Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, November 13, 1896, p. 4. Grant Wantland on Trial. Grant Wantland was placed on trial this morning for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Martha Chandler, a lady residing in the vicinity of South Park. The jury is made up of the regular panel with one or two exceptions. East & Fulk are attorneys for Wantland and J. E. Edmondson is conducting the prosecution. The crime occurred last August and created a great deal of excitement. Mrs. Chandler is a respectable widow lady and supports herself and children by working about the neighborhood. Mrs. Chandler had gotten up early in the morning to assist a neighbor lady, who was going south on the the [sic] early train. After doing this she returned to her home to find a man standing in her pathway near her door. He would not let her pass and made an attempt to assault her, tearing off a part of her clothing. Her screams frightened the man and he made away in the darkness. Mrs. Chandler claimed that she recognized the man as Grant Wantland and on her evidence he was arrested and later indicted by the grand jury. Wantland had been released from the penitentiary only a few months. He was sent to prison on a charge of stealing pole-cat hides from Thomas King. His attorneys appealed his case to the supreme court, which reversed the decision and granted him a new trial. The jury in the case against Grant Wantland, for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Martha Chandler, brought in a verdict last night for the acquiting [sic] of Wantland. The evidence on both sides was very weak and an alibi was established by the defense.