Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-22

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and lodged in Jail at this place Satur-
day night, has telegraphed to Nat c.
Dryden, the criminal lawyer of st.
Louis, to come to Palmyra. Colonel
Dryden will be retained to defend the
Hearnes.
DIR. Hearne seemed agitated and
from the time he was arrest
ed until he vas placed behind the bars
and he made a special request that
newspaper reporters should be ex-
cluded. Mrs. Hearne was composed
through it all and maintained a stony
indifference. The once proud and
naughty wife of the old millionaire
now occupies a cell in the County Jail
with Mrs. Todd of Hannibal, the
woman who was indicted some time
ago for the murder of her daughter.
DIR. Hearne occupies quarters with
Peter Zimmerman, charged with
adultery, and Douglas Roland, arrest
ed for robbery.
Sheriff Pratt brought DR.. Hearne
and his wife in a spring wagon from
Hannibal to avoid the excited and i'm
mense crowd that would have throng-
ed the depots both here and at Han
nibal. They arrived here at 1880
Saturday night and were met at the
Jail by about $50 people, who crowded
around the wagon to look at the noted
prisoners.
The prisoners brought bed clothing
with them from Hannibal and order
their meals from a hotel. They are
not permitted to have any communi-
cation with each other.
HEARNE FEARED 4 MOB
HANNIBAL, Mo, Aug. 20.-Deputy
Sheriff Wachendorfer, who assisted
Sheriff Pratt in taking DR.. and Mrs.
Hearne to Jail at Palmyra, declares
that the doctor was very ~apprehen-
sive of a mob and was particularly
anxious to know if the officers were
we'll armed after they had proceeded
on their way. Sheriff Pratt assured
the prisoner that there was
no danger.
''But," said the officer, Sin case we
are attacked you may depend upon
my dying in your defense"
The doctor was very laxative after
this reassuring remark from the sheriff
during the remainder of the trip. He
thought the grand jury had been con-
trolled largely by public sentiment in
returning the Indictment, and felt sure
of an acquittal, but he never once ex-
pressed any about his wife.
In conversation, however, with the
Republic representative a few days
ago, when the possibility of Mrs.
Hearne alone being indicted was sug-
gested, he remarked: 81 hope they
will not do that. | would much prefer
being indicted myself. l am stronger
and can better stand the hardships of
Jail life"
During the trip to Palmyra the doc
tor talked freely about his own chances
of escape.
Mrs. Hearne was silent. She talked
very little, only answering an
sional question.
The crowd at the Jail again made
the doctor apprehensive of mob vio-
lence. The officers quieted him by
assuring him that people had been at
tracted merely through curiosity.
These matters gave Mrs. Hearne no
concern. She is a woman of iron nerve
and was evidently amused at her hus-
bands uneasiness.
The doctor was subjected to trial by
the kangaroo court, composed of fell
low prisoners. The charge was:
Breaking into jail" John Nelson,
| who is under death sentence, OBLIGATED
as Judge. The doctor was found guilty
and fined 81, which was paid and as
promptly invested in tobacco for the
common use of the prisoners.
The impression has been prevalent
that the doctor and wife are entirely
out of funds. They received about
$1,000 from the Stillwell estate and
the doctor also had considerable prop
erty, which he converted into money.
1t has all, according to rumor, disap-
peared, save the amount invested in a
home in San Diego, Cal. r. H. Still
we'll is authority for the statement
that this property is worth about S10,-
600 and is in Mrs. Hearne's name.