Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-23

the Selection Of the jury In the
Tnrawley Case Occupies the Tina
and Attention Of the Court All DAY
The Circumstances OF the Case
The Attorneys.
The case of the State of Indiana VS..
John Thrawley, for murder in the first
degree. is on trial in the Wayne circuit
court. having been brought hither
from Henry county, where the muir
der occurred, on a change of venue
The killing of Rufus Shoemaker, in
Henry county, last winter, was the
sensation of the year in that commu-
| nifty. Shoemaker is said &c have been
a peaeeably inclined man, we'll thought
of and bearing q good reputation
Thrawley was jealous of Shoemaker. it
seems, aud accused the latter of being
the father of his (Thrawley'sl unborn
/ baby. The two men met in the road
| with no witnesses whatever, and
Thrawley picked a quarrel with Shoe
| maker. The discussion led to words
| that are known only from ThawIey's
own story, and the result was that
Thawley pulled a revolver and shot
Shoemaker, instantly killing him where
he stood. Thrawley then went to the
jail at Newcastle and gave himself up.
telling the story, and stating that he
had killed Shoemaker for running his
home. Thawley was locked up at
once, and the grand jury found an in
dictment against him. The incident
created the usual amount of after talk
and conjecture, and the majority, for
some reason, seemed to line up on the
side of the dead man. There is no
testimony except that of Thraw ley him
self, aad that which could be obtained
by an examination of the body and
the surroundings where the shooting
occurred. Shoemaker was also a
married man. which added to the
error of the case.
Wien the case was brought to this
county on change of venue, some
three weeks ago, Thrawley was
brought to this county and placed in
the Jail. The case was set for hearing
today, and the attorneys are all here.
The work of obtaining a jury began
almost as soon as court opened this
morning. There was considerable
work necessary to obtain jury, and
it was not filed until late this after
noon.
A great many New Castle and Henry
county people were present at the
trial, some as witnesses, some as
spectators. Those who take part in
the case as attorneys are Prosecutor
w. P. Steele and j. FL. Jones, of
Henry county; Richard A Jackson
and r. E. Kirkman, of this county,
for the prosecution; NJ. E. Forkner,
W. A. Brown and Beard & Nation, all
of Henry county, and 7. j. Study and
John +. K 'bbins, of this county. The
work of Messrs. Robbins and Study
was principally in the direction of
helping obtain jury, and they will
perhaps have no active part in the de-
Tense, for which the last named list of
attorneys has been retained. Messrs.
j Jackson and kirkman will take an ae-
tive part in the prosecution The
case is expected to occupy good
while in trial, and will be of consider
able interest, especially to those who
pected most of the time during the
progress of the trial.
The jury was finally secured at 2:45 !
this afternoon and is as follows:
John Miller, Greene township;
Henry Hoover, New Garden; Charles !
clifford. New Garden; Walter Brown,
Perry; w. 81. Fl. Jay, Webster; Henry |
Hittle, Washington; Theodore Lamb, |
Greene; William Hanning, Wayne; |
David Parker, Washington; Lafayette
White. Franklin; Joseph Powell, Bos-
.on; W. G. Burns, jefferson.