The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-11

which they were placed and raised the gun
TO fire again. The cap snapped. Ihen ne
drew a revolver and fired point blank at
Mrs Youngs head. She fell to the wet sand
not quite dead. Hartman grabbed the shot-
from the butt of the gun were found upon
Mrs. Young's head when the corpSes were
discovered.
JOHNSON'S VALUE AS A WITNESS.
Mrs. Glenn and her brother were in
terrible dilemma, She could not return TO
town in Young's buggy. 1t was left stand
ing and both got into the other buggy with
'Syke" Hartman. They drove into the out
skirts of town, where Grave" left them
and hurried to catch q train for Missouri.
On and the guilty sister and brother
drove without meeting any one who knew
them Mrs. Glen and "Syke" began to
breathe easier they neared her home,
on North Alabama street. They turned off
the country road and crossed Illinois street
at Walnut street johnson saw and recog
niZed them He and "Syke" were chums.
No one else saw them returning together
Discussing the question that night, they
decided that Johnson must be got out or
the way. 1t is possible that they also de-
cided to induce the two other witnesses VINO
passed them to leave. Squire Wiley they
knew, could not be approached and they
must trust to their high standing IN the
community to avert suspicion from them so
far as he was concerned.
Sunday morning ''Syke' Hartman ana
young Johnson were seen talking together
at the Palmer House (now the Occidental
HoteD before the murder had been discoV-
cred. That was the last seen OF Johnson.
Grave" Hartman was seen Saturday night
before he left for Missouri, with his hand
bound up. 1t seems that 1T was snagged
at the base of the thumb when he grabbed
the shotgun to club the life out of Mrs.
Young. lie explained to a friend that he
had got into a row in "StringtoWn' while
he was drinking. AT that moment he was
intoxicated.
1t is said that the best laid plans of
criminals are lacking in fatally vital re-
srects. Grave Hartman, after firing the
Shot which killed Young, found the gun
useless. The cap on the second barrel
snapped and the load was not discharged
at Mrs. Young. He threw the gun beside
Young's dead body That. was the first ia
ing been sold to Abrams. Abrams. deter
mination to compel Mrs. Glenn to give his
brother money to pay off the note in bank
led her to being suspected and arrested
Had Hartman thrown the gun into the
river or had he disposed of it In some other
effective way Abrams might never have
have escaped arrest. But murder 1t is
said, always leaves trail behind which
leads to the criminals in the long run.
1t was after Mrs. Glen. was arrested that
Peter wilkins figured in the case. Before
turning a hand he told one or two per-
sons that he would bring her to Justice II
she was guilty he believed. wilkins is
said to have been a Veritable sleuth He
was an Old man who had acquired consider
able reputation in his CHOSEN profession. he
realized that his surest plan was to get in
touch with Mrs. Glen and her attorneys.
Bit by bit he worked into their confidence
II was wilkins who learned that Johnson
had seen "Syke" Hartman and his sister
returning home together on the night OF
the murder. The detective also discovered
the men who were seen together the next
n orning, and that Johnson had disap-
pared soon after The detective knew that
this would be a strong circumstance IN Sc
curing Mrs. Clem's conviction. His knowl-
edge was laid before the grand jury ana
o subpoena was issued for Johnson requir-
ing him to appear and testify for the STATE.
wilkins went to the law office or Wlll!am
Leathers and told them that he intended TO
so to Rush county to see Johnson keeping
still the fact that he had a subpoena for the
proved Someone, whom it was he never
could remember, asked him to give Johnson
a letter. He promised to do SO As writ
ten above the letter contained a note warn
ing Johnson to go far away, ana con-
tanned money to enable him TO 90 SO;
When the first trial came on Johnson could
not be found. Detectives searched for him
all through Kentucky. When the facts or
Wilkinss failure in Rush county got nolsed
around the question was asked VINO gave
After the first trial ended in the jury
disagreeing Johnsons father learned that
and he volunteered to tell where he was
to be found. The young man had gone TO
Pennsylvania. officers were sSnt there
after him this time with an attachment,
l bond to appear to testify His evidence
went far toward conYicting Mrs. Glenn at
the second trial. She never could explain
how it was that she was seen riding toward
the river with Mr.. and Mrs. Young ana
then came back to town with her brother;
leaving two corpses and the morse and
huggy in which She had ridden with them
behind her.
ONE OF MRS. CLIENTS TRICKS.
There was a determined effort to break
down the evidence of Squire Wiley.
How was Mrs Glenn dressed?'' he was
asked by the defendants lawyers.
Il never noticed her clothes. l just
looked and saw that it was Mrs. Glenn
He had known her for years and could
not be mistaken.
Johnson was even better acquainted with
them He and "Syke' were chums. Mrs.
Glenn tried to establish an alihi. A saloon
keeper testified to having apologized for
stepping on her dress in front of the post
office at o'clock that Saturday afternoon.
That season all the women wore exceed
ingly short dresses, and it was shown to
have been impossible for such thing TO
have occurred
Will1inss work did not end with connect
ing Johnson with the case. 1t was his
shrewdness that led to Grave Hartman
being suspected wilkins found doctor in
St Louis who had dressed Grave" Hart
mans wounded hand. He left 1ndianap-
oils without seeing a physician. BY the
time he reached st. Louis the hand was
badly swollen and he hurried to the first
physician he could find. The doctor de-
scribed the wound to Wilkins as being a
long, jagged cut at the ball of the thumb,
such as would be made by a nail On the
barrel OF the gun there was the broken end
OF a pin that held the barrel in place on
which Hartman had wounded his hand.
There was blood on the barrel of the gun,
as well as on the stock. The account of
the failure of officers to bring Crave Hart-
man here from Missouri has already been
published
Much of the story was a matter of theory
on the part of the State. but is was gen.
orally accepted as being a true version OF
the tragedy. The man who recounted the
story Yesterday knew every step tnat was
taken to secure convictions, ana ne SAID
that nothing would ever have been known
about Johnson's having seen Mrs. Glenn re-
turning to town that night but for VIII
kins's shrewd work in Worming himself
into the confidence Of the other side.
Wilkins was always supposed TO be
working for Mrs. Glenn, but want to say
that was great mistake. He suffered
much injustice. 1t is known that immense
sums We're paid out as hush money. If
Wilkins had been disposed he might
have gone to them and said: i know this
man Johnson is damaging witness to you,
and / am going after him. unless Such
a threat would have induced them to pay
him anything he might ask.
So far as is known, this is the first time
that the inside facts of WilkinS's connec-
ton with the case have been made public.
Mrs. Glenn Had No Money i'm Bank.
Before Mrs. Glenn died she talked almost
necessarily of her great wealth. She told
her only son where the money was de-
posited and told him how to secure ii. He
was rather incredulous, as he believed his
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