State v. Ridge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.;

The defendant, Harvey Ridge, was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of F. C. Johnson, an Allen county farmer and dairyman.'.

The evidence developed no sharp dispute of important and material fact. It appears that for some ten years Johnson and wife lived on a farm a few miles from Iola. Their family consisted of two sons and two daughters. Three of these were married; and the youngest, a daughter of 15 years, lived with her parents. Johnson appears to have been a jealous and violent man, and may have been cruel to his…