State v. Gebhart

— Tbe poet who wrote “Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be” surely did not have the defendant in the instant case in mind. At 91, an age when the few who get that far are thought to have reached a time of peace and wisdom, he was accused of the wrongful killing of his wife, Sarah Geb-hart, and her sister, Anna Yarbough. Each woman was killed by several gunshot wounds; and since there was no one present at the time of the killings except the two victims and the defendant, and he admitted the shootings immediately afterward, the impression arises that he had somewhat to do with them.…