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a the 3 and f the le the ibsily. make it fol-issist-se the e firstlingly istrial he la-whole pposa en of i one-t get ilong' t near ?r all, ldren, their 7 able If the . have ge in i you much t the is you ['here-ivages spend lappy, ies of ics in 'liter 1THE DEFENSE.Opening Statement of Judge W. R. Gardiner.An Attempt Will Be Made to Prove Allen Quackenbush a Colossal Liar.The Defense Will Prove Allibis and Show that Quackenbnsh and Allen Anderson Did the Deed.The Testimony In Respect to Rev. Dr. Stono. Showing Where He Was on the Morning of tho Assassination—JudgoHefron Siok atul Court Adjourned Till Monday.Special Dispatch to the Yinceunos Commercial.Shoai-s Ind.,Sept. S.—The State having concluded its evidence in the Ballard case, all of which has been heretofore given as briefly as possible, the defense proceeded to give its testimony, and recalled Albert Quacken-polt-1 bush, whose confession to the grandcause i this lother ccom--both he la-hould •ound w he 'If I r any flaces hould every that those and r they an is room it of :e out in see s it is an to hter. ] fiat is No-r any fotes. ist as have ; the place w to polls make [ap-good litics will ood.’] oy, I a re-ngly. votes ound y are avea want I his f his ares, rsity, i the eter-Vhen -poc-ratic rohl-t he andjury and others implicated him in the - crime of the murder of Jackson Bat lard,/i ITiion soldier. Some very pointed questions were put to him, and at times he was not a little confused, but he answered each question quite promptly.He knew Wm. Spoonmore, a farmer living in Lost River townshiprand had no recollection of a conversation with him about the case, and no recollection of having said to him that he wanted all the balance to come clear except Wm. Stanfield, because he was afraid of him. He denied having said to Jonathan Emmons be had forgotten all about the killing of Ballard. He confessed to having a conversation with Archer last June. Archer asked him where he saw Archer that eventful night, but did not say that he saw him any place. It was in fact at the old house where they had their rendezvous. He very positively denied that he had said he would do anything to get away with Wm. Stanfield.J udge W. It. Gardiner made a clear and forcible statement for the defense, and probably made as favorable an impression on the jury as was possible in the case. lie personally represented Jones and Archer, but on the part of the united counsel, he stated the main features of the defense for all the defendants. He said it was their purpose to prove arf alibi in each and every case, and to do that would be the chief burden of their labors before the jury. He declared that the defendants knew nothing of the murder of Ballard until they saw his mutilated corpse. “ When a man knows nothing about it,” said Mr. Gardiner,“ an alibi .is the only defense he has, and it is the best defense in the wlt;JVld, in fact the only way to meet the charges. The defense of these men is ju3t that and nothing more. Mr. Quackenbush tells you a story we shall contradict, and we shall call upon you to look at him, his manner,away with Anderson. They never came back. Quackenbush heard from him, and heard that he left the day before the assassination or the day before that. Quackenbush said that he stopped at his mother’s to‘get Anderson, but he was not there. It was a part of his scheme to get his wife on the road so he could get back from French Lick Springs to shoot Ballard down before he left for Canada. Albert Quackenbush and his brother Ziba have been before the grand jury before this and never told of this crime. Now they come before this court to testify to help carry out this bargain to save their necks and shield them from their dastardly crime.” At this point Judge Gardiner read the affidavit of those before the grand jury in an eloquent and impressive manner. “Part of the defense will be that one of \he men who gave the most important testimony had been before the grand jury twice and had taken the same oath. The several crimes in Lost River township have led Albert Quackenbush, through fear his crime would come out, to do what he has done. It has led him to talk to Wm. Stanfield about it. But never in all these twenty-four years has he opened his lips to Jones or Archer or Stone. His cowardly soul never prompted him to go to them. lie lixed on these men, and particularly on Stanfield, because ho was afraid of him, to save his own neck. He con-i fesses he -did. not want Stanfield to escape. He had forgotten the names of those who took part with him in this bloody crime, and does not know whether they are living or dead. On that night Archer was at his home in Orange county, five or six miles away. His wife is dead, but his son will testify that he was at heme all that night. Others will testify to the same thiDg. It will not be from the mouths of professed purjurers and murderers.” Gardiner said Jones was an honest man, and he and his wife will testify they could not have gone from home that night without those persons knowing it. Witnesses will testify where Rev. Stone was that night, and show the terror all felt from an armed body of soldiers in their community. Dr. Stone was preaching peace and good will to all men instead of blood and murder. This has already been prov-ed. Wm. Stanfield went to his father’s and staid all night after these soldiers left him at his home.COURT NOTES.The Grand Jury has adjourned until Wednesday.The case of Lula Hardin vs. Patrick Ryan for bastardy, has been dismissed by request of the plaintiff.Hardin Jones has filed suit for divorce from his wife, Elizabeth Jones, on the grounds of desertion.The case of the State vs. Geo. East-ridge and that of the State vs. Frank Asher have each been dismissed.Louis Greer has brought suit against Horace Graves et al., for money due him. He asks judgment in the sum of 33,000.,John F. Tweitmeyer, trustee of Ben Hall, insolvent, filed his final account Thursday. A dividend of $172 85 was declared.Francis M. Followell prays Court to grant him a decree of divorce from his wife, Louisa Followell, upon the grounds of abandonment.Charles E. Vatchett has entered suit for divorce from his wife, Elizabeth
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Vincennes Sunday Commercial
Vincennes, Indiana, US
Sun, Sep 09, 1888
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