Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-28
SuIHERLIA CHSE RGAIN.
THE WORK OFiMp MpANNELLlNG n
JURY BEGUN TO-DAY.
One hurdr, q good and true men w"r" in
waiting t" answer questions pn' I"
them by the attorneys rspresei4tih;:
both the ~iate and the ,ieieu-r-

l. or Tue SecOiG lliDc W Ii!alH N'itsifi
lin will ne called upon to tace :. jary of
his peers ami aus Wtr 10 the charge Oi
murder. This ease excited wid. a;te;i
tion at the former trial. and IRON "a
legal standpoint WAS one of the hardest
fought Trials that ever look place III
Marshall county. SaiheIlln WIS found
guilty of numbering his friend, +. l..
Fetters, in otlrke county, and bHrylnG
his body undrr the carcass of q mne.
The firm OF Mariindaie and stevens
defended SutherlIn, and the state was
represented by l.. NJ. l.aner of this ciiy
Prosecutor Bernethd. ol Rochester. 4i'G
Prosecutor SEES, and GiaZ-bronk OF
guilty, of murder aud given life sen
teuce III the peniientiary. The attorneys
for The defense took All appeal - ihv
supreme court and new trial was
ordered. The coming trial promises TO
be mOIe exciting than the former one.
This afternoon was taken up III getting
jury, and as we 60 to press the
attorneys are still AT work
TUESDAY.
\ crowded court room, the weather
any thing but pleasant, hundreds Of
people from abroad in the city, all
anxious to look upon the faces OF
the twelve men selected by the state
and defense to we'll and truly try the
Case. wherein William Sutherlin stands
charged with the murder of w f. B
Fetters. This is the indlc' ment charged
against him. lie pleads not guilty. The
State of Indiana says that he is guilty
and that the same will be proven be-
yOnd reasonable doup.. Every point
in the law and evidence will be closely
scrutiniZed by the attorneys, and moth
ing Will Oe left undone 10y either
side. The preliminary skirmish by law
yers IN a criminal case is something
that is always closely observed by the
public for as rule the public forms an
opinion as TO which side has the best
of the case. If the defense lacks some
thing, the people are not slow to
the State.
But as the case now stands, both
sides will be ably represented and the
people in attendance will be Well paid
daily drinking in the sensational testi-
mOny which will be presented during
the trial. The defense claims to have
new and important evidence to present,
and the state claims the same. If this
proves to be true, the out come of the
trial can not even be surmised
The fact that Sutherlin has been
granted new trial causes many people
to think that he will be acquitted, while
there are many who conscIenciously be-
lieve that the severest penalty will be
meted out to him.
The following gentlemen wer e chosen
to well and truly try the case:
William Luty, Inwood; John Haight,
InwOod Jacob Sarber, Center tp; j..
Pickrel, Argos; Nash, Polk Up;
Daniel Lemler, Bourbon Tp; Jacob
Craze, TippecanOe TIP; "A lerdine,
TippecanOe Up; August Mensel, Ger
man TIP; James ReddicS, Bourbon Up !;
Phillip Ewald. German Up; William
Keyser. German TIP,
This afternoon the prosecution ar
raigned VIM. Sutherlin, the defendant
and Mr.. Sutherlin waved the arraign-
ment, pleading "Not Guilty" All the
witnesses We're ordered from the court
room, the jury sworn In and at five
minutes past two o'clock the noted
murder case was again on trial. Prose
cutOr Bernetha explained to the jury
that the state charged VIM. Sutherlin
with numbering I'D Fetters, reading the
three charges in the indictment. An
explanation as to the whereabouts of
the murder and the murdered body
followed.
The prosecution claimed that Fetters
had inherited q small interest in his
mothers estate The evidence will show
that on the 10Th day of Nov. 1896
Sutherlin and Fetters were together in
Knox on travelling expedition. Fet-
ters while in Knox exhibited a large
roll of money. SuLherlin bought pint
of whiskey and explained that he did
not have the money with him to pay
for it. Sutherlin and Fetters left Knox
together late in the evening. Neigh
bers near the election school house
heard two or three shots fired and loud
cries of pain During the night Suther-
lin came to the house of Mr.. Roher and
purchased an old worn out mule for five
dollars. He killed the mule, skinned