The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13

night the cabin was burned and this
charred skeleton was found where the bed
charm that had been worn by Musgrave.
He went TO Chicago where he grew whisk-
kers and changed his appearance. When
lect the insurance IL was easy for them 20
show the fraud.
RECORD OF THE CONVICTS.
Among the convicts on the train were
forty-five life men, two of these being fed
eral prisoners-Isaac Sloan and Randall
Adams-convicted of killing a deputy mar
shal in Kentucky. Five of these life men
William Kennedy. Alexander Fleetwood. AL
fred Jones, Martin Alexander and George
II. Steyer-were taken unshackled. They
have been the most trusted men in the
prison and it is fact that the most trust
worthy men within the walls are usually
found among life termers. men who have,
in moment of passion, killed someb body.
Kennedy has long been the star boarder''
at the Prison South. He caught in a
melee at Greensburg at the big Logan cele-
bration, the night before the election of
1884, where the recorder of Rush county was
killed in a fight with pickpockets Kennedy
was boy. of twenty-five. and circum-
stances pointed to him as the man who
fired the fatal shot. He came of good peo-
pie in Cincinnati. and his sister has made
him famous by her untiring efforts to have
him pardoned. She has Travelled all over
the country and done all sorts of detective
work in the effort TO find evidence 10 clear
her brother, even at times dressing in mems
clothing. During his confinement his con-
duct has been most exemplary, and at one
time he was parolled for month by Gov
efnor Matthews 10 attend his dying brother
at Cincinnati. At the end of the month
he kept his word and reported at the prison
to be again locked up. He is a good-looking
young man, of thirty-sfx, quiet and gen.
tie in his demeanor as a woman. There
has been good evidence TO show that Ken
nedy never did the murder. but all efforts
TO pardon him have failed.
Fleetwood is the oldest man on the prison
rolls in point OF service and this was his
twenty-three years. He came from Vim
cennes with his brother. They had killed
a boy for the purpose. of robbery. and got
but 80 cents. The brother died in prison.
Convict Jones. the next oldest known is
a typical old plantation darkey, who came
up from Evansville for the murder of his
Wife twenty-five years ago.
Preacher w. +. Hinshaw was taken in
irons and he smiled pleasantly as he
boarded the train. he has been gaining
flesh and seems contented. You could
never convince the prison authorities or
his fellow-convicts that he is not guilty.
Among the life men are two from Green
castle, where they seem to have queer
juries. Both We're sentenced for staying
the betrayers of their wives. an action that
earns earns the respect Of the public and turies
Evans was his family physician, who had
abused the trust placed in him. and Demp-
exploit with his friends wife
Thomas Sheppard Is a twenty -one-year
man. He was conducting a liaison with the
wife OF Macy Engle who lived on the line
of Green and Sullivan counties. Engle found
ii out and Sheppard decided TO kill him in
order to close his mouth. The woman
band had retired. so that SHEPPARD could
take good aim, and Engle was shot through
the window as he slept in bed. The woman
victed and i'm time became trusty at the
prison. He constructed rope ladder and
got in the habit of leaving the prison every
passer % s by saw WI the li ladder hanging & out and
notified Warden Patten. The ladder was
hauled in and about an hour later Shep-
hard rang the bell at the door and asked to
be let in. He had on a dress suit over his
stripes and had been in the habit of thus
Ss1ee hs d afn he he eb
the skirt, or who it was he visited on the
outside.
THE PENALTY OF PERJURY.
Among those who went north was Frank
Nelson and George Levy. who have pc
culiar story. Nelson was convicted of GRIM
inal assault i'm Dearborn county on Martha
Shears, "a child of eleven, and was given a
sentence Of twenty-one years. When he
came here he found Levy, an Israelite, who
was in for horse stealing and was about to
get out by expiration of term. Nelson
promised Levy 81, 100 if he would go to Law
committed the assault Levy did so. and.
though he had never been in the county
before, he was tried as an accessory and
given eighteen years. Both are now serv-
ing their sentences.
The convicts most feared We're not the
life men, but the men in for burglary and
all over the country One of the most des-
perate of these in the crowd to-day was
Charles Rivers, captured after helping to
blow the safe of the Bloomfield Bank. He
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Chicago. ST Paul and various other cities
OF the Northwest. He has a hard cold
but very intelligent face. and watches his
guard like lynx. In this category belong
| also George Evans and William Wright, ia
nous porch climbers. and John Henry, a
member of the celebrated Bruce gang,
| caught at Terre Haute.
These are but a few of the 36S men that
| looked eagerly out OF the windows, doubt
| less with much longing as the train sped
| across the country, and every one of them
| had a history more or less interesting. En-
| gineer James McGregor kept the throttle
watchful eye upon everything. The run to
| indianapolis was made in two hours and
| forty minutes. The only stop made was
for a few minutes at a water tank out in
| the country and couple of seconds at the
| Belt crossing. At Seymour Columbus.
| Edinburg and Franklin there Were crowds
| numbering a hundred or more, WHO gazed
| curiously at the train as 1t rushed through.
! The convicts waved their hands at them
| and a. few of the people smiled in return,
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The stop at the Belt was long enough only
TO change engines, and the train flew on
| through the city, going around the ~" al
| South street and up the Monon track past
| Massachusetts avenue. the Pennsylvania
! engine having given way TO Monon loco
motive.
TRANSFER OF WARDENS.
The south-bound train, bearing the con-
| victs bound for the Reformatory, was met
| AT Carmel sixteen miles north of Indianap-
| oils Here the Reformatory officers left
the train and the State Prison management
| took hold. The Monon people had taken
| charge of the running of the train at Gar
| field Park and carried ii along in rapid
| fashion. 1t had been thought that at this
| BILE, if anywhere, but things had progressed
| so smoothly that the officials had ceased
| To bother themselves about the possibility
| of any mishap The meeting came and
| went without ripple of excitement among
| the men, further than the natural curiosity
| they felt to have look at each other. The
| men We're still contented and in good shu-
NOR. In talking with you they We're { TO
| tell you that they regarded il as passing
| strange that it should require seven coaches
| of convictS to take care of one coach load
of militia and see that they did no damage
| They also regarded with great interest the
fact that the car Bryan Travelled in was
! hooked on to their tram. They declared that
| If Bryan could be dug up and sent back
TO make them speech they would give
him q hearing. There was a hearty cheer
as the two trains passed. and they We're
| stopped Just after they had passed long
| enough 10 transfer the military companies
| the south-bound train and the indianapolis
| cOmDany coming back Michigan (sitN