Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-28


the horses ot Fetters.
fejiers hat was found near the spot
oi the murder by scnool children aud
Sutherln drove 10 school house ana
got the hat, pu' II on his aead, with the
remark that II was h of good lit.
Sutherln afterward claimed that he
had deed for property of Fetrers and
later haG same recorded
Atty Stevens then stated that the de
Tense would postpone its statement To
the jury until after the state has eX-
amined It's witnesses.
WEDNESDAY,.
The Sutherlln trial is now on IN full
bias; aud old Knox county is well nigh
depopualed. Frr many of The inhaO-
tahts OF Knox county .hs trial has af-
lorded an opportunity never witidn
their grasp but once before and that
opportunity 10 mirgle with actual nu-
man beings where the "Krr chugs" ii
swamp frogs. The cat calls ot "heil
grAmltrS ami the blood sucking mos
qu.lues do not inoesl hem during their
hours for slnmner
Aunt Liza known throughout the
length and breadth OF the county, who
boasts that she has heheo, cudgeled,
spanked ana QOGe the walk Spanish
act to every specimen oi the "eenus
homo that has dra~n MS chldhr OF
breath within . radius Of ten miles or
her 'mlcile 5 one nj he witnesses III
this trial and Ii We are rightly informed,
she Will have goodly supply of ''iligger
heads III her nip pocket 10 6ru!se where
she said she spanked in earlier years.
Aunt Liza" is one OF those reliable
specimens Of woman kind that could
keep secret over night all right if
she were asleep. She might not be con
sidered a laxative woman. She is Or
dinarlly as mum as an Oysier-as mum
as the oyster that keeps a stomach
ache" in encouraging spirits. she Is
not woman that vii poke her nose IN.
To other peoples business, unless she
thinks that there is something she
onght to know. She does not pretend
10 know The family secrets of any body
outside OF Knox county. Aunt LiZZa'
IS a charming character, not cherub
that would lntoxicate Plymouth
youth under fifty nor is she a Cricket
oa the hearth She comes here from
Knox county to give important testl-
mOny III an important case and what
ever may be her eccentricities and her
experiences it Is evident that she viii
do her duty as well as If she had never
spanked Plymouth attorney.
Howard ChapllH,the county surveyor,
state. lie is bright intellectual young
man. The worst that can be SAID about
him Is that he comes from Knox IL is
likely however. that he has but recently
settled among the natives. At any rate
he dld not exhibit that punctured ap-
pearance that would be expected of a
man VINO has spent whole life among
the crlckets and mosquitoes. Mr. Chap
lin stated that he is acquainted with the
country about the election school house.
Atty Stevens ln the cross. s.examlnation
had the witness illustrate the exact lay
of the country near the Election :hooi
house and the trend OF the highways
theTeabOuts. Witness testified that the
section near the school house is the
most densely populated portion of the
township, and that there are no house
along the highway for three quarters of
mile In the river bottom. He said
that the distance from the school houses
TO where the body was found Is about
three miles. and that Taz Mitchell lived
from twenty 10 forty rods from the
place where it is claimed that Fetters
was killed. lie also said that there are
twelve houses within a half mile of the
place where Fetters is said TO have been
killed.
Chas. Louden, of Knox, was the sec
OhN "ithCoos IiO 10 oi tutOl SoiilS
character, native of Sweden ana
speaks in broken English. 1t was EVIL
dent that ne could keep his "shirt on
breaking stumpy piece of new ground
easier than he could " ahile sitting on the
witness stand. He believes in having
his say and the blood rushes to his
head VIXEN the lawyers interfere with
him. He testified that he had known
Fetters about Is years. lie saw Fetters
Monday Nov. 10, 1886 on Main street
! in Knox, in the evening shortly before
sun down. Fetters told him that he
was going home that night and that
Sutherlin was standing near Fetters at
the time. The defense sought to make
point out of the fact that witness
could give no reason for knowing that
it was Nov. IL, 1896, when he had this
conversation with Fetters but the final
effect of this effort proved feather fol-
the prosecution.
All witnesses present were sworn