The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-06
a REMARKABLE CHINE.
a Methodist Minister Who Killed Els
Wife in Indiana.

At Indianapolis, Ind, the principal :
matter before the quarterly meeting
OF the Board OF Pasdons is strong
petition for the pardon Of William E.
Hinshaw, the Methodist minister
who is serving life sentence in the
State prison at Michigan City for the
murder OF his wife. The petition is
signed by persons Of prominence and
influence throughout the State and
strong hopes are expressed thatit may
result in the release Of the convicted !
man.
The Hinshaw murder Is one Of the
remarkable crimes in Indiana history.
and, although Hinshaw was convicted
and the Supreme Court approved the
finding OF the trial court, there are
many persons who continue to believe
Hinshaw innocent Of the crime.
The musder occurred at BelleVille,
Hendricks county, few miles south
Of Danville, about a. m, January lo,
1885,. Hinsaaw's story was that our
glars got into the house, and thathe4$
and his vie had a desperate fight
with them. Mrs. Hinshaw was found
dead on the back steps Of the par
sonage where they lived, and Hln-sE
shaw was slas'led eighteen times with
razor and shot twice.
The trial occupied FIVE weeks, the
theory Of the pr tsecution being that.
BirshaW and his wife quarreled over
another woman, that Mrs. Hipshaw
threw herself down on the bed and
was shot by her husband, who In.
hicted the wounds on himself to carry
out the burglar story; that he carried
her to the place Whre she was found
and then gave the alarm. z5i3s IS
After the penitentiary doors had
closed on HinshaW his friends and
relatives hired Pinkerton detectives
in an effort to 1un down the alleged
burglars and thereby prove the limo
cence Of the convicted man. After;
working for several weeks without sac-3
complishing anything the detectives
informed those interested in: the case
/ that it was useless to search further
II y the robb. rs, that there was not:
the slightest clew from which To-
start. The killing had been done Wtth
Hinshaw's revolver. HinshaW had
4 been slashed wIi5ea his own razor-t there
was not anything on which al in.5ss
vestigatlon could be based. 4: 4:
Hope was given to the convicted,
mans friends about three years ago
when notorious burglar who had
been confined In the Michigan City
prison made. an alleged confession iR5
which he stated that he was a mem-
Der Of a gang that entered the Hn-s
shaw home On the night OF the crime
and that they perpetrated themnfder;
Of Mrs. HinShsw and the assault ION
| the minister. This led to reopeningg;
! Of the celebrated case. Hinshaw was;
brought back from prison and theman5
who made the confession was brought
), to Indianapolis and subjected Stosas
rigid cross examination. After the
fullest investigation the autho horihess
were convinced that the confession
wasa pure fake concocted for thespur-
pose Of obtaining notoriety OF q. pos I:
sible release from the term Of impris-S
onment he was then serving. Hin
shaw was returned to the peDit itentarys
where he remained until last ialls
when he was given a sixty-day parole
.Eby Governor Durbin, that he might;
visit his aged mother, who was then
! thought to be on her :deathbed. Is
DR.. Broughton denies having q pis-;
toll when attacked In the barber
shop. 5:s;...3s:: Is. s I.
Il was In the barber's chair when.
this man struck me-" he said, and
on leaving the chair picked up a
spittoon in one hand and put my other:
hand in ny coat pocket whereh 8 had az
small pen knife.
s'Westbrook was making franGac5
efforts to reach me and I simply stood
there and faced him saying:
1 Let him come on, but I'll cut 4
him with this knife. !" - s.5: