Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-25
L0UDlN FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Sentenced to the Penite ntiaTy foI
Attempt on Life Of His
Sweetheart.
GIRL CHANGES HER STORY
Fearing She is to Die, She Exonerates
Han, But Now Tells the
Truth.

William Loudin has been found
guilty of the charge of attempting to
murder Miss Nora Howells, of Yates
| City, and sentenced to the peniten-
years at hard labor.
This case has caused considerable
comment in the daily press all over
the state from the one fact that i'm
mediateiy before the trial it was ru-
mored that Miss Howells would en-
deavor to shield her former lover
and refuse to testify. But this proved
to be the contrary and when she
went on the stand she told in
straightforward manner just how the
shooting occurred and told how Lou
din had stepped few PAGES from
the buggy in which she was sitting
and turning about had fired point
blank at her. the bullet entering the
abdomen. That Miss Howells' ,recov-
cred was due to her wonderful vital
ity, strong constitution and the eX-
| cellent care of the attending physi-
clans.
story of the Case.
William H. Loudin had taken a girl
to party at neighboring farm house
and as the hour was getting late h.
requested that she accompany him
home in his buggy. She refused the
offer unless some one else went with
them. This Infatuated Loudin and he
drew a gun to punctuate his demand.
Miss Howells took the gun away from
| him and tried to extract the shells but
could not. They finally got into the
buggy and drove away. Just Before
reaching the home of the girl Loudin
again drew his revolver and demand
ed that she should lavish her atten-
tions on no one else This she would
not promise to do. He jumped from
the buggy and fired one shot. 1t
struck her squarely. She fell back
into the seat of the buggy and he
clambered in.
| On the way to her home he made
her promise that she would say that
it was accidental. In what she sup
posed to be the ante-mortem statement
she, it is told, did eXonerate him, but
On the stand she told the real story
of the shooting. Both families are
we'll known and highly respected peo-
pie, residents of Yates City.
Jury Out "a Hours.
The jury in the case was out for
over "a hours on the decision. At
the time they retired it was thought
| they would only be out a few hours
but the question of his guilt among
several of the jurors held them. Ipl-
mediately following the report of the
jury, Attorney Daugherty, for the de-
PENDANT, moved for a suspension of
the sentence. Judge Thompson has
taken it under advisement but the
belief is prevalent that the finding will
stand.
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