The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-06
DAILY CRIMINAL RECORD.

At Grand Haven. Mich, the jury in the
trial OF Bert Tibbets. charged with the
murder OF Humphrey Jackman, in George
town. on Dec. 81, 1900, last night found him
guilty.
Mrs. Ophelia Meyer. while temporarily
insane, it is supposed. threw herself i'm
front of a Lake Erie & Western train at
Celina, o., yesterday and was cut TO pieces.
She was thirty-eight years old and the
mother of six children.
Marsh Landsay. one of the four men IN
Jail at Upper Sandusky. o., awaiting trial
on the charge of numbering w G.. john
ston, of Carey. o., says he is not guilty.
tut that the three guilty men are i'm iaiI
The other men are George Trey, Willis
Miller and Charlie Foster.
The Illinois Supreme Court has granted a
writ of supersedeas in the case of George
burden against the people. burden was
convicted on circumstantial evidence of
the killing Of Marshall Hilerman at Villa
Ridge, Pulaski county, on April &c. 1900.
and is now under sentence of death.
ABB. Hedrick, a wealthy lumberman.
member of the firm of Hedrick q Bedford.
committed suicide at Chanute, Kan. yes
terday, by shooting. No cause for the act
is known. Mr.. Hedrick was prominent in
Grand Army circles. In the civil war he
was first lieutenant in Company X, Two
teers.
The partly dismembered body of a man
was found. yesterday, on the bank Of Lew
is creek, at Ferrisburg, VT, on the farm
of Lieutenant Governor NJ. Fallen. The
body was headless and one arm and one
leg were missing. The body had been in
the water several days and how it came
on the bank was not apparent. There was
nothing about it to Indicate its identity
Mrs. Foster, convicted of completely in
the attempted murder of her husband at
Algono, Ia, was sentenced at Mason yes
terday by Judge Bailie to three years in
the p~enitentiary at hard labor. She made
a confession while her husband was not
expected to live, but when he recovered she
was induced to plead not guilty and stood
trial, her husband defending her.
Ernest j. Wolters. who was recently
taken into custody by the federal authori-
ties, charged with using the mails to de-
fraud in an alleged attempt TO blackmail
United States Senator Kearns, was yes
terday indicted by the federal grand jury
at Omaha. Chief Inspector Sinclair, of
Denver. and the postmaster at Rogers,
Neb., gave the testimony on which VOTERS
was indicted.
Charles L. Poller. the young real estate
operator. who fled from New York several
months ago after raising, it is alleged,
ing to be signed or indorsed by weil-known
business men of Newark, N. j., was ar
raigned in court yesterday and pleaded not
guilty. He was committed TO jail in default
of $4,000 bail. Poller arrived from Los An
geles. Cal, Thursday night.
A man under arrest at Marshall. y. c..
for bank robbery, is supposed 10 be Frank
Woodward, who is wanted In. Titusville,
Pa, for the murder of Chief of Police
Daniel McGrath. who was killed in 1899
while endeavoring to corral a gang of
safe blowers. Large rewards have been
offered for the capture of Woodward. A
description of the prisoner tallies with
that of Woodward, even to marks on the
body. y
Edward Quaintance. arrested on an aft
davit charging him with the murder of
James Jamison near Dublin, o., six years
ago. was released yesterday on his own
recognizance. the police not having suffi-
cient evidence TO hold him for immediate
trial. More than a dozen suspects have
been arrested in connection with this muir
der and scores of detectives have worked
on the case. but the mystery appears no
nearer a solution now than at the begin
ming.