Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-05-14
VOLUME xXvI.
Tse 0neen Rage Case.

when Il was learned that ou the 18th
Gay Of August. 1896. a wcll-kno~n
and prosperous farmer OF Clark town
skip, Robert w. Green. had been az
rested on the complaint of bis wife,
Missouri E Green. charging him with
the unnatural and heinous crime OF
ravishing his yourg daughter, Grace.
aged between I6 and ~ years The
complaint charged that the crime was
committed on or about the 7osh day
OF March. 1890 7
Sheriff J. E Dempsey. accompanied
by A. C. Phillips as deputy and To
drive the carriage. went out to Mr..
Green's farm near Westville to make
the arrest When they stopped AT
the iron: gate Of the residence, Mr.,
Green, who was on the verandah eat
ing an apple. went out to meet them
Alter exchanging the usual friendiy
greetings Of acquaintances, Mr.. Demp-
-ssey drew out his warrant and placed
Mr.. Green under arrest
After ipquiring As to the possibility
of giving bail and beng informed thar
he would not be admitted to bail un-
der the circumstances. NJ. Green re
quested to be permitted to enter the
house for the purpose Of procuring =
coat This request was refused, but
the sheriff himself offered to get the
necessary garment For this purpose
Mr. Dempsey left his prisoner IN
charge of M Philips. the deputy.
entered the house to get the desired
coat and had partly ascended the steps
leading to the upper story Of the house.
when he heard the deputy calling on
his man to halt
AT this alarm the sheriff turned and
ran down the steps and out into the
yard. There he beheid Green ran
/, nins 6sra con 6eId near by By, with
Phillips in pursuit. firing at Green's
fleeing FORM AR. Dempsey joined
In the chase and, running to fence,
he laid his pistol on a rail and took
shot at Green The second shot
brought down his game with n pistol
ball in his hip. The wounded man
was loaded into the carriage, brought
TO Keytesville and after his wounds
had been dressed he was placed in
Jail.
When the case came up for prelim-
mary examination before Squire ]. M.
DeHoss. defendant waived examna-
ton and went to jail to await the ac-
ton Of the grand jury.
AT the adjourned July. 90, term ofthe
Salisbury circuit court the grand jury
} returned two indictments against de-
fendant, one charging him with rape
on his daughter in August, 1895.
about two months before she was I4
years old. the other charging him with
the commission OF similar ofense on
o. about the 7oih day of March, 1896.
Afterwards, at the October tsrm Of
court at Keytesville the grand jury
again indicted him for the rape In Au-
gust, 1898, the penalty for which IS
death or imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for not less than FIVE wears.
Thereupon, the indictment At the Sal
isbury branch of circuit court charging
the August, '93, crime was dis
missed.
Upon application Of defendants at
torneys, supported by most volumi-
} nous affidavit, defendant was granted
7 n continuance last October to the April
term, 1897.
The indictment charging the 'o3
rape vas set for trial in regular order
mt the April term, but on account Of
che sickness Of one Of the defendants
Attorneys was specially set for trial
Monday. May 10TH On that day the
court ordered the sheriff to have in at
tendance a special venire of IS men
out of whom to select 30 qualified
Jurors. The greater part of Monday
was consumed in questioning the venire
rs to their qualifications. At4 p. m.
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