Revisiting the Terrell Trial of 1903

The stained glass of Lady Justice is proudly displayed above the judges bench in the Wells County Circuit Court where author, Stephen Terrell retold the story of the murder of Melvin Wolfe by John Terrell in the very same courtroom where the trial was held.

The above photo is from the November 27, 2024 Bluffton News-Banner. Read more at:https://news-banner.com/2024/11/history-of-a-sensational-murder-case-revisited-in-the-wells-circuit-court/

The author writes in the book that the 1903 trial took three weeks with a sequestered jury of 12 men, all farmers, housed over night on cots in the courtroom. The closing arguments took over 16 hours with each side giving eight hours. It then took only one ballot to vote life imprisonment.

You can read more about it in the book from: https://www.amazon.com/Madness-John-Terrell-Insanity-Heartland/dp/1606354876