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INDIANA, APRIL G, 1906.$1,00 Per YearState and Defense Close in the] Sutherlin Wife Murder Case.FINAL TESTIMONYTHIS MORNINGAddresses to the Jury Began This Afternoon in Presence of Immense Crowd.FIVE HOURS FOR EACH SIDE.lt;MJl-»arires-t»ai-idi-nn-ionthees:leetyouonnotion-Inc:willIPS-nilsion•mi-to of pre i he;en-wbcInesiei'EaysanIlfil*-ksaidn iti(ilt;1 ibei*.ng.'Dieveilthis’aid150(1pint1'ilWlirst red [mi's it theTUurscluy’s Daily.The last of the evidence in the case of the state against the Rev. U. G. Suther-lin, charged with killing his wife, Mrs. Geneva L. Sutherlin, was introduced this morning in the circuit court and the speech making began this afternoon at 1 :.'0 o’clock, the opening address to the jury being made by Attorney 1*. B. May, of Bedford, who has been active in the prosecution of the case for the past year or more.It is understood thaMr. May will be followed by Attorney John H. Weathers, for the defense; Prosecuting Attorney George B. McIntyre, for the state; Judge Alexander Dowling, for the de feuse. and Col. Charles L Jewett closing lor the state. Each side has been allotted five hours for speeches aud it is expected that the case will be given to the jury tomorrow evening.Mrs, Scheller, mother of Mrs. Suther-lin, was called to the stand again this morning by the state. She last saw her daughter alive on the Suuday before her death. After that she talked to her several times over the telephone. She denied ever carrying any provisions from the Sutherlin house. The court sus-tainedjan objection of the defense to the witness stating whether Charles Suther-lin lived at her daughter’s homo. She was always kind to her children, Nellie aud Helen, and she never knew her to whip them. There was no bathroom in the Sutherlin house. Photographs of Mrs. Sut-herJin were admitted and passed among the jurors. The state objected to the admission of an envelope which had contained the letter written by the elder Sutherlin to his son which was admitted yesterday. The court overruled the objection and it was passed among the jurors after the defense had called attention to the alleged attempt to obliterate the postmark. Mrs. Scheller Baid she did not tear her daughter’s waist.Imsur-rebuttal the defense introduced Mrs. Anna E. Whitten, Mrs. Addie Woeruer, Mrs. Effie Green and Mrs. Jennie Hurley to contradict the testi mony ot Mrs. Maggie Norris, of Jeffersonville, who testified that she heard Mrs. Nannie Terry say at the home of Mrs. Woeruer that Mrs. Sutherlin’e legB were drawn up and her arms outstretched and stiff. All testified that Mrs. Terry was not at the house at the time of the gathering when she was alleged to have made the remark.The etate objected to the defense introducing a photograph of Sutherlin aud his wife taken in their bridal outfit. The court overruled the objection aud the photograph was admitted and passed among he jurors for their inspectionWith the introduction of the photograph the evidence was finished in the Sutherlin case which has occupied the time of the circuit court for nearly four weeks and will go down iu the criwiual annals of Floyd county as one of its most famous cases.At the adjournment of court yesterday afternoon the jury iu the Sutherlin case was taken to -Silver Grove for the purpose of inspecting the Satherliu premises aiul the other points iu the suburb to which reference bus been made during the taking of testimony both for the prosecution and defense.When court adjourned at uoou yesterday it was understood that the state had objected to the jury visiting the scene of the tragedy but the objection was similar to that made by the defense earlier m the trial, that the jury he not permitted to make its visit until all the evidence had been introduced.Yesterday afternoon after all the rebuttal testimony had been introduced by the state with the exception, it was stated, of the testimony which would be introduced this morning by Mrs. Scheller, mother of Mrs. Sutherlin, the state and defense agreed to permit the visit- of the jury to be made.Sheriff Morris was placed iu charge of the jury and they made the trip oh an Ekiu, avenue car about i o'clock andHave your cake, muffins, and tea biscuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and economically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer-cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shcp or grocery does not compare.Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps.' #ROYAL BAKING PCWOn CO.. NEW YORK.after spending considerable time in the suburb they were permitted to go to their homes with instructions to appear iu court at ! o’clock this morning. Before leaving the conrt room they were admonished by Judge Utz not to make any comments among themselves relative to their observations while inspecting the various premises.Thirteen witnesses were examined in rebuttal by the defense yesterday afternoon and much .ofjttlie time was consumed by the attorneys in arguments over the admission of oerfcain testimony.The first witness was David.F. Bowman, who was foreman of the grand jury that indicted Mr. Sutherlin. He was permitted to say that Mre. Boyden was not told in the grand jury room not to tell only what Bhe was asked and also that she was directed tell all she knew. The objections to other questions by the state were sustained by the court.Joseph Voignier testified that he was not at home when the rooms wore papered in his house. He knew that it was necessary to cut the pipe holes for a stove through the paper on the Monday before Mrs. Sutherlin’s death.His wife, Tekla Voignier, did not know when the rooms were papered ex cept it was before the stove was put up. The paper in the hall was hung in the evening about the time the witness was preparing supper to the best of her recollection. The cnrdainB iu the Sutherlin kitchen were closed on the morning of Mrs. Sutherlin's death. She did not know how they were in the afternoon.On cross examination she did not know at what hoar the rooms were papered. She said Bhe did not remember whether she had told Mrs. Boyden several days ago that she did not know what day the hall was papered. Said she had talked to Mrs. Boyden occasionally. While on the stand Fred Siltz, the paperhanger, testified that he hung the paper in the hall between 11 :30 aud 1:15 o’clock.Mrs. Mary Morthorat testified that her daughter was employed at Sutherlins during school vacation. She was asked if Maroellus, son of the accused, smoked cigarettes and swore. The deftuse objected aud was sustained and witness was excused.Robb Morthorat, daughter of preceding witness, testified that Mrs. Suther. liu was fond of her children and loved them. She said she was at Sutherlin's house on Monday afternoon before her death and staid all night. She and Mrs. Sutherlin went after a pail of water.Mrs. D. M Brown, of Charlestown, testified that Mrs. Sntherliu was a kind aud loving mothet and wasprond of her children. She denied that the clothing taken off Mrs Sutherlin was tied in a bundle aud given by her to Mrs. NYcer uer. She admitted she’hod heard Mrs. Woeruer testify but did not remember what she bad said. She did not remem-her of Mrs. Scheller talking to her about Mrs. Woeruer’s testimony.Robert K Brown testified that he know Mrs. Martha M. Meeks audS-hat she was at his home two or three Sundays after Mrs Sutherlin’s death. He said ho heard her say that she knew absolutely nothing about the case.Seth M. Brown, father of the preceding witness, corroborated his^son’s testimony.John Moore, father of Delia Moore, was asked by the state if Sutherlin, on January 8, the day the case was continued, by the Btate on account of the absence of Delia ^Moore, had not met him in the court house and said that Delia was not here.” The defense objected and was sustained. Witness had already said yes” however, and was excused.Delia Moore followed her father on the stand. She waB asked by Ool. Jewett if she wbb iD the city on January 8. The defense objected but was overruled and she said she was here at 1:15 o’clock in the afternoon but not in Jfche morning. She was asked if Sutherlin met her in Louisville on January 2 and handed her a paper containing the testimony she was to give in the murder case. Objection was made and the question was withdrawn. Ool. Jewett asked: Did he give you a paper?” Au objection was sustained. He aBked: Have you a paper?” Objection was sustained. The paper was given to the court stenographer after its contents had been read by the court and attorneys but not by the jury.The Rev. Isaac Hoskins, of ^Louisville, testified that he did not hear Sutherlin say at the church trial that he had taken poison on two occasions from, his wife.Daniel Jackson testified that he did not lead Mrs. Sutherlin from the room in one of the church meetings.Charles Sntherlin was called to the stand for the fonrth time and testified that hia son was thirty-Bix years old last January.Polar Star Confiscated.St. Petersburg. April -I.—The Russ, owned by Alexis A. Sonvorin. which was suspended Monday, has appeared once more under the name of Molva. The police have confiscated the Polar Star, a weekly paper, published by Peler Struve, who was summoned to St. Petersburg from Paris*, where he was in exile, by ('lt;••-•,t Wine in November last and who is a strong upholder of the Liber.:! policy.Gruesome Find in Strawstack.Cayuga. Ind.. April 4—A farmer found the body of an unknown man in a strawstack. the appearance indicating that death too* place several weeks ago. The body was that of a man of small stature, about ft!tv years old. dressed as a common laborer. A vaccination certificate bore ihe name or (Jus Richards. issued hv Hr. F. K. Hlnch. Sic*. Genevieve, Mo.Election at Springfield.Spring field. III.. April 4.--Democrats made almost a rlean sweep hi Hip city eleciion held here yesterday, electing the assessor, supervisor a' large and five of lie six • lt;•: m-rvisor*aud six n,,! if ••i’ iii iici r Thenew cil v i n.me.: w t'i • ii lt;I t.*n Democrats ioI • •*IJcpublieans. hut Theboard of supervisors will remain over-whcl mi ugly Hi-publican.Train Rolled Down f-f r 11.Fori Smith. \pnl Spreading rails mused two Pullman cars of a Pt l.ojjs ami Sun Franc'-co train to break ioose aud '-oil down u twelve-fool embaiu.incm in Folsom. I. Y Several passengers \v--e painfnlij though not seriously hurt.J T If “ 1 When ,our nerves arc weak, when youkm Cl It - a a * easily tired wl,cn y°u feel a!1 run^ ^ WA I I down, then is the time you need a good/ strong tonic — Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Yourdoctor will toll you why it has such power over weak nerves, why it makes the blood rich, and why it gives courage and strength. Ask him if it is notjust the medicine von need.We hstvo no upcrotu ! Wo the forinuloH oi all our merubllsh J O. AyorCo., mob! Lowfill.Mav
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