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Murder at Dead Man's Hollow In Rush County
Long article recounts the 1878 slaying of Walter White near Dead Man's Hollow, the chase, and a guilty verdict against Harry Foxwell. It covers the Stone of Destiny marker, folklore about ghosts, and the subsequent trial in Rushville with jurors and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destiny
Villian
White
Walter White
Foxworthy
Harry Foxwell
Dr. Dillon
Dead Man’s Hollow
Foxwell
Blue River
Gates
Elmer Porter
William Johnson
Allen Newsom
Winona Newsom
Mr. Newsom
Winona
Johnson’s Mortuary
Uncle Walter
John Walter White
Dillon
Carthage-Knightstown
Degoliers
Ies
Emma
Q@verman
Dorothy Herkless
Knightstown
Dorothy
Miss Newsom
Michigan City
Frank Overman
Foxworthys
Annie White
Shelby County
AME
Nazarenes
Harry Wheeler
Wabash
Main Street
Friends Cemetery
Emma Overman
Samuel
Cave of
Endor
Macbeth
Banquo
Dead Man's Hollow
Carthage
John White
Annie Newsom
Amos Gates
Cleo
Pope
Mr. X
Robert Henley
Will Penn Henley
Harry Foxworthy
Indianapolis
Webster
Jefferson Dillon
Five Points
Mr. Z
Newsom
Rushville
Samuel Bonmer
Rush County Court
Baliff
Thomas & Spann and
Swaim & Newby
Ripley Township
Charles Alter
Jonathan Wright
William Hardy
Alexander Simpson
William Springer
Robert Patton
Joseph Owen
John Hungerford
James Sellby
William Summerville
Enoch Spurgeon
William Bennett
Amos Gate
Methodist Church
Nazarene
Stone of Destiny
Rush County
Ruth McIlvaine
Carthage Knightstown Road