The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25

followed them, although they were shoot
ing at him all the while. Two shots TOOK
erect In his body, but he kept on after
them until all three were out In the yard.
Here another struggle ensued, which did not
end until the National road was reached,
a distance of several yards from the house:
Here one OF the men drew a razor ana
wounded him in eighteen different places.
part of Hinshaw's story was cor cor.
rob0rated by the wounds on his BODY. ms
theory was that the shot which awakened
him was fired at his wife. He held out the
theory that robbery was the motive Ior the
Cline, and many OF his neighbors accepted
the theory. An old razor was found in the
road where the bloody encounter was sup
posed TO have occurred. but there was
struggle. Hinshaw claimed to have had
$50 in his possession when he retired. he
had exhibited this money, ne said, the
change at Stilesville. The evening preced-
Ing the tragedy he had preached at Cherry
Grove, and there considerable COLLECTION
the community seemed TO be that the pres
ence OF this money in the house was known
to the assaiants. The HinshaW
affair created intense excitement all over
the county and before noon on the day of
the tragedy posses of men were securing
the country for traces OF the murderers.
A faint trace OF tracks was found ieaaing
TO where a buggy had been hitched,
short distance from the parsonage, ana
from this point the trail led directly west
Four days after the tragedy sheriff Eel
from Terre Haute which announced that
a man had been arrested there and was
being held for the inspection of the Dan
vile authorities. IL was believed that the
prisoner was the murderer of Mrs. Hin
shaw Sheriff Bell went after the sup
posed murderer and took him 10 Danviile
and said he was twenty-one wears old ana
a gas filter by occupation. Johnson ad-
mitted that he was in Bellevlle the night
of the murder, but declared he knew moth
ing about the affair. Sheriff Bell took the
prisoner to Belleville, but Hinshaw was
unable TO identify him positively, and a
day or two later he was released.
Suspicion has been directed at various
times at number of persons who have
been shadowed by the detectives. and some
of the suspects have been arrested. The
detective agency which has been at work
on the case with detective Webster as
chief, made two arrests in March In dif-
prisoners was brought to this city en-
route to DanvilIe. While here Webster
said that he had a partial confession from
his prisoner. They. were two country boys:
tough citizens who had terrorized that part
of the county. They were taken TO the
nothing of the deed and were dismissed.
The detectives have kept up the search
for the murderer and have announced from
time to time that they had him located,
and II would only be a question OF a short
time until they had him under arrest. The
public ceased to give the subject thought.
trusting to developments tc DrlnS the hIul-
derer to justice.
Those who were working on the case
were led TO believe that the wife could
not have been shot i'll the manner that
her husband said she was, and it was off,
cially ordered that her body should be
taken from the grave and the range OF the
bullet through her brain inspected. This
was done by two medical men from the
eastern part of the State, and their YER
dict was that whoever fired the ball was
not in the position that Hinshaw's story
would require. This was a strong point in
redrecting the suspicion toward the hus-
band.
Many persons have claimed from the
time of the tragedy that it was the act
of q jealous husband. and some have inti-
mated that his jealousy was not without
cause although no specified acts of mis-
conduct on the part of Mrs. Hinshaw have
been alleged.