The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-15
PORTER THE MURDERER
w HAWKINS SAYS HE is THE
ONE THAT KILLE VORHIS.
day NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Had Moth
ing to Do with the Affair.

The funeral of Cal Vorhis, who was shot
and killed on Indiana avenue Monday night,
will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the home of his sister, 2S West st.
Clair street. The body will be buried in
the Mt. Jackson Cemetery.
The police have not yet captured Harvey
Singleton, who is implicated in the murder.
Porter's denial of the shooting is now re-
garded by the police with little faith and
they feel confident the murderer is behind
prison bars. Superintendent Colbert said
last night I'VE are still looking for Single
ton, but / don't believe he did the shoot
ing. I believe Porter is the man. OF course.
the mystery could be cleared up somewhat
if Singleton is secured, but nevertheless I
feel that we have the right man in Gus
tody."
Jewel Hawkins, who has been much
sought after by the police for being i'm
plicated in the murder, walked into the
police station yesterday morning and gave
herself up. She was not slated, but was
put in a cell and detained as a witness.
She claims that Porter did the shooting, al
though she did not see the shots fired. She
is a plump, rather comely, colored girl of
small stature. Last night, in relating her
story to a Journal reporter, she sobbed as
she described the scene.
L udu DeSIl up OH Indiana avenue visiting
at the home of John Hartman Monday
night" said She, and when { started home
l met George White and Doc Thornton.
They walked along with me and talked.
Doc was not as sober as he might have
been, but there was no trouble among us.
When we got to the place across the street
from where the shooting took place we met
Cal Vorhis. He came up and we all walked
across the street together. / was well ac-
q~uainted with Vorhis. When we got across
the street Porter came up. ALI four of
them then got to quarreling over me, and
White called Thornton to one side and be-
gan to talk to him. Vorhis and Porter
stepped to the edge of the sidewalk and
seemed to be quarreling. / went on up
and waited. Suddenly L heard four shots
fired, but L did not see the flashes. I was
badly scared and stood still for d few mo-
mentS. Porter came running up the ave-
nue., but, seeing two policemen near me,
Who were nurrying towards the place
where the shots were fired, he turned into
an alley and ran through it. 1 then ran
home as fast as / could. l do not know
how Singleton came to be mixed up in the
affair. He was not with us on the street.
There were only the four men besides my
self. | do not know Singleton and never
saw him that | know of, but | do know
that he was not concerned in the affair"
AS it is the general impression that only
two shots were fired at Vorhis, the girls
story of hearing four shots goes to substar-
tiate the story of Thornton, who claims that
White fired two shots at him. Jewel Haw-
kIns has been asked to tell her story a
number of times, and she has told the same
story without varying the least in the ac-
count, and the police are inclined to be-
lieve that her story is true and that Porter
Is the murderer.