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I»■ VreceKeyhullwaal uI kmlinnelse*EhavboilTUe tragedy took place belweeu three and four o’clock ou Sunday afternoon ami in the presence of perhaps a dozen men none of whom expected or were able to prevent the terrible calamity.Immediately after shooting, both the Keyes w«av taken into custody byConstable Ferguson and a posse of in- I muBdlgnunt citizens auil brought to this city I of F where they were incarcerated in jail. | fouu The recent exploits of the differentmembers of the Keyes family were well known to the people of this city and the news of the murder and the arrest of the notorious Alt-x attracted wide-spread attention und caused a great deal of ex- ( ^citement. Knots of men accumulated j IU0ron every baud, aud the terrible ending o’oh of a long series of social outrages was | b«?fo the only theme of conversation.TUB TUI A I*Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Smith prepared the documents on Mouduy morning and the preliminary trial was ! tWi set for two o’clock p. m. In the absence i Mui of Prosecuting Attorney Uregory, Frank j SU8‘ P. Heueh assisted Mr. Smith in behalf ®*u|of the State, while L. H. Sims and U. |ett It. Kldridge were retained by the defense. ! pap Subjoiued is the utlUiavit upon which | the charges against the defendants rest:leftwhUNIwu]STATE Of INDIANA, I aa.CAKltOt.L OOI NTY, i I AfteiWi111wrtufui'o David Leonard, a Justice of the Pence, r ,, In mid for Deer Creek Township; J_ yrr'. Tho State of Indiana I relt;Alexander Koyes ami Cleon Keyes.• ••iii' tullnne, being duly sworn upon his •Jiilli, iteposelh and says that tho .defendants j exAlexander Key os aud Cleon Keyes, on the lid•day of July. A. n., IMS, at the county of Car-drotl and State of ludlaua, did thcu und there unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully, purposely 1and with .premeditated malice, shooting at and M CfSUtatanil thereby mortally wounding the j ex MkJ Samuel Stewart with a certain deadly w«a|/on., comuJOiUy called a revolver, then and there Joadcd with gun powder and leaden ball, which r*ttid revolver they, tho said dofcudants, j • Alexander Keyes aud Cleon Key os, then and thi there hud and hold in their hands, of which ret said mortal wound he, the said Samuel Stewart tin then and there instantly dltd, contrary'to tho k'i statutes In such rases made aud provided, and i tw against the peace and dignity or tlie StHte of lh Indiana. JT*JOHN t’ALLANK. [.•* Subscribed and sworn to before me this J8rd , 1°day or duly, 188). D. LEON AUD, J. P. IAs the prisoners were conducted from A Utojftil to tlie court room, where tliesipreliminary trial was held, a vast con- plt;
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Delphi Weekly Times
Delphi, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 27, 1883
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