Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-12
BRAVE GIRL s FIGHT FOR ACCUSED FATHER
 SON THE ACCUSER
The Sensational Murder Trial of John Poole Set for
 IOmOrow
STORY OF ALLEGED CRIME

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Nov li.--Noi for many years has a murder trial caused so great sensation and at tracted such general interest in this section Of the state as the trial to be gin here In the rippeeanoc circuit court next Monday, Of John W. Poole, a prosperous Benton county farmer, who is charged with having murdered .oseph Kcm3er. one of his German farmhands. in December 1909. it Is not morbid curiosity alone or de sire to have an opportunity to listen to the reroltiug details of a brutal crime that cause this general interest. The feature which more than any oth- CT appeals to the heart and sympathy Of the people is the brave fight which Grace Poole. the daughter Of the ac, cused man is making. 10 save hef father from the eallows.
 Grace Poole alone of all the mem beTs of inc Poole family faithfully stands by her father and. out of her meager earnings as teacher in the Wheatfield public school, defrays the cost Of defending her father in the coming trial. Poole's wife and his other daughter have turned against him and have absolutely refused 10 contribute to the fund for Poole's der fense His son. Emory Poole, who has been the prime accuser of his father and has left literally no stone un- turned to find evidence against the old man, continues to maintain his atti- tude of extreme hostility and has openly declared that he would rot rest until his father had been hanged.
 John W Poole was one of the most substantiai men in Benton county. He owned several prosperous farms but. owing tO some financial trouble a few years ago. he transferred the title to his property to his wife. Joseph Kemp CT. with whose murder Poole Is charged, worked for Poole during the summer and fan Of 1909. He was last seen alive on December 10 or f2, 1903 and since then every trace of him was lost. It was supposed that he had left the farm to find work in the lumber camps of Michigan.
 Nobody suspected that Kemper had been murdered. until PoOle's son. Elm ory, informed the authorities of his belief that his father had killed Kemp CT and buried his body somewhere on the farm. The elder Poole was ar rested on March IS, 1911 and was charged with the murder or Eemper, hut he was discharged on the same day, because there was absolutely no evidence ag@nst him at that time Ee- yond the mere accusation Of Emory Poole.
 Young Poole, apparently convinced that his suspicion was well founded and determined to find the necessary proofs for the guilt of his father, con tinued to search for Kemper's body exploring every part of the grounds with that object m view. His peTse- verance was apparently rewarded. In the middle of a big coTnfieid. about enc mile from the Poole homestead, young Poole found the decomposed remains of 9 human body. mingled with the remains of a hogs carcass. He notified the authorities and al though the remains of the human body were far beyond Identification, insisted upon his charge that the body was that Of Joseph Kemper. whom, he ac- cuscd his Father. of having murdered.
 John W. Poole was again arrested and brought to Fowler, Ind, where he was arraigned before Justice l.. B. Stephenson on May 1 last. The charge was preferred by Emory Poole who submitted practically all the evidence. Poole pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury without bail on a charge of murder. h due course of time ne was indicted and his trial was set for next Monday.
 Although Poole continued to main tain his inhocence of having com mitted intentional murder, he is said to have confessed that he accidentally shot and Killed Reaper and then bur jed his body for fear of the conse- cuences Of his deed. Poole. it is said, claims that while he climbed over the fence Of his orchard to hunt rab- bits. his shotgun was accidentally dis charged and the full load struck Kemper in the head at close range. Killing him instantly.
 ElmoTe Barce has been engaged 10 defend Poole and it is believed that he will make a plea of insanity for his client. Fifteen years ago Poole was tried for having tried to shoot a man named Dudley. The jury decided, how ever, that Poole was insane and he was sent to an asylum in Indianapolis, where he remained several years.
 Grace Poole, the prisoners younger daughter. came near losing her posi- ton as teacher in the Wheat6eld pub lie school where she has been doing good work for several years. Many Of the parents objected to her because her father had been accused of mur- der. but the brave girl called meet ing of the parents and won their sym pathy and support when she explained to them that it would be impossible For her 10 help her father should she be deprived of her position.