodist circuit,
and his wife. Two burglars had forced
their way into the parsonage and on being
discovered fatally shot Mrs. Henshaw, and
then escaped after a struggle with Mr..
Henshaw. in which he was stabbed and
cut seventeen times and shot twice. About
l O'Clock this morning Mr.. Henshaw was
aroused by the cries of his wife and the
report of a revolver at close range. He
sprang from the bed and in the dim light
could see two men. He instantly grappled
with one, and a deadly struggle ensued.
The men had their caps drawn down over
their faces and it is thought they also wore
masks, SO that Identification would be diff
cult. The men retreated into an adjoining
room, followed by Mr.. Henshaw. They
shot at him several times, and two balls
took effect in his body. But these did not
deter him, and the men passed into the
yard with him after them.
In the yard they clinched and struggled
until they reached the middle of the Ma
tional road, where the men took a razor and
cut Mr.. Henshaw, making eighteen distinct
gashes in various parts of his body. They
then fled, and the ~neighbors, aroused by the
shooting, came to the rescue. They found
Mr.. Henshaw in his night clothes, wander
ing around in the yard; as IL dazed, bare
root, bare head in the snow that had COM
menced to fall, and his clothing rapidly
being soaked with the blood that flowed
from the many wounds. Going to the house
they found the unconscious body of Mrs.
Henshaw lying on the porch.
DR.. Strong, the village physician, was sum-
mnnpd ann d,d all ha ep11td for ,ho c,.f ~ -
ers. Mrs. Henshaw has fingered throughout
the day, UNCONSCIOUS all the time. Mr.. Hen
having one or the bullets extracted. The
other still remains where it lodged, near
all day and told the story as given above.
1t appears that Mrs. Henshaw saw the men
and screamed, and they. Immediately shot
her. When her husband leaped from the
bed after the men she was able to follow
him to the porch. where her strength failed
wound is believed to be fatal, and her death
Is only a question of hours. The bullet
struck in the forehead. passed through the
bullet wounds and eighteen gashes the
chance is not good for the recovery of Mr..
The men left nothing except an old razor.
which was found in the road where the
last encounter took place and where the
affair is that the men contemplated rob-
berry. Mr.. Henshaw had spent the day in
been in Stiiesville. where he had changed
some money in a store and had exhibited a
roll of money estimated at $50. AT night
he had preached at Cherry Grove Church,
some miles from his home, where a collec-
lection money and his own funds and it is
believed that his assai1ants knew he had
money, either from his doings in stilesville
or because of the church collection.
All day long a posse of men has been look
ing for the burglars. At first it appeared as
II it were impossible to find any trace. At
last tracks were found leading to where a
buggy had been hitched. From here the
trail was to the west, and the buggy was
followed through Stilesville, where a posse.
led by Sheriff Bell, is tonight in warm
pursuit of the men. The only fear is that
win reach the hills and escape in the
STORM. The country is thoroughly aroused