The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
HINSHAW SCORNED.
Murdered, Formerly a Favorite, Now
Hopeless Outcast at Peniten-
tiary.

Rev. William Hinshaw, sentenced
to prison for life in 1895 for the muir
der of his wife and paroled in 1905,
was again remanded to prison for
life by Governor Hanly Friday, be-
fore whom the former clergyman
was tried on the charge of criminal
intimacy with Mrs. George Freeman,
wife of the sheriff elect of Wabash
county.
Governor Hanly went into the in
vestiagtion without preliminaries and
called Mr.. Freeman to the stand. Mr.
Freeman spoke of his long friendship
for Hinshaw and of the fact that his
wife and the minister had been sweet
hearts in sheir younger days. Tears
filled his eyes as he told of Mrs.
Freeman visiting a sister in Randolph
county ,and how upon her return he
received an anonymous letter telling
him of Hinshaw's visits to her and
Of their having occupied the same
room over night at hotel in Shir-
ley. He detailed the steps he had
taken in investigating the story, of
the confession of his wife and of his
leaving home.
The hotel keeper at Shirley con-
hrmed the husbands statement and
a liveryman who rented the couple
carriage and the barber who shaved.
Hinshaw on the day of his Shirle
visit all testified to having seen ,
and Mrs. Freeman together.
brothers named Shaw testified that
they had met Hinshaw and Mrs.
Freeman as they were driving in the
country and said that Hinshaw seem
ed to be making love to the woman.
Up to the hour of trial Hinshaw
lad denied to the governor that there
.eas any truth in the charges, but
when he was called to the stand he
admitted that he was at the Shirley
hotel with Mrs. Freeman. He denied
however, that there were any improp-
er relations between them No at
tempt was made by Hinshaw's at
torney to defend his client, but he
pleaded for him on the ground that
a return to prison for life was too
severe a penalty for the offense
charged.
The governor turned to Hinshaw,
who trembled violently as the exec
utive's eyes fell upon him, and for
mally remanded him to the penitenti-
airy to serve out the life sentence fo-
the murder of his wife, saying thai
the Michigan City prison was the
best place for him.
After Hinshaw was returned to
Jail he offered a"trusty"- $40 TO get.
him some poison. The "trusty" told
the officers and precautions were
taken to prevent the suicide of the
prisoner.
His trouble at Wabash, which link
ed his name with that of Mrs. Free
man and sent him back here for the
remainder of his life, has lost him all
the friends he had made here during
his ten years incarceration. He IS
no longer looked upon as a good man
gone wrong but is completely ostra
cised by the prison inmates.
Although Hinshaw gained repu-
tation as being model prisoner IN
the ten years he served here, he is
known as being just the opposite in
one sense of the word AS trouble
breeder, an agitator and prevaricat-
or the guards claim that Hinshaw
has passed them all a mile. Gentle
manly, courteous and willing to work
he made his way to the hearts of the
various heads of the institution and
IN turn won the good will and official
clemency of Governor Durbin.
Among the officials here whom he
loved, next to Warden Reid, was the
late Harry L. Henderson, chaplain al
the prison Henderson died soon af-
ter Hinshaw's parole, and although
the prisoner asked of Officer Lar
more if the same chaplain were here.
he knew better 1t was Hinshaw who
married the funeral services of the
late chaplain.
He appeared at Kendallville, where
the funeral was held, on the day Of
the funeral and actually demanded
that he preach the sermon over the
lifeless clay, and that he pronounce
a eulogy. 1t was necessary to ejec'
Hinshaw from the scene before tn
funeral services could go on. Still
ne asked if the same chaplain were
here.