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lost.“MURDER WILL OUT.”Wrattan Murderers Safely Landed in Jeffersonville Prison.Fall Confession Ry On* of the Criminals —Savon Men Implicated In the Horrible Crime.At last the guilty murderers of the Wrattan family are in the toils of the law. Five of the suspects arrested and taken to Jeffersonville two weeks ago were rightly suspected, but it was not through them that the heinous criminals were exposed. Saturday the grand jury ordered tho arrest of James Stone, the man who came to the Wrattan house early Tuesday morning and first discovered the terrible tragedy. His arrest was caused through his own wife, who appeared before the grand jury and testified that Stone arose in the night and complained of a violent toothache, and that he was going to a dentist to have it extracted; that he did not return until a late hour, and then being covered with blood he asked for a change of clothes; that Stone maintained that the blood on his clothes was caused by the bleeding of his tooth. On inquiry it was found that no doctor or dentist had extracted a tooth from Stone. This was deemed strong evidence, especially when coming from the man's w ife. As soon as Stone was brought to town the grand jury went to work to obtain a confession from him. At first he strenously denied everything, but being assured that clemency would be guaranteed to him If he made a confession, he at midnight yielded to their overtures. Be told his story about as follows:Knowing that Mrs. Wrattan kept a great deal of money about the house Grndison Cosby, a notorious character in the county, planned a robbery. A gang of scyen persons that formed a sort of society for robberies and general hellishness, was notified of his plan. Their names are Grandison Cosby, Lon Williams, Marten Yarber of this city, William Kays of Pike county, John W. White, Gipp Clark and James Stone. The plan was that Yarber and Clark should get into tho house and commit tho robbery while tho others were to stand guard. At the time when the rob-berry was to be committed, Cosby and Stone had not yet arriyed. Cosby was in the city Monday evening, and was so drunk that he got past going and did not reach the house at all, but Stone arrived ftfter the murders had been committed, and because he was late the other conspirators wallowed him in the blood of the victims, and in that condition permitted him to go home, and that was the nail that fastened down tho lid of their coffins. They could not find a cent of the money. As Stone did not arrive until the six murders were committed, he does not know why it was done. All the criminals were arrested and taken to Jeffersonville vSaturday night. Williams and Kays are already in Jeffersonville prison. Brown, another suspect, who was taken to Jeffersonville, has no connection with the tragedy, and he will be released. The excitement is more intense than ever. Woe to the murderers if a Daviess county crowd can lay hands on them.
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Bloomington Telephone
Bloomington, Indiana, US
Tue, Oct 31, 1893
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