The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-29
kentuckian Arrives Here ina
Custody and Says He
Killed Saunders after LatI
ter Attacked Him.
SHOWS NO REMORSE
FOR CONFESSED ACT
He Says No White Man inl
Kentucky Would Be Tried
for Killing a Negro for
Self Defense.

Chief l. A. Gormon returned from
Falmouth, KY, yesterday afternooni
in company with Samuel Whalen. acI
cused Of the murder OF Arthur Saund-
ers. colored, September 2. at the rear.
entrance OF the Oakland Wine COM.
pany. Whalen was captured at Nc;
kinneysburg and held in the county
Jail at Falmouth. Ky. When arrested
he said he would not deny any OF the
charges made against him but that
his motive for killing Saunders was
self defense. AS Saunders was about
to enter the rear door of the wine
room he met Whalen in company with
three other white men Saunders, IL is
said, pushed one of the men which
ended in the negro being stabbed ini
the neck. He was carried from the
saloon to the police headquarters
where every attempt to stop the flow
of blood proved futile as his juglar
vein was severed. He never regained'
consciousness. Several witnesses who
were in the saloon testified that Saun-i
ders never spoke after he was stab
bed, and he made no statement after,
he was brought to the police station.
Gives His Version.
Whalen did not seem to regret his
deed. nor did he appear much con-
cerned. He said. Il have nothing to
say aside from the fact that self de-
fense was my only reason for killing
Saunders. The three men who were
with me were my own son. John. Lest
er Hutson and Ollie Names. l do
not know what Saunders had in his
hand but ii looked like a knife or
razor. II was a case of do or. get
done and / had to do what I did. In
Kentucky there would never have
been any trial for killing a negro in
self defense l don't deny anything
and will not give out my defense nor
side of the story until / have talked
with my attorney. / am 46 years OF
age and have lived in Kentucky near
ly all my life"
The Whalen family moved to this
city in March, 1911, from Pendleton
County, Ky. There are six children,
the oldest being twenty years and
the youngest nine. When they first
moved to this city they occupied a
residence at 124 North Second street, :
moving from there to $40 North G
street and from there to 300 North
Fifth street, where they lived up to
the time of the murder. The murder
occurred on Saturday night, Septem-
ber Z. and Whalen left for Kentucky
September 9. He lived there for two
weeks and then wrote for his wife to
join him. Mrs. Whalen went to Ken
lucky accompanied by three children
and found her husband living with
his brothers. When he was arrested
she came directly to this city. leav-
ing two children in Kentucky. She
is a very nervous woman and is great
ly worried over the predicament of her
husband. When in this city whalen
was employed as babbitter by the NJ.
Rumely company.
His brother. Scott Whalen. served
seven years in the state penitentiary.
being convicted for the murder Of .
marshal in Kentucky. Before his term
had expired another man confessed
to the crime and IL was then learned
by the authorities that they had con-
victed an innocent man and whalen
was released. The man who commit
ted the crime was only sentenced to
two years in prison.
Attorney Henry L. johnson conferr-
ed with Whalen this morning The
morning after the murder a razor was
found near the place where IL occurr-
ed. This will probably be used by the
defense to prove that Whalen acted in
self-defense. He is third degree Ma
son and also a member of the knights
of Pythias. Many Of his friends and
fellow workmen from the NJ. Rumeiy
company visited him at the city Jail
today. He was very popular with the
men at the factory, and has many
friends throughout the city.