The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-23
OF GILLESPIE MURDER
MEMBERS or DEAD woMAN,s
 FAMILY ACCUSED.
Her Twin Brother is Charged With Being the Principal and Her ,-,, Sister ,is Also in Tolls
 of the Law.

Rising Sun. Ind, Dec 22.--In its report of the investigation of the assassination of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, December Sth, the Grand Jury at PAS this after. noon, returned true bills of murder ir the first degree against James Giles. pie, a twin brother of the murdered woman; Mrs. Belle Seward, her widow. ed sister; Mrs. Carrie Barbour, niece of.Dr. Thad A. aReany, an eminent phy- sician of Cincinnati, and Myron Bafbour her husband. Mrs. Barbour is sister-in. law of Dr. William Gillespie, brother oi the murdered woman. .,- Aasa
 Bench warrants were issued immediate ly by Judge Downey of the Circuit Court The 'Giilespies were expecting the ar- rests. and Dr. Gillespie drove to the home of the accused ina 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. snap shot of the party and was struck by James Gillies- pie, who broke away from Sheriff Bump and knocked the camera from the hands of the newspaper man. : H-- ~i.
 The four indictments were read to the accused. They showed no emotion with the exception of Myron Barbour The indictments charged them with "felon- iously. rnaliciousiy and with premeditat- ed intent causing the death of Elizabeth Gillespie. ' A.. conspiracy among 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, though others are charged with murder in the first degree
 Each entered a plea of not guilty. Cap tain Coles, attorney for the defendants. presented petitions for writs of -habeas corpus on the ground that. there is not enough evidence to indict, and that their liberty was withheld on charge of a crime of which they were innocent.
 Judge Downey ordered the writs re- turnable immediately and the petition was then heard with arguments. Coun- sel for the defense stated that they were able to furnish reasonable bail, but the charge was not baiIable and the only proceeding was under the writs.
 It is said that some of the prisoners will be taken to f.awrenceburg and .Au- rora' and that they will be kept in sep arate confinement.
 pr. Reamy. the uncle of Mrs William Gillespie. and Mrs. ... Myron Barbour came here to-day from Cincinnati.
 The defense expected indictments as their counsel, Captain John B. Coles and his legal associates had the papers for a writ. Of habeaS4 corpus. typeWrlttenf ana ready to be presented at once to. the court. In the indictments each of the four is, charged with murder in the first degree, but the bench warrants which were served, on them in the court room named James Gillespie as the principal and Mrs, Barbour. Mrs. Seward and Myron Barbour as accessories before the fact. The penalty. under the Indiana statutes Is death for accessories. the same in each case as we'll as princi- pal. s.-, .'>t. .....
 The hearing on the habeas corpus pro- ceedings will be held Wednesday morn ing. The prosecution will then have to show by witnesses sufficient evidence on which to hold the indicted persons. It was agreed to release the two women on bond and this the court allowed on &C., count of the Illness of Mrs. Seward who suffers from heart trouble. They were ad- mitted to bail in sums of $lO.00O each. James Gillespie and Myron Barbour were refused bail and .remanded to jail.
 Crowds followed the two men as they were taken to the county jail, near the court house, by Sheriff Rump and Mar sinai Overly. An extra guard was placed in the jail for the night. No violence is expected. James Gillespie and Myron Barbour took their incarceration in jail coolIy and laughed and jokcd about the probability of finding a weapon on them aE the sheriff searched them.