The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-12
OWEN TERRY TRIAL
IS STARTED TODAY
IN CIRCUIT COURT
Young Union County Man
Alleged Accessory in Muir
der in That County.

Owen Terry, charged with being an
accessory before the fact in the murder
of James r. Richardson, marshal of
College Corner, Union County, by his
Father William Terry, is being tried
before Judge Fox today. A change of
venue brought the case to the Wayne
county court. William Terry is now
serving a term in the penitentiary for
the shooting
While Owen Terry is not held for
the murder he is charged with being
an accessory, in that his father secur-
ed the revolver from him.
The time this morning was occupied
in selecting the jury and with the
opening statements of Prosecutor Ed
wards of Union County, and Terry's
attorney, Walter Bossert.
Members of the jury.
The jury sworn to try the case is
composed of the following men: Win
field e. Eliason, Frank Allisan, Ed
ward Allen, Albert Sarver, John L..
King, James r. lookout, A. J. McKin-
ney, Edward Dunbar, Oliver Spencer,
Howard Anderson, Hermann Oester-
mann and Charles Knollenberg.
The trouble occurred in the early
spring when Marshal Richardson and
his deputy, George Webb, tried to
arrest Robert Terry, the defendants
brother, on warrant charging him
with breaking into boxcar and steal
ing some goods.
Knowing that Richardson could not
read. Robert Terry refused to give
himself up without hearing the war
rant read, and would not consent to
Webb's reading it. Richardson then
tried to take him by force, Terry re-
sisting, brandishing an open knife be-
fore him, with which he cut Webb's
clothing.
Women Join Fight.
While they were struggling, the
mother, sister and Robert Terry's wife
who had seen the trouble from the
house not far distant, came upon the
the scene with clubs and attacked the
officers The witnesses say that Will
liam Terry took the revolver from
Owen Terry and shot Richardson who
had knocked Robert Terry to his knees
with a mace.
After shooting the marshal William
Terry turned on Webb, and pointing
the gun at him, ordered him to go
back to town. Terry escaped to Ken
lucky, but was later caught and con-
victed.
In his opening statement Attorney
Bossert for the defense defined an ac-
cessory, which, according to law is to
be responsible for the murder by in
ducing another to commit the deed
He will try to prove that Owen Terry
did not induce his father to murder
Richardson.
While Owen Terry was in Jail a
short time ago, his s-months-old
daughter, Ada, died. Due to legal diff
ficulties in arranging for him to re-
turn to the Jail, he was not allowed to
attend the funeral.
Webb Is Witness.
George Webb, deputy Marshal Rich
ardson, testified this afternoon that
William Terry had been ordered out of
the community by Judge Gray previ-
Gus to the shooting.
He also stated that he and William
Terry, and Richardson had all come
from the same neighborhood, where
they had lived before coming to Indi-
ana. While there, he said, that there
had been feud between the families,
which had never been settled He tes-
titled that William Terry had often
Dragged about killing a negro while
still living in Kentucky.
Sheriff Line of Union County who
was on the stand this morning swore
that he had had trouble with William
Terry previous to the Richardson
shooting.