Kile Hale ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Kile was Kyle Hale.

   FamilySearch ID: GQ4S-Q73.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded living on Main Street: Charles Hale, live stock dealer, 52, born Feb 1848, living with wife Cena, 42, Oct 1858; and son Kile, 16, Jan 1884. Charles and Cena were married for 18 years. Curiously, the census column states Cena had born 0 children, yet an 18-year marriage in 1882 would be before his birth. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Charles' parents in Maryland.

2. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey: Kile Hale has accepted a position in the L. E. & W. offices at Montpelier, Ind., 13 Apr 1902, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ⁷

3. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Promoted, 1 Feb 1903, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ⁸ Montpelier, Ind., Jan. 31. -- There will be a promotion at the depot here on the first of the month. Kile Hale, who has been a yard clerk here for the last ten months, will go to Muncie, where he will work in the Lake Erie yards as clerk. James Koons, brother to Agent Koons, will be here to take Mr. hale's place. He comes from New Castle and his change will be a raise also as more money will be paid to the yard man here.

4. Newspaper: The Republic: Kile Hale Disappeared, 10 Nov 1903, Columbus, Bartholomew, IN. ⁹ ---
He Liked The Navy
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Redkey, Ind., Nov. 10. -- Kile Hale, aged eighteen years, agent for the L. E. & W. railway at Orestes, Ind., has disappeard and no trace of him can be found. His widowed mother fears foul play, but it is generally believed that he has joined the navy, as he had often expressed a desire to do so.

5. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey Boy Gone For Ten Years, 11 Oct 1913, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁰ ---
REDKEY BOY GONE FOR TEN YEARS
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Kile Hale Says He Has Been In Mexico, South America and Japan.
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WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD
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In Home Town 2 Months Before Being Identified.
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Redkey, Ind., Oct. 10. -- After an absence of ten years, Kile Hale has returned to his home and mother. During that time he was lost to his friends and relatives, his whereabouts being a mystery.
At the age of nineteen he disappeared and despite all efforts he was lever located until his return about two months ago. Since then he has stayed at home with the exception of intervals of two or three weeks. During that time old friends were sure they recognized him as Kile Hale of ten years ago, but were slow to approach him not being entirely satisfied.
Last night however, their suspicions could no longer be allayed, and when confronted by old familiar faces he smilingly acknowledged his identity.
He recently returned from Guymas, Mexico, where he had located for three or four months developing some mining claims, but owing to unsettled conditions In the state of Sonora, he was compelled to leave the country going to Valparaiso, Calif., on a west-coast boat. He returned from there to New York, thence home. Kile also was In the service of the Japanese. During his absence he seems to have been consumed with "Wanderlust," his trips taking him into known and unknown parts or the world. On one of his return trips to this country he arrived in time to experience the San Francisco earthquake.
It Is not known how long he will remain home but eventually he will return to Mexico or Central America. Not until today did It become known that Kile Hale had returned and was not dead as supposed.

6. Newspaper: Muncie Evening Press: Kile Hale Held As Suspect In Brown Murder at Redkey, 20 Apr 1916, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹¹ ---
Murder Suspect Grilled
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Kile Hale Held As Suspect In Brown Murder at Redkey
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When Discharged By Brown, Makes Threats?
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One Witness Is Said to Have Testified to Officials That She Saw Hale Just Behind Brown Late On Night That Latter Disappeared --- Hale Intimates Sensational Developments and Woman In the Case.
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By Herman B. Gray, Redkey, Ind., April 20 --- Meshes of the law closed in tightly today upon Kile Hale, 32, held as a suspect in the town lockup for the murder of Roy Brown, Redkey young merchant.
Investigations of the special court of inquiry, it is claimed, pointed an accusing finger at Hale, discharged by Brown last November, and who, it was said, had threatened to "get even."
On the night of January 29, when young Brown was last seen alive, it is claimed Hale loitered outside the Lee restaurant. He stepped out of a shadow just as young Brown stepped from the eating place, it is asserted. He wore a rain coat. Mrs. A. L. Peterson, wife of a veterinarian, says she sat in her husband's office across the street and saw Hale within a few feet of Brown. Then the two men passed out of the range of her vision.
Two other women, whose names have not yet been disclosed by the special court of inquiry, saw Hale on the Redkey business streets when, according to his own story, he was at his home.
Stories of Hale and his mother conflicted, it is said. Likewise, they conflicted with Hale's own version, as he told it to the court in his all-day examination of Wednesday and afterward to a newspaperman.
Prosecutor O'Neill, of Jay county, indicated a special session of the grand jury will be called to probe deeper into the matter. Meanwhile, Hale will be held. Before the court of inquiry officers claim, Hale told a disconnected story Thursday. He back-tracked and denied, told impossibilities without twitching a muscle of his face. Later, Alice Davis, daughter of Armanua Davis, prominent farmer living near Redkey, and with whom Hale had been "keeping company," testified to the court.
Asked if Hale had borrowed money of her she said he did not, but when confronted with a bank statement admitted she had loaned her fiance $100.
On the night Brown disappeared from his home, she told the court. Hale had promised to call to see her but had not appeared. Later, she admitted, he had been at her home and had left at 10:30 o'clock, approximately forty-five minutes before Brown last was seen. "Mark my words," said Hale to a newspaper reporter at noon today, "if they hold me on this charge they will learn a whole lot of things they haven't heard before. When the whole story is known, they'll find the man who murdered Brown has a name which begins with 'W.'"
"Were you discharged by Brown?" he was asked. "Now let's start at the beginning." he said. "My store was burned down last November 6th. On the next day I went to Brown and made a proposition to him. I went to work right away, l increased his business nigh to double. But after about two weeks he let me go. But when they tell you that he and I had a falling out they are telling a lie.
"We parted company on a Saturday. I loafed around town here for a while and then went up to Chicago. I guess it was on a Wednesday after Brown disappeared on Saturday. I went up there to get an agency to ship eggs to. Well, I was up there rooming on Dearborn street. Detectives came to my room three or four times and showed me letters they had got from Redkey from Butch Fletcher and the town marshal.
"I said to them, 'Boys, you are on the wrong trail. I didn't entice this boy away from home as they think I did. I think that you'll find him some place around Redkey. I think he met with foul play.'
"After about three weeks I came back to Redkey. I thought that my leaving about the same time as Brown disappeared would throw suspicion on me. So I came back here and have been here ever since.
"I told the folks when they found Brown's body, 'I'm not going to leave now because if I did they would think I was responsible.'
"When I was down to the store there with Brown I heard some things which I will tell at the proper time. There's was a woman mixed up in this case, I'll bet.
When Hale was entering the restaurant for his lunch Roy F. Nixon, a Redkey photographer, took a photograph of him. Hale broke away from Marshal William May and grabbed the camera from Nixon's hands. He threw it down to the sidewalk and then kicked the debris into the street.
"What was that guy trying to do? asked Hale. "Trying to mug me? If I catch him out I'll beat his head off."
"You see I've got a whole lot of enemies in this town. I left here about ten years ago and was gone until a few years ago. I knocked about all over the world."
Hale is said to have threatened William Andrews, Redkey grocer, and L. D. Perk, another groceryman. Asked about these threats, Hale denied having made them.
"What did you do on the night Brown disappeared?" Hale was asked.
"Well," said Hale, "my mother was down at Sam Roberts the stock buyer and said that if I didn't go to Portland that night I should come past after her. I didn't go to Portland, and I went down to Roberts a little after 10. It was about 11 o'clock that night when my mother and I reached home. We sat around and read and then my mother went up to bed. It must have been about 1 o'clock or a little after when I went to bed."
Mrs. Hale testified that her son had arrived home early in the evening and, leaving his raincoat down stairs, had retired before 11 o'clock. Mrs. Hale said she had "set up and sewed'' until after 1 o'clock the following morning.
Investigation of officers into the private life of Roy Brown have shown no bad habits. He seldom retired late. He visited the home of but one young woman in Redkey, Miss Thelma Marlin. For a week before his disappearance he had not visited this home, it is said. There is said to have been no rival.
On the night he was murdered Brown had taken the proceeds of his grocery and deposited the money in the lower drawer of his bureau at the hotel where he roomed. Then he left the hotel and went to the restaurant, in front of which he last was seen.
Probing of the special court of inquiry continued this afternoon. Efforts to keep the proceedings in the courtroom secret were unavailing. For this reason, officers said, a grand jury investigation is necessitated. Relatives of Hale were planning to get bond in the event Hale is held to the grand jury.
"We're going to the bottom of this thing," said Prosecutor John O'Neill. "The evidence is so conflicting that we have been unable to ferret out anything definite."
Hale was taken before the court for his second grilling in two days this afternoon. Hale is a former grocery keeper in Redkey. His store burned last November.
Officers put little credence in the theory that the woman who appeared at the home of Ed Wise, on whose farm Brown's body was found, two weeks ago at 4 a. m., saying that she was lost, had anything to do with Brown's death.

7. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Released, 22 Apr 1916, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹² ---
KILE HALE RELEASED; MAY CONVENE MONDAY
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No New Developments Arise in Redkey Murder Mystery-Detectives Busy.
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Redkey, Ind., April 21. --- The court of inquiry which has been in session here for the past two days, examining witnesses relative to the Brown murder case, did not hold a session today but will probably convene the first of next week. Nothing of any particular importance developed today, but the detectives and officers are said to have been busy and it is said a few persons were summoned and questioned privately.
Calls on Photographer.
Kile Hale, who was the first witness to appear before the court of inquiry, Wednesday morning, and who was held during further Investigations, was released this morning. Hale later went to the photograph gallery of Roy F. Nixon, who tried to get a picture of him, Thursday and they had a friendly conversation.

8. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey Boy Enlists in English Flying Corps, 28 Mar 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹³ Redkey, Ind., March 27. --- Kile Hale, son of Mrs. Cena Hale of this city, has enlisted in the aviation service of England. He has passed a successful examination and has been assigned to the Royal Flying Corps. He is stationed at Toronto, Canada, where he is expected to receive orders any time to sial for France.
Kile has lived here with his mother until a few days ago, when he left the impression with his mother that he was going to Lima, O., to work for a railroad company.

9. Newspaper: Evening Press: Hale Leaves For France, 25 May 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁴ Word has been received by Mrs. Cena Hale that her son, Kile, who is in the British aviation corps, sailed for France on May 15, and will do active flying service at the front. He has been training in Canada for the past two months, and was one of six who was successful in qualifying as being proficient to do service. -- Redkey Times.

10. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale May Be Redkey Witness, 18 Jun 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁵ ---
KILE HALE MAY BE REDKEY WITNESS
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Former Resident, Who Is Now in British Flying Corps, Expected to Testify.
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CAME HERE FROM CANADA
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On Friday, June 15, there appeared on the streets of Muncie a tall young chap in the service uniform of the British Royal Flying Corps. He registered at the Hotel Kirby as Jack Houston, R. F. C, of Toronto, Canada.
But in registering he made a slight mistake in his own name, and this small slip, coupled with the fact that his lips were apparently sealed to all in regard to his mission, made him quite an interesting personage. An investigation on the following day disclosed Interesting facts.
May Be Important Witness.
From the state of being a follower of a hazardous profession in the employe of the British government, the aviator becomes a figure, perhaps, in one of the most puzzling murder cases of eastern Indiana in years.
On Friday, June 22, in the Wells-Blackford Circuit Court at Hartford City will begin the trial of William Fishback, charged with Ray Landess, in three separate-grand jury indictments, as the murderer of Roy E. Brown, 20, a prominent Redkey grocer, whose body was found on April 18, 1916, in a field on the farm of Ed Wise, near Redkey --- three months after Brown's mysterious disappearance.
Anxious to Clear lp Case.
The aviator may testify In this trial. If he does it will not be as "Jack Houston," but as Kile Hale, a former Redkey boy. From all appearances Hale will be used as a witness by the state In the Brown murder case. He refused to say anything in regard to his connection as a witness in the case. But It is known that for months after the murder he spent considerable of his own time and money in a personal investigation of the case because some few people linked his name freely in connection with the sensational case. Whether he will testify, and what his evidence will be if he does testify, remains to be disclosed at the trial. Hale came back to this vicinity of his own free will. At the time Kile Hale left Redkey for the last time, four months ago, there was a current rumor that he was running away. The truth of this rumor would seem shaken by his return of his own accord. When interviewed by a representative of The Star, Hale's expressions indicated that he was virtually disgusted with the case and intimated that the fulfillment of his greatest wish would be a clearing up of the mystery which now shrouds the case.
Praises Flying Corps.
He seemed more interested in the Royal Flying Corps than in the murder case. His uniform, conspicuous as it is, prompted many questions. To a representative of The Star he seemed very willing to give information regarding the service, insofar as he could commit himself, and passed a great deal of credit on the officiency of the corps.
"The Royal Flying Corps," he said, "is the premier unit of the British army service and leads the world in the prefectness of its organziation."
Hale is located in northern Ontario. He is the only American at his particular station.

11. Newspaper: Star Press: New Light Sprung on Redkey Case, 21 Jun 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁶ ---
NEW LIGHT SPRUNG ON REDKEY CASE
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John Landess Now Faces Charge of Plotting to Kill Kile Hale.
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FISHBACK TRIAL OPENS
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Portland, Ind., June 20. --- On the eve of the trial of the Brown murder case, one of the most complicated and widely known of its kind in the history of the state, sensational developments occurred here this afternoon which add unlimited interest. They will probably throw some new light on the alleged "reign of terror" which held sway in Redkey in the interim between grand jury investigations, and which, it is said, will be exposed in the evidence to be submitted at the trial.
Kile Hale Files Affidavit.
John Landess, known as "Diamond Dick," the step-father of Ray Landess, who Is held in the Jay County Jail as one of the alleged murderers, was arrested here shortly before 4 o'clock, on a warrant charging him with complicity in a conspiracy to kill Kile Hale. Worley Myers, known in Redkey as a "bad gunman," charged with implication in the same plot with John Landess, made good his escape from Redkey a short time before Sheriff Fleming, of Portland, arrived to arrest him. At least, he was seen in Redkey during the day and up until a period of less than an hour before the officer's appearance on the scene. Landess was released on bond in the sum of $1,000. furnished by Alpheua Adair, of Portland, and Squire William Andara, of Redkey.
He "Walked Into It."
Landess virtually "walked into it." He drove to this city for the purpose of conferring with his step-son at the jail, but was refused admittance. He went to the office of Sheriff Fleming and complained of the refusal which had been accorded him.
"I think I can fix it so you can get in the jail," the sheriff told him, and thereupon served the warrant which had been issued a few minutes before. He obtained bond in less than an hour.
The affidavits were signed by Kile Hale himself. The arrest followed, it la understood, a certain unknown man'a confession to Special Prosecutor Whipple Tuesday night.
The story goes, so far as it could be learned, that Landess, after Hale had secured much evidence in an investigation which he was making personally to clear his name, engaged
several men to watch for Hale on a certain night in the latter part of October and do away with him; and that the assailant was to be rushed away in a waiting auto. Hale happened to be out of town and the alleged plot was not carried out. That Is the story.
Hale is the young man who recently returned of his own volition from the camp of the British Royal Flying Corps, in Canada, to testify as one of the state's witnesses in the trial.
Hiter Stewart, another of the state's chief witnesses, was released from jail here today shortly afternoon, where he had been incarcerated of his own volition, because, he said, members of the Redkey "gang" were keeping htm in an intoxicated condition on the eve of the trial. He returned to Redkey.
Interest In the trial is at a high pitch. The state has, it seems, prepared an unusually strong case, and the defense has worked equally hard in its efforts to round up evidence which will establish the innocence of William Fishback, who is first to be tried. The impanelling of the jury for the trial starts this morning in the Wells-Blackford Circuit Court at Hartford City.
Well Known Attorneys.
Both the state and the defense will be represented by attorneys who are widely known. The state -- S. A. D. Whipple, special prosecutor, and Attorneys H. Ashcraft of Portland, and L. B. Simmons, of Hartford City, and Prosecutor Sutton, of Dunkirk. The defense -- James Fleming, ex-Judge Denney and Attorney Skinner, of Portland, and A. G. Emshwiller, of Hartford City.
From the report of the first grand jury called in the case, current rumor and the statements of a number of Redkey citizens, it devolved that there has been, and to some degree still is, a "reign of terror" in the community, resultant from the investigations that have been conducted in an effort to establish the identity of Roy Brown's murderer.
Intimated by robberies, assaults, thieving depredations and threats made against any persons who disclose evidence in connection with the murder, the inhabitants of Redkey have literally lived In fear. The first grand jury was unable to accomplish anything definite in the solving of the mysterious crime because of the reticence of witnesses.
125 Witnesses Were Called.
More than 125 were called before the grand jury to testify. Yesterday a resident of Redkey, well informed on the details of the case, said that many Redkey men carried and still carry guns for self protection.
Redkey embodies, it seems the elements which contributed to making the typical western town famous for its disregard of law. Those Intimately connected with the case tell or an organized gang of men who have committed crime after crime, and who held regular meetings to plan their deeds. Even the names by which many of the alleged gang members are known breathe of the lawless frontier and bandit days.
Two of the alleged gangsters are indicted on a charge of murder: one was arrested yesterday for his alleged complicity in a plot to take the life of another; four are under indictment on charges of robbery, and four others on charges of chicken stealing. All are out on bond. Sensational disclosures of the detailed workings of this alleged gang are expected In the trial.
Roy E. Brown came to Redkey about a year before his disappearance. His home was in Ridgeville, where his parents still reside. It Is understood that his father purchased the Redkey store and made him manager. He is spoken of as a young man of moral integrity and character. A reference was made to him yesterday as "affablllty personified." As is usual in a murder case of the kind, the question of a woman was introduced, but the state discredits this theory absolutely, after its thorough investigation.
Night of January 29, 1916.
Brown closed his store on the night of Saturday January 29, 1916, at 11 o'clock, as usual. With Dan Main, his clerk, and Harry Weisse, a friend, he walked to the door of the Merchants Hotel, in the same building. There his two companions left him, and he retired to his room. A few minutes later he left the hotel wearing a rain coat, for the night was stormy. He went to the Scaffer and Lee restaurant and purchased a package of cigarettes.
That was the last time Roy Brown was seen alive in Redkey, except by his assailants. The supposition is that he was waylaid on his return to the hotel, with robbery as the motive, and that his assailants carried their game too far. Brown made his last deposit on January 25, and should have had four day's receipts from his store. Less than $50 was found in his room, it is said.
The decomposed body, with the raincoat, was found near a rail fence on the farm of Ed Wise, about two and one-half miles southwest of Redkey, on April 18,1916. It was in the following November that the first grand Jury was called, and, as has been stated, this body was unable to take any action because of the reluctance of more than a hundred witnesses who were examined. When offices changed another grand jury was called.

12. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Testifies, 26 Jun 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁷ ---
FIRST REAL EXCITEMENT IN HEARING
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Comes With Question of Brown Case Defense and Reply of Kile Hale.
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H. STEWART ON STAND
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Hartford City, Ind., June 25. "Mr. Hale, you killed Roy Brown, didn't you!"
"You're a damned liar."
The first real excitement in the trial of William Fishback, charged with the murder of Roy E. Brown, came in the Blackford Circuit Court this afternoon when the foregoing question and reply came in rapid succession from the lips of ex-Judge Denny, attorney for the defense, and Kile Hale.
Came on Cross Examination.
It was the first question put to Hale on cross-examination. The witness raised himself and glared his anger at the attorney as he ripped out his reply. Turning a moment later he begged the pardon of the court with the further statement: "That was pretty hard to swallow."
Except for the irritability Hale displayed in cross-examination he was regarded as a good witness for the state. He was the first trump card the prosecution has played. The second came a little later, when Hiter Stewart, Redkey tailor, was placed on the stand.
During the early part of the day the case dragged because the witnesses were not present. Writs of attachment for a number of them were issued and then recalled when attorneys for the state said the reason the witnesses were not present was because they had not believed they would be wanted until tomorrow.
Had Known Him Three Months.
After testifying as to where he had been during the ten years he was away from Redkey, prior to about two years ago. Hale said he had known Roy Brown three months and admitted that he had been discharged as an employee of the store. He said it left no enmity, however, because the job paid only $8 a week. Hale testified that he held a conversation with Fishback after the disappearance of Brown. Fishback offered him a drink, he said, and asked that they might be friends. Hale testified that upon another occasion he and Fishback, together with Thurl Stewart, were starting for Dunkirk, they went past the Fishback home. Mrs. Fishback came out of the house and advanced to the buggy with a brick in her hand, be said. "Kile Hale, you s-- of a b-- , if you don't leave Billy alone I'll hit you three times with this brick the same as you shot Roy Brown." The witness declared there were other things said in which Mrs. Fishback accused him of following her husband in order to learn something about the Brown mystery.
Says Fishback Threatened.
According to the witness, referring again to the trip to Dunkirk, Fishback, after the party, had gotten out of Dunkirk, drew a loaded buggy whip from his coat sleeve and said, "Hale, you s-- of a b-- get out of this buggy or I'll kill you." Hale said he got out.
Hale declared that Fishback told him ot a beer party that started at the Fishback home on the Wednesday before the murder. Hale stated that Fishback told him that at the beer party Ray Landess asked Curly Flesher for $40 or $50 and that Curly replied he could not get it for him. Landess turned to Fishback and said, "'m going to have this money before Monday or there'll be hell to pay."
Hale, continued by testifying that Mrs. Fishback, who was present at the time he talked with Fishback regarding the foregoing conversation, said to him at the time, "Kile, you knew whiskey has been the cause of all our troubles. If it was not for whiskey and Web May, Billy would get along all right. If it was not for whisky, Roy Brown would be alive today."
Tells of Another Talk.
The witness testified regarding another conversation he said he had with Mrs. Fishback along the same line, in which he said she declared: "Whiskey will break up our home yet. It has about done so already. No doubt the boys have regretted this deed a thousand times and if they could would bring back life to him."
Hale told of another conversation which he had with Fishback at Redkey. He said he told Fishback that he (Fishback) was getting in bad and that he himself had been mentioned in connection with it. He said he told Fishback about a conversation which he had had with Attorney Fleming, of Portland, regarding the case. Hale said he told Fishback that after he had talked all afternoon to Attorney Fleming the latter had said to him. "Judge Denny is going to appoint me special prosecutor and as far as Fishback and Web May are concerned, they don't bother me, but I'm going to protect Ray Landess for I'm under obligations to his father, John Landess." Hale teatlned that to this Fishback merely replied that he was not worried about John Landess and that "if they double crossme, my father and uncle will spend every cent they've got to get me out of the scrape."
Says Fishback Upbraided Him.
Hale said that on another occasion he spoke to Fishback about aiding him in clearing up the case. He testified that Fishback upbraided him on that occasion for hounding him so much, to which Hale said he replied that John Landess and the bunch at Portland were trying to get him, to which Fishback replied by saying that Hale need not worry about John Landess and that, if they tried to fasten the crime upon an innocent man, he'd see that he did not suffer. Hale declared that when he spoke to Fishback about the matter on still another occasion. Fishback threatened to kill him if he didn't "lay off his trail."
Hale admitted on cross-examination that he didn't think Brown had exactly treated him right in firing him and that he had called up several farmers and asked them not to sell their eggs at the Brown store. This, however, he said, was because of the fact that he felt under obligations to another grocer and that he called up the farmers in order to repay the debt.
Hiter Stewart on Stand.
Late this afternoon, just before adjournment at 6 o'clock, Hyter Stewart took the stand. He testified that he was at his home in Redkey on the night of the alleged murder and that he had been there or several days, wearing off the effects of a drunken spree. He denied that he was near delirium, tremens and that he had made the statement before the grand jury that such was the case.
He testified that he was awakened by the sounds of a combat beneath his window. Sounds emanating from the southwest of his home sounded as if they were just below his window, he said. He heard a voice called "Hiter, Hlter," which, he said, he recognised as the voice of Roy Brown. "Aint sorne of you fellows going to lend a hand," he said, came to him in the voice of William Fishback. Then he heard Ray Landress' voice, "Let me to the s-- of a b--, I'll shut him up."
The witness stated that he knew Brown, Fishback and Landess well and that he knew the voices of each of them. He said there was no mistake in his mind as to whose voices he beard on the occasion in question.
Witness Shaken a Little.
Attorney Skinner conducted the cross-examination of Mr. Stewart. Skinner asked the witness if it was not a fact that he (Stewart) had told him (Skinner) following the disappearance of Brown that he didn't know whether or not he heard voices and that he didn't want Skinner to say anything about it because of the fact that he wasn't sure enough he heard the voices to state it as a fact that he had. The witness replied that he couldn't remember making any such statement to the attorney, but that he did remember talking to him about the matter. Skinner than asked the same question in reference to Mr. Fleming, another defense attorney. The witness gave the same reply. Skinner then questioned Stewart as to jis testimony before the first and second grand juries in Jay County which investigated the murder mystery. Stewart denied that he had ever said he was near delirium tremens at the time he thought he heard the voices. The defense seemed to shake the witness a little in his testimony.
There was no night session this evening. There probably will be none during the hearing of the evidence because it is very unhandy for the witnesses to remain over for the evening. When the arguments are started, however, the night session will be held. It is expected that the state will rest its case some time tomorrow. The defense is not expected to introduce much evidence. It may be that the case can reach the jury by Thursday or Friday of this week.
Judge Eichhorn stated today that in case Attorney A. M. Waltz dies, the court probably will suspend on the day of the funeral.

13. Newspaper: Star Press: Jury In Deadlock, 30 Jun 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁸ ---
FISHBACK JURY IN DEADLOCK
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No Agreement Reached After Thirty-Six Hours and Little Prospect of Verdict.
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STILL ARE IN JURY ROOM
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Hartford City, Ind., June 29. -- A retrial of the 'William Fishback murder case, in Hartford City, beginning within the next two weeks, seemed the next step in the famous Brown murder mystery. Tonight, after the jury had been deliberating for thirty-six hours, the twelve men were no nearer a verdict than when they received the case, according to what little information was obtainable. Their request to be released has been refused by Judge Eichhorn until at least tomorrow morning.
One Report of Standing.
A. E. Buckles, former county assessor, is the foreman of the jury. No intimation has been given out as to how the vote stands, but it Is rumored, from what source no one seems to know, that the vote has stood the greater part of the time at 9 to 1 for acquittal. After waiting all day for the jury to report, Judge Eichhorn left for his home in Shiffton this afternoon at 4 o'clock with instructions that should a verdict be received before 9 o'clock this evening he was to be called at his home and he would come here to receive the finding of the jury. In case a verdict is arrived tonight after 9 o'clock it will be sealed and returned in open court tomorrow morning.
Probably Discharged Today.
While the court has not said so, his action indicates that the jury will be discharged tomorrow morning. It is said the deadlock Is so hopeless that there is no chance of an agreement. While the jury returned to court at no time during the day for either further instructions or to report a disagreement, they informed the bailiff they couldn't get together. Judge Denney of the defense stated today that he would ask an immediate retrial for his client. Judge Eichhorn stated it would be impossible for the trial to begin next week, but that it likely would on the week following.
It was learned today from Portland that Harry Weise, the man whom the defense accused during the trial of having a hand in the murder of Brown, had deserted from the regular army on March 13 last. Weise formerly was in the national guard with the Portland company, but when the latter came back from the border he did not return. Instead he joined the regular army. It is claimed that Weise is afraid to come back to this part of the state because he fears to testify against the Redkey "gang."
Hale's Home "Shadowed."
Another report today was to the effect that the home of Kile Hale has been "shadowed" of late by unknown men. It is said that Hale has been spending his nights at Muncie, not daring to return to Redkey. How true this report is, is not known.
Fishback, his relatives and attorneys were disappointed today over the course events have taken. They had expected a speedy acquittal, or at least they had reason to expect such a verdict. The instructions given the jury by Judge Eichhorn were very fair to both sides. They covered the ground so thoroughly that it was not necessary for the jury to return for further instructions.
No New Evidence Found.
That the defense has no new evidence to present in case of a retrial was the statement made by Judge Denney today. He said their case would be along the same line as the present one was conducted. A consultation of attorneys this evening was held to determine when the jury should be dismissed. Judge Eichhorn felt as If the attorneys should be consulted before the jury be allowed to go.

14. Newspaper: Star Press: Fishback's Wife Weeps: Practically Decided On First Ballot That Prisoner Was Not Guilty of Murder, 28 Jul 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁹ Hartford City, Ind., July 27. -- The successful impeachment, but the defense, of the state witnesses in the trial of William Fishback, charged with the murder of Roy E. Brown and the strong evidence presented by Miss Celia Heston, of Portland, were the two factors which resulted in the clearing of the defendant, it appeared today.

15. Newspaper: Evening Press: Kile Hale Promoted., 1 Feb 1918, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁰ Kile Hale who gained fame by the many chapters added to the Roy Brown murder case, and who enlisted two years ago, with the Royal Flying corps of the Canadian army, has been appointed purchasing agent of privisons for his company, now training at Camp Tallifero, Tex. Word of his appointment reached here this week. Hale was married to an Anderson girl three months ago.

16. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Placed in Prison, 26 Jun 1918, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²¹ ---
KILE HALE IS PLACED IN PORTLAND PRISON
Witness in Brown Murder Case Alleged to Have Deserted . the Canadian Army.
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Portland. Ind., June 25. -- Kile Hale, well known as the star witness for the state in the Roy Brown murder case, was brought to Portland from Redkey, Monday night, bv Sheriff Flemlng anrl Deputy Sheriff Arbaugh and placed in the county jail. Hale is apprehended for desertion in the Canadian army. Word was received here from the Royal Squadron oflleers of Toronto, Canada, telling them to hold Hale, until officers could reach here.
Enlisted After Murder.
Hale enlisted shortly after the murder of Brown but was allowed a leave of absence to come to Portland to testify against William Fishback of Redkey who was cleared of the charge of murder before a jury.
Hale came to Jay County from Canada three weeks ago in his uniform and has been seen around here. He gave as his excuse for leave of absence that he was to be transferred to the American army.

17. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Is Released, 30 Jun 1918, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²² Redkey, Ind., June 29 -- Kile Hale who has been engaged with the Royal Flying Corps of the British army for about two years, but who was arrested on a charge of being a deserter, has been released. Today he appeared on the streets in citizen's clother. Hale says he is free to enlist in any service he desires, although he is past the draft age. Hale was arrested last Monday night by Sheriff Flemming, who took him to Fort Benjamin Harrison where military officers ordered his release. He will probably join some U. S. unit in the near future.

18. Occupation: brakeman with B & O Railroad Co., Pittsburgh, PA on 12 Sep 1918 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

19. He was described as tall, medium build, gray eyes, dark hair on 12 Sep 1918 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

20. Residence: 21 Mansion St., Pittsburgh, PA on 12 Sep 1918 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

21. Newspaper: Star Press: Mrs. Cena Hale left Thursday for Pittsburg, Pa., where she will visit her son, Kile Hale, and wife., 22 Dec 1918, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²

22. Occupation: freigh brakeman on 1 Jun 1921 in Peru, Miami, IN. ⁵

23. Residence: 285 E. 6th Street, Peru, IN on 1 Jun 1921 in Peru, Miami, IN. ⁵

24. Newspaper: Fort Wayne Sentinel: Kile Hale today filed suit against Rollie Coll on an account asking $300. Frank H. Walker is the plaintiff's attorney., 25 Jun 1921, Fort Wayne, Allen, IN. ²³

25. Newspaper: Star Press, 3 Feb 1922, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁴ Mrs. Cena Hale, who has resided in Redkey for thirty-six years, will leave Friday morning for Lafayette, where she will make her home with her brother. Kile Hale, a son of Mrs. Hale, will move his family here and will occupy his mother's home.

26. Residence: on 3 Feb 1922 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ²⁴

27. Occupation: field man for Chas. Kelley & Son, livestock supply dealer in Fairmount, IN for Acme Minerals (see ad in Fairmount News on page 3 on 2 Feb 1923) on 2 Feb 1923 in Fairmount, Grant, IN, USA. ²⁵

28. Newspaper: Star Press: Kile Hale Missing, 25 Feb 1924, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁶ Redkey, Ind, Feb. 24. -- Kile Hale formerly of Kedkey, but for the past few months has resided at Anderson is not a victim of the Fortville Traction accident according to the latest information received here. A bank check given by Hale has just been received here by the Union State Bank, dated February 19, and was written on a Peoria, Ill., bank check form. It is said Hale left his home at Anderson on the day of the Fortville accident telling his family that he was going to Indianapolis on business but so far as is known he has not yet been heard front and the family has feared he might have been one of the victims that was burned to death.

29. Newspaper: Star Press: New Suits Filed in Superior Court: No. 4357 Garfield Grove vs. Kile Hale to foreclose lien., 10 May 1924, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁷

30. Newspaper: Star Press: Kyle Hale Will Face Liquor Charge, 22 Nov 1927, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁸ ---
HALE WILL FACE LIQUOR CHARGE
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Slaying at Hartford City Recalled by Arrest at Portland Filling Station.
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Portland, Ind., Nov. 21. -- Kyle Hale, former well known Jay County man. who has been a fugitive for several weeks following the fatal shooting at Hartford City last October 15, of Frank Stone, 28, by Pasquale Paolo, an Italian glass-worker, was taken into custody at the Chester Craw filling station here by Sheriff Ben Hawkins and held for the Hartford City authorities. He was later taken to Hartford City to face a liquor law violation charge. Hale is alleged to have sold whisky to Paolo and Stone on the right of the shooting. Following Stone's death. Hale skipped out, taking $25 from the cash drawer of the Dew Drop Inn, where he was employed as a clerk, and which was operated by Ebb Landess, also of this county. Hale will be arraigned at Hartford City tomorrow.

31. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey Short Notes: Kyle Hale, formerly of Redkey but of recent months has resided at Hartford City, is spending a few days here with his mother., 28 Nov 1927, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ²⁹

32. Newspaper: Evening Press: Kyle Hale In Jail, 10 Feb 1928, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ³⁰ ---
GETS $100 FINE FOR LIQUOR VIOLATIONS
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HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 10 -- Kyle Hale, of Portland and Redkey, former clerk at the Dew-Drop Inn Cigar Store here last fall on the night of the fatal shooting of Franklin C. (Hank) Stone, was assessed a fine of $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday afternoon when arraigned in Blackford Circuit Court on a grand jury indictment, charging violation of the liquor laws. Hale was the only person indicted by the grand jury.

33. Newspaper: Star Press: Kyle Hale Sentenced, 10 Feb 1928, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ³¹ Hartford City, Ind., Feb 9. -- Kyle Hale, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of selling intoxicants, was given a fine of $100 and costs, totaling $130, in Circuit Court today, and given a sentence of 30 days in county jail. He started serving the sentence at once.

34. Fact: After Feb 1928 no newspaper articles or records of any kind are found for Kile/Kyle Hale. We presume he changed his name or left the USA. In 1930 his family was living with father-in-law Stephen Lloyd. Kile's mother Cena returned to Redkey living alone., Mar 1928, , , , USA.

Kile married Roxie Coatanne Lloyd, daughter of Stephen Arnold Lloyd and Margaret Mathilda Lewis, on 20 Oct 1917 in Anderson, Madison, IN.¹ (Roxie Coatanne Lloyd was born on 26 Aug 1891 in Elwood, Madison, IN,^{5 32 33} died on 30 May 1947 in Anderson, Madison, IN ^{32 33 34} and was buried on 2 Jun 1947 in Anderson: Anderson Memorial Park, Madison, IN, USA ^{32 33}.)