The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-11
BANEY BROUGHT HERE.
He Implicated Himself I'm the Con-
ssion He First Made.

f sSiOn He First Made.
Noah Baney. the convict who has made
a confession generating Rev. w. E. Hin
shaw of wife murder, was brought to In
dianapols yesterday afternoon from Michi-
gan City prison a five days parole issued
by Governor Mount. He was in the custody
of a guard from the prison and Union b.
Hunt, of Winchester who, with J. o. Par
ker is trying to establish the truth of
Baney's confession. Mr.. Parker met the
party at the Observation-Disclosures station.
When MIR. Hunt appeared on the platform
they exchanged greetings. Behind Hunt
the prisoner, followed by a guard and
Dr. Spinning, the prison physician. The at
torneys objected to reporters interviewing
the prisoner, and would not themselves dis
close their plans. Baney was hustled to a
street car and taken to the center of the
city. Afterward the attorneys took him to
the resort where he says the night was
spent by Van Tassel and Whitney after
the murder. They also took him to see GER
tain persons whose names are not given.
with a view of getting corroborative evil
dence. A determined effort to keep the pur-
pose of BGney's presence here secret was
made by the attorneys.
BANEY SAW THE MURDER.
fession came to light yesterday morn
ing. At the time the Journal
first published portions of his writ
ten confession some parts were with
held by the attorneys, as they wished to
follow up statements he made to verify or
disprove them. 1t now appears that Noah
Baney in his confession, not only imph-
Gated Guy Van Tassel and Kid Whitney,
but himself as well, by admitting that he
was present when Mrs. Hinshaw was mur-
dered. He maintains the first statement that
Guy Van Tassol fired the shot which ended
her life In the part of his confession first
published he said that he was not with the
other two, but remained at nome, loanng
them his horse and harness and a buggy he
had borrowed from friend. He accounted
for his knowledge by saying that the others
related the circumstances of the tragedy to
AS told in the suppressed confession, Ba-
ney admitted that he and the others, the
night OF the murder started to Greencastle,
intending to do a job of thieving. They
passed through Belleville about IL O'Clock.
When they were two or three miles west
of Belleville their horse showed marked
signs of fatigue and they realized that they
could not make the trip TO Greencastle and
return. So they turned about to drive back
to this city AS they approached Belleville
the second time some one suggested that
they rob a store. Baney objected, saying
the horse could not pull them, much less d
load of plunder. They decided to burgar2c
shaw house they drove south the side
street, or lane" as Baney calls it. Van
Tassel and Whitney alighted, Baney driv-
ing further south and hitching his horse
to the fence. When he reached the house
he found his pals ransacking the cupboard.
They gave him a revolver and razor, which
they found there Continuing through the
house, they entered the sleeping room in
which Mr.. and Mrs. Hinshaw were asleep.
Baney took HinshaWS pocketbook from the
coat. While money was being taken from
the pocket of Hinshaws trousers a bunch
of keys fell on the floor, awakening Hin~
shaw and his wife, who sprang from the
bed Then the fight began. Van TasseI
fired d shot with his own revolver and
Baney ran out Of the house with the trous-
ers, tossing them aside, as he did Hinshaw's
revolver and pOcketbOOk. w hen he re-en-
tered the house the fight was continuing.
He ran out again and around the house.
When he came back the second time Whit
ney and HinshaW were lighting near the
gate, Hinshaw having the advantage over
Baneys pal. Baney assisted Whitney. II
was in this fight that the cutting was done
with the razor. AS this struggle went on
Mrs. Hinshaw came out and Van Tassel
shot her, the woman falling where she was
The men left Hinshaw senseless. ran to
their buggy, drove west and then south to
the Monrovia road. Losing their way, they
wandered around all night, reaching Indian
apOlis about noon the next day. The money
was then divided. They We're badly scared
and kept away from the police until they
left for Chicago.
This story comedies in part with the tes-
timony of Miss WOrrell, who testified at
Hinshaw's trial that she saw men running
away after the shooting. 1t also corrobo-
rates the story Of man named Asher who,
some time after Hinshaw was convicted,
claimed to have been in Beleville on the
night of the murder, hunting for horses
which had strayed. His description of
horse and buggy which he said he saw
that night hitched south OF Hinshaw's
house, tallies with the description given by
Baney Of the horse and buggy which he
and his pals drove. Bullets found in and
about the Hinshaw home, while of the same
were marked differently, showing that they
were of some other manufacture. A reason
able explanation of this would be that the
bullets came from the revolvers of the trio
of robbers