The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-11

on a dead run, as was shown by
the dirt thrown up by him in his
haste.
Although the police have made
no arrests, they are working up
on a clew which will in all prob
ability lead to the arrest of the
Supposed murderer of Enoch
HighShew within the next TWEEN
ty four hours. The clew was fur
nished by Henry Pelton, a farmer
living near the scene of the trag-
edy.
Mr.. Pelton came forwarh with
the statement that ON several oc-
casions upon his way home,
about 10 o'clock at night he had
observed a tall stranger stand
ing behind a tree near vhe pot
where the murder took place.
Three evenings before the muir
der occurred, when he was re-
turning home he stated, the un-
known man behind the tree
shouted to him to halt, calling
him Highshew. He whipped up
the horse and quickly left him be-
hind. The farmer gave COM
lete description of the man to
the police, who expect to locate
him shortly.
Trace Victims Movements.
1t has also developed that the
murder took place nearer the
hour of IL: 80 than 10 80, as was
at first supposed The where
abouts of the murdered man have
been traced up to 1915 o'clock
on the night of the murder. AT
that time he entered a grocery
store and purchased some provi-
sions. From this time until las
his whereabouts are unknown.
and If the authorities can find
where he spent that hour they
claim the solution will be easy.
Before the fatal shot was fired.
it is evident that the murderer
and his victim had a quarrel. Peo-
pie living near the spot where
Highshew was shot say that af-
ter midnight they heard loud
talking. Someone exclaimed,
Now you :, you shall answer
to me for this" and a shot fol
lowed. In accounting for the
bullet striking Highshew in the
back of the. hetd, the officers
think he saw his assailant draw
the revolver AS ne did so. High
shew slid down in the seat of his
vehicle to evade the bullet and
received it in the head.
Did Not Die at Once.
The theory has been advanced
that Highsi1ew livoB several min
utes after the shooting occurred.
The fact that so large a pool of
blood was found in the barn
where the dead body was discov-
cred and this distance from
where the shooting took place,
leads the officers to think that, at
ter being shot Highshew retain
ed consciousness for several
minutes and drove his horse at
top speed toward his home. AS
he reached there he became un-
conscious and died in the barn.
The undertakers stated that the
body was still warm when they
were given charge of it at o.
clock on the morning of the muir
der.
Unwritten Law is Seen.
The body of the murdered man
will be buried today. The widow
has collapsed and her condition
is considered dangerous. The
police believe she knows some
thing which she is trying to hide
from them but her condition is
now such that it is impossible to
see her. The unwritten law the
ory is still being followed by the
detectives and police.
Mr.. Highshew was 32 years
of age, He was born near Bre-
men, Nov. 80, 1877, and has lived
near this city nearly all his life
He was married to Maude FL
linger several years ago, surviv-
ing him with his mother is a son,
Cornelius, WHO found his faith
er's dead body. He leaves three
sisters, Mrs. f. Rottnliller, ,of
Bremen, Mrs. Nelson Haines of
Bremen, Mrs. c. Slowson also of
Bremen and one brother, Philip
Highshew of Texas.
He had been employed as fore
man of the metal pattern depart
ment of the Dodge company for
several years and was very popu-
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