The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-06

Alexander were testified to in substantially
the same manner as the day before. In the
narration of the third conversation Can
trell related the disagreement with DR.. Al
exander over a livery bill. DIR. Alexander
accused me of taking bodies 10 other col
leges-of switching them on him" he said:
II understand from your testimony of
yesterday" said Mr.. Span, that every
time you went after a body you went out at
the direction of DIR. Alexander. and he saw
you the day after the delivery of the body
and commented on the subject and then
paid you If 1t pleased him. Is this under
standing correct?''
Eyes. sir" replied Cantrell, with little
hesitation.
Cross-examination over the testimony as
TO the stealing of the various bodies which
were delivered to the college threshed over
the same facts as developed yesterday.
After a short recess at 1880 o'clock the
court was reconvened, and the cross-exam-
ination of Rufus Cantrell by Henry Span
was resumed. In talking of the methods of
hiring livery rigs and the collection for
them Cantren explained that he, on several
occasions, made money out of il.
I'm other words you cheated your en-
ployer." said Span.
well / have done the like and made
money out of il" said Cantrell
Cantrell also admitted that he had been
arrested for embezzling money from the
Mt. Zion Church, and also for shooting at
a man. An attempt was made TO get
Cantrell to admit that the story recently
printed in an evening paper to the effect
pose of robbing a grave by the discovery
OF his sweetheart in the grave, was false.
but objections by Prosecutor Ruckelshaus
barred the testimony.
Questioning as to his residence in In
dianapolis during the last ten years brought
out a description of each of Cantrelps
homes. The other inmates of the different
houses were enumerated by him. He de-
scribed the visits of the other ghouls to
him at various times. He admitted that he
had worked in a medical post graduate col
lege at Dearborn and Twenty-second
streets. Chicago. He said he was en-
ployed by a doctor there. but not as a
graverobber. In reply to direct question
Cantrell said he had never robbed a grave
in Cook county.
Another OF his residences that one at 400
West North street, with Miss Hawkins,
was visited by Drs. Alexander, Mott,
wright and Butz at various times, accord
ing TO the witness. Cantrell said he does
not know where his wife is now and al
though questioned sharply he would not
tell of his domestic relations. He said he
thought his wife was in Louisville. KY. and
the last time he had seen her was month
before his arrest. Cantrel said he was
married in Tennessee and has a boy five
years old.
Cantrell reiterated his testimony to the
fact that DR.. Alexander met him at the
Anderson cemetery on a grave-robbing ex-
petition in July last.
CANTRELL'S MORAL PERCEPTIONS.
Your moral perceptions are not very
keen. are they. Cantrell?" asked Spaan.
II object to that question" said w. T.
Brown. attorney for the prosecution.
1.-THE objection is overruled, but do not
spend much time on that subject" Judge
Bailey ruled.
Cantrell answered by saying that he did
not know.
An attempt was made by Attorney Spaan
fO ha of t;o
tween Cantrell his lawyer, a colored man
named Henderson and Gus Habich, a gun
smith.
Did not your attorney or yourself tel
Habich that If he continued to look fol-
the shotguns you pawned that you would
try to connect him with grave robbing:
Did you not try to blackmail Habich ir
that manner" asked the cross-examiner
The prosecutor objected to the question
but was overruled. Cantrell then explained
his relations with Habich over the shot.
guns The time of the morning until IL a.
o'clock was occupied by persistent cross
examination of the witness, which divulgeC
few facts, but provoked much bitterness
between the attorneys of the opposing
sides.
Henry Spaan objected to the manner OF
reply of the witness, and Prosecutor Ruck
elshaus and William I. Brown accused
Span of treating the witness unfairly TIL,
lawyers INDUCED in several side remark.
that were not pleasing 70 either of then
and yet showed the bitterness of the strug
gle in the case in hearing
At l1:45 o'clock the witness was turned
over to the prosecutor for REORGANIZATION
VIM T. Brown propounded the questions fo
the prosecution. Brown began his question
ing by asking Cantrell of his arrest for lott
ering. Cantrell testified that he talked
with Alexander at the police station wher
he was arrested once and that later he wa
bailed out OF continent by one Case,
liveryman. from whom Alexander rentet
horses and buggies. Another fact divulget
in the cross-examinatlon was threshed owe
by Cantrell. 1t was the facts in his arres
for shooting at man on North street
| Cantrell testified that he was not i'm tn
wrong at the time and was acquitted il
| the Police Court.
Court adjourned at II o'clock with Can
! trell still in the witness chair.
LARGE CROWD IN AFTERNOON.
The crowd was much larger at the after
noon session. Standing room was no
| available at o'clock, when court con
vened. number of women, a majority o
them in the gallery, were interested specta
tors. Rufus Cantrell was still the centra
| figure Of the trial when it was resumed
| He was on the witness stand for re-ex
animation by the State. The prosecutio
! took the opportunity of questioning him o
several points made by the defense durin
cross-examination. No new DEVELOPMENT
in the status of the case were brough
about by either the questions or reptile:
| The State finally excused the witness an
| the defense again called him for replies
| questions conceived during the re-examina
| ton. He was handed back and forth by tb
prosecution and defense until 2:25 O'CLOCK
| when he was excused as a witness an
| sent back TO Jail.
| A lull in the proceedings was caused b
| the necessity of waiting for the third vii
ness for the prosecution. Sol Grady.
thirty-two-year-old colored man. one of tn
| ghouls, and now under indictment for dis
| turbing grave. was brought i'm by
deputy sheriff. Grady is a tall. consumr
| tive appearing mulatto with such a ligf
complexion as to be easily mistaken for
| white man.
Grady said he had been in Jail for fou
| months and lived at 1912 Ashland avenu
| previous to his arrest. He said he had bee
employed at the residence of N. S. Byran
but that his home originally was in Grady
| vile, Ky.
Grady testified that he had known Can
| rell for seven years and had associate
with him in grave-robbing expeditions. II
| said he had visited Anderson and Ebenezs
cemeteries. and had stolen corpses in COR
| pany with Cantrell and the others.
He first met DIR. Alexander on June 2
Grady said he had talked with Cantre
about the indictments against them. bl
had been more intimate with Martin. al
other ghoul.
81 went to see Dr. Alexander at n
Office he testified, land presented an ords
to him, which he kept. The order read:
CDR j. &. observation-disclosures paw s.
Grady $3.50 RUFUS CANTRELL'
"Dr. Alexander told me he did not ha,
the money, but told me TO call later in II
week. The following week I went to h
a mistake i'm the order. Dr. Alexander sa
that Cantrell had drawn the order for 10