The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-02
Murderer of White Exhibited
No Emotion When Judge
Jackson of Henry Circuit
Court Passed Sentence.
ED PARKER AVERRED
HIS BROTHER LIED
Bert Parker Was Not Called
To Testify in Defense
Roy Evans, of This City
Was Eye Witness.
palladium Specially

NEWCASTLE, Ind, April 2.-After
deliberaung for two hours the Henry
county jury in the case of Clarence
Parker of Richmond. was found guilty
of murder in the second degree and
sentenced to the stare penitentiary for
llife. The verdict was returned yes
terday afternoon at 5 o'clock, and SEN
tence was passed by Judge Ed Jack
son.
Parker's defense was extremely
weak. His attorneys fought to secure
a verdict of manslaughter. Parker al
legged that he struck White but once
and kicked him twice after he had
been assaulted by White. The jury
was divided on the first ballots. Three
of the jurymen balloted to And Parker
lguilty Of murder in the first degree,
two for manslaughter and the remain
ling seven for murder in the second
degree. The jurymen for first degree
murder were the first to change and
voted to have Parker sentenced for
murder in the second degree. Other
ljurymen finally consented to the
second degree verdict after two hours
deliberation.
Bert DID NOT TESTIFY.
Bert Parker was not placed on the
stand to testify in his brothers de-
kense Bert Parker was with his
brother the night of the murder which
occurred on North A street in Rich
hnond.
The murder occurred on the night
lof Feb. after the men had engaged
tn fight over card game in Miller's
saloon on Main street. Parker follow
led White after he had emerged from
khe saloon and walked north on Eighth
street. He caught up with him when
white turned west on North A street
land Parker struck him. Whites hands
twere found in his pocket indicating
that he had not attempted to defend
himself
Ed Says Clarence Lied.
Parker while testifying in his own
hefense contradicted himself several
fimes. He testified that he did not
follow White on Eighth street, but
that White followed him. He asserted
that as he was passing Torbeck's 8
saloon on North Eighth street his
brother Ed Parker saw White coming
and told him that White would get
him If he did not leave. He said he
walked down Eighth street and White
followed him and struck the first blow.
lEd Parker testified that he did not
|say that and did not know White. He
|further testified that he did not look
I'm the saloon window after he had
been ordered to leave although Patrol
man John Rottinghaus and Walter
tSchiller testified they saw him do this.
HE denied making threats against the
life of White. Jesse Black and Ollie
Milton testified they heard Parker
make such threats.
Evans Saw Murder.
The main witness for the state was
Troy Evans who saw the crime COM
united. Evans is a railroader at
iRichmond and saw Parker strike
White. Evans did not go to the scene
lof the murder as he was stranger
in the city and was afraid he would
lbe implicated in the crime. He did
mot testify before the grand jury
(which indicted Parker.
Parker was asked by Prosecutor
tReller if he did not ask his brother to
Epay his gas bill so he could stay near
the saloon and "get" White when he
came out He denied the insinuation
of the prosecutor The prisoner show
ed no emotion when the sentence was
passed. His wife and children left
Newcastle for Richmond before the
verdict was returned