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J BAYS HINSHAWJS INNOCENT, j ]Confession of Indiana Convict ImplicatesTwo Robbers,Noah Bnuey, a convict nt the Michigan « City, Ind., State prison, has made a writ*;en confession which, if proved true, will have the effect of giving Rev. W. 13. IIiu* *haw hiB liberty. Ilinshitw was convict-id two years ago and sentenced tlt;? life Imprisonment for the murder of his wife. The tragedy was enacted at Belleville, a few miles west of Indianapolis, aud the trial of Hinshaw was one of the most lensatlonal in the history lt;of the State. According to Bancy, the real murderers it Mrs. Hinshaw are John Whitney and ( Quy Van Tassel, both Indianapolis men. Baney’s statement recites the details of the crime na told him by Whitney and Van Tassel, who, be says, drove from [ndiannpolis to Belleville In his bnggy. Baney soys the purpose of the visit to the Hinshaw home was robbery, und that Mrs. Hinshaw was shot by Van Tassel, who wanted to frighten her back into the house while she and her husband were pursuing them into the yard. Hinshaw’s , attorneys have held back n portion of Baney’s confession for the present.
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Richmond Enterprise
Richmond, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 30, 1896
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