Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-26
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
More About the Gillespie Murder at
Rising Sun, Ind.

Rising Sun. Ind, Dec. 25.-In its report
of the investigation of the assassination
of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, Dec. 8, the
grand jury returned true bills of murder
in the first degree against James Gillespie
n twin brother of the murdered woman
Mrs. Belle Seward, her widowed sister;
Mrs. Carrie Harbour, niece of DR.. Thad
A. Reamy, an eminent physician of Gin
cinnati, and Myron Barbour, her husband
Mrs. Barbour is sster-in-law of DR.. Will
liam Gillespie, brother of the murdered
woman.
Bench warrants We're issued immediate
ly by Judge Downey of the circuit court
The Gillespies were expecting the arrests
and DR.. Gillespie drove to the home OF the
accused in a closed carriage and brought
the indicted persons to the court house
surrendered 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.
The four indictments were read to the
accused. They showed no emotion, with
the exception of Myron Barbour.
The indictments charged them with
"feloniously, maliciously ana with pre-
meditated intent" causing the death of
Eliza beth Gillespie conspiracy among
members of the murdered womans own
family to kill her is charged James Gil
lespie, her twin brother, is the one who is
charged as the principal. although all are
charged with murder in the first degree.
Each entered a plea of not guilty. Cap
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 a charge of a
crime of which they were innocent Judge
Downey ordered the writs returnable i'm
mediately and the petition was then heard
with arguments.
THE penalty under the Indiana statutes
&c in nj,
case as well as the principal. The two
women were admitted to bail in sums of
$4,000 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 Marshal
Overly. An extra guard was placed in the
element and strain under which the peo-
pie in the city have been laboring for
weeks has broken out. No violence is
expected. however. as the. people seem
willing to let the law take it's course.
James Gillespie and Myron Barbour took
their incarceration in Jail c0Olly and
laughed and joked about the probability
of finding weapons on them as the sheriff
ed: This is the first time I 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
Elizabeth Gillespie was shot by an as
sassin standing on the outside of her
parlor window, when she was arranging
for a reception of a literary club. Fol-
lowing the tragedy there were reports
about differences in the family over the
settlement of the estate, in which Eliza
beth was said to have been favored. But
later there We're more startling stories
in circulation, intimating that the victim
reflected on another woman in the fam
lily, so as to create deadly haired