The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-22
SECOND DAY OF
THE HALE TRIAL
PRODUCES SEVERAL
IMPORTANT WITNESSES
| FORMER DUBLIN MAN
Is Attended by His Sister, Salena
Hale, of Dublin State Ends
Evidence at Late Hour.

Yesterday was the second day of
the trial of Thomas Hale, a former
Dublin, Ind, man at Indianapolis.
Hale is charged with killing Thomas
Seibert on May Is, by showing his
head through a window of the Penn
sylvania ticket office, corner of
Washington and Illinois streets.
Seibert died shortly after from the
results of his injuries. Miss Salena
Hale, Of Dublin, sister Of the pris-
oner, attends the trial and takes a
deep interest in everything and does
all in her power to comfort her
brother, who supports her. The de-
tails Of the proceedings are given in
the following indianapolis dispatch:
Seibert's Widow the First Witness.
Mrs. Thomas Seibert, widow Of
the man who was killed, was the
first witness. She said that her hus-
band was tifty-four years Of age,
was frail and in poor health. She
started to tell that he was despon-
dent at the time of his death, but
an objection of Hale's attorneys pre-
vented the testimony.
Miss Hattie Stow, 1873 Virginia
avenue, told Of seeing Hale strike
Seibert, knocking him to the side
walk. Seibert was in a half sitting
position, she said, when Hale struck
him again, knocking his head
through the plate glass window. The
last she saw of him, she said, Hale
was standing over him. She said
that as Seibert, his brother and Hale
from the north, all
three appeared to be intoxicated.
Hale and Seibert were muttering
something she could not hear just
before Hale struck the other.
Miss Mary Amman, who was with
Miss Stow, testified to practically
the same facts.
d. c. Bryant, photographer in
West Washington street, said that
just before Hale struck Seibert the
latter had his hand in front of his
face as though to ward off a blow.
After the first blow, he testified,
Seibert's shoulder struck the win
dow and he slid to the sidewalk.
Then, the witness said, Hale rushed |
and struck him in the face
with an upper-cut motion that drove
Seibert s head through the glass. |
Bryant said he heard Hale crying,
where's your brother?' and saw
.Wo men seize him.
Bryant was one of those who
heard the woman in black. Accord
ng to him she cried, as she ran up
o Hale: "Hou ought to be ashamed
# yourself, to strike this man. He
vas not doing anything to you!'
The witness said he did not think
1ale was drunk.
William E. Day, 1920 North Meri-
han street, said that Hale hit the
lderly man twice before he fell and
wo or three times as he lay on the
idewalk. He did not think Hale
vas drunk, he said.
Heard the Woman's Reproach. s
Eugene Webster, an employe of
he Burford Printing Company, :
aid he heard the unknown woman
ry and her words as he remember
d them were: "Why did you strike
his man9 You struck him without
indrance and you ought to be pun
shed!' He said he heard Hale say ,
D Patrolman Hite, in reply to some
uestlon, GIVE got good pair of
hits and [ know how to use them
The first witnesses for the defense
ere George W.Murray and Charles
Toward, both druggists, of Dublin,
nd, where Hale formerly lived. a
hey testified as to his character I
nd reputation during the time that
e lived in Dublin.