The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-23
TOOK VILE REVENGE
EDWARD e. HARE,s PERSECUTION
OF A MUxcIE YOUNG WOMAN.
He Is ON Trial I'm the Federal Court
for Sending Her Many OBJ
scene Letters.

"A most unusual and apparently systematic
course of persecution developed yesterday
from the evidence in the case Of Edward
G. Hare. who was put on trial in the United
States Court for sending indecent letters
through the mails. Hare was arrested Dec.
5. 1896. at Dunkirk, Ind. on the charge of
violating the postal laws He was not able
to give a bond fixed at the preliminary ex-
animation. and has occupied cell in the
Marion county Jail since his arrest. II
true as charged, the villainy to which
Hare resorted. for the purpose of avenging
himself on woman Is marvellous. His al
legged victim was Miss Cora Turner. an
artist, of Mrncie Miss Turner is twenty
six years Of age and Is said to be a beauti-
full girl.
Hare is a glassblower by occupation, but
the evidence as brought out shows that he
has not always worked at his trade. When
arrested by Postofice Inspector Leatherman
he was running a gambling house at Dun
kirk. Last winter Hare was employed at
the glass works at Muncie. Miss Turner
kept an art studio on one of the, leading
thoroughfares. and Hare. in going to and
from his work. was wont to pass by her
studio Her comedy face and figure at
tracted his attention and he made up his
This was not simple matter, as he knew
or no one who could introduce him. One
day he determined to make a bold stroke
and walked into the studio. Miss Turner
was freezingiy polite, and to his query
about certain class of painting which he
said he desired executed, she replied that
the girl increased, however, and day or
two later ne wrote her note asking per-
mission TO cultivate her acquaintance. Miss
turner paid no attention TO the note, and
in a few days received a letter from Hare.
In this missive he chided. her for her cold
ness and again importuned her too see him.
Miss Hare answered the letter, telling Hare
that she-did not desire to know him. She
spoke of having him in company which
led her to believe that his habits We're not
entirely correct, and she hoped that he
would desist in his letter writing. as 1t was
offensive to her.
For a week or two Miss Turner was not
further annoyed, but soon she began to re-
ceive letters of abusive character. The
letters We're not signed by Hare, but the
recipient believed they came from him.
These letters grew SO frequent that the
girl become alarmed and complained to her
friends. A young man of Muncie-an ac-
quaintance OF Miss Turner.went to Hare;
his letter writing. Hare, according to the
evidence, promised to do so, but during
the conversation made use of this express
sion: II can hate as well as can love-"
AS shown by the testimony, Miss Turner
received no more abusive letters, but began
Indecent character through the mails. Many
OF the letters would be unfit for publica-
tion- Some of them were signed Mabel"
The postoffice inspectors say many of the
letters bore the signatures of Muncie
women who were known to be bad. In ali,
Miss Turner received 123 of these indecent
letters. They became so frequent after
while that she asked her brother-in-law, o.
III. Smith, OF Muncie, to get her mail and
open it. Smith did so. and the first anony-
nous letter he got hold of he turned over
to the postcffice department. Inspectors
Leatherman and McAfee took up the case
and finally arrested Hare. The latter ad-
mitted that he had written some of the
letters when arrested, but afterward de-
MED the responsibility. Immediately after
the arrest, Inspector Leatherman got the
prisoner TO write a short note. and compared
the handwriting to the letters received by
Miss Turner. The inspector is positive that
Hare did the work The prisoner is fine
looking man, about thirty-two years of
age. Miss Turner appeared before the grand
jury last week, bur has since been too IL
to come into court. IT Is expected that she
will testify to-day If she is able to come
here from Muncie.