The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18

William Sutherlln, the man
who was convicted of shooting
and numbering Edward Fetters
in this county several years ago,
and for which he was sentenced
to the Michigan City penitenti-
ary. and a few years later releas-
ed on pardon, lies dying at the
St. Joseph hospital in Logans-
port, as the result of being stab
bed in the intestines in a drunken
fight in that city Saturday after
noon.
Word from the St. Joseph hos
pital Monday morning states that
Sutherlin is still alive, but the
chances for his recovery are very
slight.
Every resident OF Plymouth re-
members the sensational trial OF
Sutherlin held in Plymouth. The
evidence disclosed that Sutherlin
planned the murder OF Fetters.
buried him. and buried the body
OF a mule over him. to throw
searchers off the track. The muir
der trial was the most sensation
al that ever occurred in the his
tory OF Marshall county. The
murder was m grewsome al
fair. Sutherlin was granted new
trial by the supreme court and on
account on the imposSibility OF
obtaining witnesses, gained his
freedom from the penitentiary,
and has since settled ON farm
near Royal Center, a town near
Logansport. Follows the account
of the staIbbing affray in Logans-
port:
Especial to Plymouth Tribune }
Logansport, Ind, Nov. 15.-As
the result OF what is said to have
been a feud eliminating in an
encounter in the feed yard of
Alonzo Pritchett, at 517 North
street, Logansport, shortly after
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon
William l.. Sutherlin a farmer OF
White county now lies at the st.
Joseph Hospital probably fatally
wounded.
Charles Galley, another White
county farmer, with whom Suth-
erlin came into conflict, is now
under $1,000 bond charged w tn
assault and battery with intent
to murder by striking.
Sutherlin's wound is the re-
suit OF bloody fight in WI i~h he
is declared by a hat dozen wit
nesses to have been the aggres-
sor. The real cause of the wound.
which is a puncture through the
left side OF the abdomen and the
intestines is a mystery to the O.
lice, witnesses declaring that
neither man used a weapon of
any kind in the fight.
According to the witnesses,
Galley and his brother, James
Galley veterinary OF this city were
in the feed yand when Sutherlin
entered. Upon seeing Galley,
Sutherlin is said to have thrown
aside his coat with an oath de-
claring Say to me what you said
to my wife, and charged upon
his enemy.
Galley the witnesses say. as
stunned the defensive and in an
exchange of blows, struck Suth-
erlin across the temple inflic' ng
a flesh wound. Sutherlin again
rushed upon Galley and the two
clinched falling across buggy
shaft which was broken und~r
heir weight. Bystanders rushed
TO the scene and when they pull
ed the two men apart Sutherland
did not rise. At that point Ser
geant OF Police Costello arrived.
Sutherlin avs found to have
been wounded in the fall and a
hasty call brought the Kroeger
& Strain ambulance The injur-
ed man was iiastened to the St.
Joseph hospital with Drs. Rub
sam and Miller to care for him.
Aside from the charge placed
against Galley, slate for assault
and battery is made out by the
police against Sutherlin in the
event OF his recovery. The
wounded man already bears a
prison record.
According to Prosecutor Gus
ter he is the man who was con-
cerned in a sensational Marshall
county murder years ago when
he shot man and then buried
the body under hat OF a mule
to escape detection. The murder
was ferreted out and Sutherlln
was sent to prison being released
by pardon.
Since that time he has been
concerned in more than one
shooting scrape. Prosecutor Gus
ter says Sutherlin is the man
who shot William Crooks at
Adamsboro some years ago.
The immediate trouble be-
tween Sutherland and Galley is
said to be the outgrowth OF
some laws suits over real estate.
1t is intimated that the more
recent developments are of per-
sonal family nature. Sutherlin
is charged with having been re-
sensible for legal action which
seriously injured the reputation