The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-14
STARBUCK
SUSPECTED
AND is PLACED IN A SWEAT
BOX
3 THEORIES ADVANCED
William Lockridge Mentioned as
Suspect-Arrests are Made
Certain Suspicious.
3 THEORIES ADVANCED

Newcastle, Ind, July 14.-Sheriff
Christopher brought William Lock
ridge, suspected of completely in the
murder Of Mrs. William Starbucl1,
to Newcastle last night and placed
him in the same cell with Haley Gipe
the other suspect He will be put in
the sweat box today.
Lockridge insists that he knows
nothing about the crime, and that he
was asleep when it was committed.
He is an old man and a we'll digger
by occupation, and he told Detective
Curry that he has had great deal
of experience with men in holes and
said that they could not shout loud
enough to be heard any distance away
The Starbuck house is 1925 steps
from the weell. Lockridge said he did
not believe anybody could hear a
woman scream that far.
While there is no apprehension felt
that any mob would attack the Jail
and take Gipe and Lockrid"e out,
Sheriff Christopher is vigilant. A de-
putty is guarding on the outside of the
Jail and everyone who approaches is
carefully scrutinized.
City Marshal Burr is watching for
the appearance Of any unusual num-
ber of persons in the city and enough
weapons are i'll the jail to arm a good
ly number of deputies should they be
required.
William Starbuck, husband of the
murdered woman, was put through
a searching examination of three
hours today. He was asked to ex-
plain certain suspicious circumstances.
There are now three theories as to
the manner in which Mrs. Starbuck
and her child met death. They obtain
credit here in the order named:
That murder, with robbery as the
motive was committed by Haley Gipe,
William Lockridge and one other, the
trio carrying the bodies to the aban-
doned we'll where they were found;
that Starbuck in a sudden fit of an
ger killed his child, and, after chok-
ing his wife, carried heer unconscious
form to the we'll; and that Mrs. Star
buck while temporarily insane threw
her baby into the we'll am Jumped in
after it. This is advanced by the fam
lily physician, but it is not believed by
the physician who attended Mrs. Star
buck before her death.
Few persons credit any theory that
connects Starbuck with the murder,
His dead wife's relatives have every
confidence in him.
Henry Gipe, father of Haley Gipe,
and William Lockridge served time in
the penitentiary for the robbery of
store in Greensboro. They and Haley
Gipe spent considerable time togeth-
er, drinking, and playing cards.
"Haley Gipe told me on the morn
ing after the crime that he knew the
two men who did the work. said
Lockridge.
Starbuck knows that he is under
SuS )lclOll, DuG Is SccfIlllSly uHCOu-
cerned, displaying little emotion. He
wa sexamined this morning by Sher-
if Christopher, Prosecuting Attorney
Jackson, and Detective Curry. For
the first time since the murder he gave
a detailed statement of what he says
occurred when he drove into his barn
yard Saturday night and heard his
wife's screams, which directed him to
the abandoned well, nearly half
mile away. He believes it murder,
and that Haley Gipe was one of the
perpetrators, he says.
81 have been told,' said he, "that
Gipe was seen driving in the direction
of my home as I drove into town. I
believe the crime was committed by
some one jealous of me because I was
becoming prosperous. From the fact
that my wife tried to call for help
twice by telephone | believe that the
men first tried the rear door and then
got in by the window before she could
get word to the neighbors -