The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-09
fried Five Times for Murder. IN
fenced to Hang Twice, and Finay
Escaped on TechnicaIity.
HER DEATH-BED STATEMNT
SAID SHE WAS INNOCENT, BUT GELD
PUT HER HAND ON THE MURDERER.
Noted Murder of Jacob Young and
Wife in 1SGS--Review of the
Famous Tragedy.

Mrs. Nancy E. Glen. woman thu cen
trail figure in what was the most noted
criminal case in the annals of Indiana died
last night at IL o'clock at residere in
the northwest part of the city, but thtnew5
Of her death was not made public unl 100
o'clock this morning. She was about xty-
Eye years of age and had been suffering
three of four months from Brights dsease,
which, with complications, led to her leath.
During the last week she was Unconscious
most of the time. In view of her appDach-
Ing end there was considerable curiosity
among those who surrounded her IS to
whether she would make a statement re-
garding her connection with the noted muir
der in 1885, when the bodies of Jacob Young
and wife were found on the bank Of White
river near Cold spring, just north of the
Indiana-avenue bridge DR.. w. y. Stewar
was her attending physician, and, while DIR
Stewart last night was reticent about dis
cussing or making public any communities
ton he may have had from Mrs. Glenn, i
is known that she insisted, only a shor
time ago. probably knowing then that she
had but a little time to live, that she was in
nocent of this crime.
Il am not guilty of the Young murder
she said. land all these years have borne
the blame for what another did. l think /
could put my hand on the man who killed
the Youngs."
Very few Indianapoltans who lived in this
city in 1868 and in the early seventies have
forgotten the celebrated trial of Mrs Glen
for the murder and the tragical happen
ings that occurred in connection with the
case. Mrs Glen was finally convicted in
perjury case after breaking through all
he he
round her with in the murder case. She
was released from the Female Reformatory,
after serving four years, on the fifteenth
anniversary of the Young crime. She had
been tried five times for murder, twice
sentenced to be hanged and finally released
o. legal technicality. After her release
Inn the reformatory her husband obtained
dvorce from her. Since that time she has
hve in comparative quiet in this city. At
Tune people have recognized her as a VEN
ger o patent medicines and nostrums from
door L door but in the last few years she
mas completely disappeared from public at
tention
Mrs Gem will be buried at Crown Hill,
Collier & Murphy having charge of the
funeral arrangements.
one Sunday morning in the early part of
September, S6S, young lad noticed the
bodies of man and woman lying on an
island in White River, just northwest of
the city limits. He had seen them there the
eEenlns previous, but as the place was a
notorious resort he though nothing Of it
at the time, bur when ne saw them again In
me morning in the same position he became
atlsned something was wrong, and at once
ave the alarm. Parties Immediately
Sossed over and were Mortified to find the
IN with the top of his head blown off and
- woman dead from pistol shot and her
10y so burned about the abdomen that the
mr. noCh uv1G
Diuied on her thigh and the bone itself cal
tba AL this burning had been caused by
go ne lothing of the woman having been
NE aeui 1t was evident that a terrible tragedy
h1u Zen enacted.
II VS. at first thought the man had killed
tbe ~oAan and then committed suicide, but
t ttiio PosNon of the bodies and the nature of
e en1 "ouds precluded the entertainment of
any suchtheory. The shot that had killed
dhe man ad evidently come from behind,
anu anu ndu Den fired while he was in a stoop-
ing poSltloL The wound in the head of the
G TUnidh hado been fired by one who was evil
0f 4hS snort% in stature. Around the body
St~, ,ne "oInai We're evidences of a severe
Tor her life. The coat of the man WIS found
soIlg Instance away in the woods, the peck
eboti having Deen rified. A double -barre!ed
sIotsun was lying near the body of the
man. One barrel had been discharged, the
SSSiIiter was Stlll loadsd. with the hammer a
cSuse edo NJ me news reached the city, and
t4ueeu the most intense excitement When
the police reached the scene the bodies were
wife - 'acoo Young ana MS
ANOTHER WOMANs FOOTPRINT.
The couple were widely known in the citv
ana were classed as among the most re-
spectacle citizens, possessing considerable
wealth. An examination of the surrounding
circumstances disclosed the footprints OF
another female wearing a small gaiter. and
as the prints We're sharp and well defined
at the edge II was evident the CATERS were
new. Those prints led off into the woods
where horse and buggy had been hitched
Inc prints made by the horse in the sand
disclosed that the animal had one shoe of
peculiar make. Two children who had been
hshing on the banks of the river the aft
ernoon before remembered of seeing on the
iStdhu a man and two women. the man
being in his shirt sleeves and stooDng as
ltln the act of picking up shells. Just after
tnsy lsIt the spot they heard a loud re-
OF it. These were the clews upon which the
police had to work to solve the mystery
IL ought TO be said that the horse and
tWo-seated buggy of Mr.. Young were found
III the woods near by. Several persons were
found VINO remembered seeing Young and
mas wire ana another woman driving out
toward the scene of the tragedy on Satur-
day afternoon. But who was that other
woman None could tell The e11n was soon
identhed by a pawnbroker as one he had
sold early on Saturday morning and the
seller was able to give good a descrip-
tody, but he was able to show that he could
not nave been at the scene of the murder
lol !c touIu eSlabISn a complete alibi
but he was held in custody The peculiar
marks made by the horse attached TO the
single buggy led TO the identification of
the animal, it proving TO have been mare
belonging to a livery stable. The livervman
was able 10 tell who had the mare on that
fatal afternoon, and he also was arrested
II proved TO De man known to be intimate
with the purchaser of the gun. The WOm
an was still to be found.
YOUNG AND TWO WOMEN.
Witnesses now appeared who remembered
seeing the driver of the buggy following
ne road close after the conveyance in
Which rode Young and the two women: he
was alone. Others appeared who had seen
nm returning to the city at a late hour
ana with a woman in the buggy one knew
ana recognized both of them. The woman
was Nancy Il. Glenn. The police could
PlCioil had ever attached to her. She was
IS0hta upon as q model wife and mother
what motive could she have for such a
crime! Ihe driver OF the buggy was SilaS
W hartman, her brother but the absence
0I any conceivable motive caused the po-
ice 20 TtIuse 10 credit the idea that she
was In any manner connected with n hnt
they put her under surveillance
II was found that a day or two before
the murder she had purchased a pair of
new CATERS, and had the heels reduced nv
a shoemaker. They were just such CATERS
as Would nave made the prints seen on the
Island. The CATERS had been seen at her
house on the morning OF the murder and
the morning after, but ihaa then disap- |
Peared' ana she was wearing pair belong
ing 70 her servant girl These were an |
strong points in "A chain of 1