The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-23
James Gillespie, Twin Brother,
Accused of Being the Principal,
With the Others as Ac-
cessories.
NONE DISPLAYS ANY EMOTION.
Crowds Follow the Defendants to
Jail and Special Guard Is Or
dered for Prison, but No
Violence Is Feared.

Rising Sun, Ind, Dec. 22.-In its report
of the investigation of the assassination
of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie on December
s. the Grand Jury this afternoon returned
true bills OF murder in the first degree
against James Gillespie, twin brother OF
the murdered woman: Mrs. Belle Seward,
her widowed sister; Mrs. Carrie Barbour,
niece of Doctor Thad A. Reamy, an en-
inent physician of Cincinnati, and Myron
Barbour, her husband. Mrs. Barbour is a
sister-in-law of Doctor William Gillespie,
brother of the murdered woman.
Bench warrants were issued Immediate
ly by Judge Downey of the Circuit Court.
The Gillespies were expecting the arrests,
and Doctor Gillespie drove to the home
of the accused in a closed carriage and
brought the indicted persons to the Court
house, surrendering all Of them to the
court.
"A newspaper photographer attempted to
take a snapshot of the party and was
struck by James Gillespie, who broke
away from Sheriff Rump and knocked the
camera from the hands of the newspaper
man.
SHOW NO EMOTION.
The four indictments were read to the
accused. They showed no emotion with
the exception of Myron Barbour. The in
dictments charge them with "feloniously,
maliciously and with premeditated intent"
causing the death of Miss Elizabeth Gill
lespie. A conspiracy among the members
of the murdered womanS own family to
kill her Is charged.
James Gillespie, her twin brother is the
one who is charged as the principal, al
though all are charged with the murder in
the first DECREE,
Each entered a plea of mot guilty"
Captain Coles, attorney for the de-
habeas corpus on the ground that there is
not enough. evidence TO convict and that
their liberty was withheld on charge of
a crime of which they are Innocent Judge
Downey ordered the writs returnable i'm
mediately. and the petition was then
heard with arguments.
Counsel for the defense stated that they
we're able to furnish reasonable bail, but
the charge was not bailable, and the only
proceeding was under the writs. It is
stated that some of the prisoners will be
taken to Lawrenceburg and Aurora. and
that they will be kept in separate con-
finement.
DEATH FOR ACCESSORIES.
The penalty under the Indiana statutes
is death for accessories, the same in each
women were admitted to bail in sums of
$4,000 each.
James Gillespie and Myron Barbour
were remanded to jail, bail being refused.
Crowds followed the two men as they
were taken to the county Jail near the
Courthouse by Sheriff Rump and Marshal
Overly. An extra guard was placed In the
Jail for the night.
All the pent-up excitement and strain
under which the people in the city have
been laboring for two weeks has broken
out. No violence Is expected, however.
as the people seem willing to let the law
tol 70 40 o.
ceeded thus far.
James Gillespie and Myron Barbour took
their incarceration. in Jail coolly and
laughed and joked about the probability of
searched them. James Gillespie remarked:
This is the first time 1 have been in
here. A fellow has to chase himself here
to get exercise"
Myron Barbour laughed, and said it was
a number Of years since he was inside
the jail.