Harrisburg punk locked up on Evansville murder charge
Pharoah D. Newton
SALINE CO./VANDERBURGH CO.—A Harrisburg teen is being held at the Saline County Detention Center pending transport to Vanderburgh County, Ind., to face murder charges.
Pharoah D. Newton, 17, is being charged in Indiana with the murder of an elderly woman from whom his father was renting a basement apartment.
Frances Wolf, 79, was found dead in her home at 1321 SE First St. in Evansville on the morning of Oct. 3. She had died of apparent blunt force trauma to her head.
Henry Newton, Pharoah’s father, had been renting from Mrs. Wolf, and Pharoah had been living between his dad’s residence there in Evansville and his mom Cassy Smith’s in Harrisburg.
While in Saline County, Pharoah had dropped out of school and had been charged with numerous crimes, including vehicle theft—of both a car, and of a motorcycle.
As it turns out, Mrs. Wolf’s 2002 minivan was located this past Wednesday (10.06.10) in Union County, Ky., having been set afire and burned up. Kentucky authorities are involved in the investigation at this point.
SCDC mugshot of Pharoah Newton
Newton remains in the SCDC until he either waives extradition or, in the alternative, he refuses to go and Vanderburgh County has to file paperwork on him.
More in the print version, which we’re currently at work on (which is why this is so brief), to hit the stands in a week, Oct. 18-20.
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Honestly, I think if I had just lost a loved one by murder, this would be the last place I would be. I lost my husband two years ago through natural causes and I wouldn’t watch TV or get online for along time. Too much bad news. I just couldn’t deal with it. I had to let myself heal first.
Oh Good Lord, we all make mistakes. Murder is in a different class. For that matter so is rape.
spelling usually doesn’t bother me either, unless it’s not readable because there are 25+ errors in one small paragraph like in miketisons comment.
Here is some evidence against Pharoah (copied from WFIE article online).
Police say the event that lead to his arrest, was that Newton told a clergy member he intended to rob Wolf, but stabbed her during the robbery, and then ran from the scene. Police say what happened to Wolf can be described in one word, and that word is “vicious”.
Police say they’ve found evidence linking Newton to the crime, including Wolf’s checks, bloody clothing and a knife.
Police say they aren’t looking at any other suspect for the murder of Frances Wolf.
@Sundance, I don’t usually say anything about anyone’s spelling either. It was kind of a “haha” because of a comment I made on something else as far as typos..
eileen is on vacay and not exactly sure when she’ll be back. She was supposed to be back tomorrow but said she was going to have to layover in Chicago. She is definitely a hoot!!! But a sweetheart too!
People can post vulgar language and be posted but I put up that someone is using my screen name (mycomment) and direct comments at a user (CMills Resident) under my name. CMills Resident and I had previous conversation on here and someone used that and put up a deceitful post about SIC, and I don’t even know what that stands for.
I will be contacting the disclosure news online manager since the admin is allowing comments on here that should not be. Also, someone should not be allowed to have my screen name and post comments to people I have “talked with” on here. I guess admin is another shady ass character from Harrisburg. Freedom of speech squelched online; just allowing what he/she personally wants to, no guidelines.
Apparently no one on this site knew Fran, but me? And my comments are not being allowed on here while people’s real names and vulgar language is allowed? And…as far as I know, the admin is the one who used my screen name (mycomment) and directed a comment at someone I was “talking to”.
Ok, admin, when will you allow my posts?
Ok, admin, when will you allow my posts?
you’ve banned my comments. no free speech online? just allowing fights on here from people?
@CMills, WHERE THE HELL DID YOUR LAST COMMENT COME FROM???? Here there were a few on this last page that were laying out the BULLSHIT from Harrisburg Resident, and then you come back a few later with your comment? WOW!!!! What the Hell is up your ass that you CAN NOT or WILL NOT allow anyone to help defend you or yours? I mean, REALLY? I REALLY DO NOT want my sour side to come out but if need be, it WILL!!! Chill the Hell out!
Admin, Looking into phone numbers to contact your employer or owner of website.
Owner or Amin or both?
Howser Holdings Inc.
Angela Howser
5890 E. Otterbein Lane
Calhoun, Illinois 62818
United States
Phone: +1.6184465390
Fax..: +1.6184465390
Email: tototoo@wabash.net
Okay, “mycomment,” let me enlighten you on something, lest you look like the utter fucking retard you would if I didn’t.
We own a newspaper along with the website. This is production weekend. I know you’re new to the site, but you should at least be peripherally aware that there was a print version first, then a website. Because this is production weekend, and we are a small staff, we are doing something a lot of folks don’t seem to be inclined to do these days, and we are WORKING. When we do this WORK thing, we aren’t able to be as attentive to the website as we otherwise are when we are having some down time (not that that happens very often…but this kind of WORK is rather narrow in focus and keeps us off the website).
When you are a new post commenter—AS THE WEBSITE POINTS OUT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS—your comment will be held in moderation until your comment is approved. This is usually picked up by an IP number. Until we hit ‘approve,’ it doesn’t come up, simply because it’s new and the program doesn’t recognize it. If we are WORKING, we can’t check the site to see if we need to hit ‘approve.’
Get it?
Nobody was “keeping you from voicing your opinion” except your IP. The program didn’t recognize it. Period. And while our site information may be publicly accessed by Whois, it currently happens to be wrong (the address shown is that of my idiot fatass stepfather’s, input into the database by mistake when we hastily purchased this domain name), my wife’s name is on there because it was with her credit card we made the purchase, and the phone is, if you pay attention to our Facebook (but why should you) SHUT OFF right now because we’re, well, WORKING and can’t answer it if it DID ring.
So get off my ass and leave your comments in the realm of whatever the subject is, and stop thinking you’d be getting anywhere by contacting us in this way anyway. If we WANTED to keep your comments off, we COULD, because we OWN the website. Comprehend?
Angela,
You really shouldn’t allow vulgar language and harassment as I’ve seen. Yes, it may make people keep coming back to see how they can post something nastier. You really shouldn’t allow people to use the same screen names. You really shouldn’t pick and choose comments to put up just to suit you. You really shouldn’t allow people to put up other people’s real names and personal information on here. This website is no longer going to be visited by me, a bunch of hillbilly morons on here.
Jesus Christ…please go away and stay away, and stop addressing my wife, she’s proofreading.
Wow, it went up. Guess I got my point across. Some of my previous comments still didn’t get put on here but it’s off topic now so…bye.
guess I hit a nerve.
BTW admin,
I was not a new IP user, all previous comments went up except the ones you didn’t want to. and I’m glad your not a lazy non-working “gubment” subsidized user and taker.
You went on another IP. If you are using different computers, or you are on an iPhone, Blackberry or Android, and your towers change, it will show up as a different IP.
AND—yes, we get REALLY irritable when it’s down to the last few hours before print. This is a huge edition, and we are encountering the usual deadline crap. So I’m gonna be snippy, and probably apologize for it later.
nope, same computer, same ip
Not from here. If you’re wireless, you might be hitting off another tower. The pink moderation shade and the numbers don’t lie.
@rightfield, I didn’t say it was SPELLED wrong..”After” IS indeed spelled correctly in their post. But, seriously, Do you not think that it SHOULD HAVE been Stated as “I just say think ‘BEFORE’ you type and use spell check so we can understand you”? If you think “after” you type & use spell check, it’s a little too later ,don’t you think?
ooops…a little to late, not later…
once again you “burg” as you call yourself are the most unreal, ice through the vains people Ive ever came acrossed. Give another a fighting chance, you dont know Francis Wolf, but already your judging as far as talking smack on the innocent family members on this kid. Do you really think there proud, or deserve anymore attention or pain over this, reguardless what someone does in this world the people who love them, probaly will remain to love them its called unconditional love. You people think that a Mother or Father or grandchild does something wrong well the whole family deserves to pAY. i bet half of you commenters in saline county are weirdos who hate life cause you never fit in or something. Id hate for a person get famous around there, i could imAGINE HOW FAST YOUD ALL SALE OUT TO THE PARADE OR ENQUIRER THER NEWS MEDIA, LIE, ADD ON WHATEVER IT TOOK TO MAKE ANOTHER LOOK BAD. HOW DOES SALINE COUNTY DEFENDENTS GET A FAIR TRIAL WITH ALL THESE JUDGEMENTAL SMEARS GOING ON, THE GULLEYS, MOSSES, FORT, MONROES YOUR GETTING A BREAK ITS THE POOR LITTLE MEANASS BLACK BOY AND HIS INNOCENT FAMILY TAKING YOUR ATTENTION. saline county grow the hell up
oh TARA…he’s going to ‘GET A FAIR TRIAL’ because if it happens, it’ll be going on in ANOTHER STATE.
We appreciate your input, but I’m afraid you’re a little too young to be here; please come back when you get a little older as you are STILL not making a whole lotta sense.
I think someone is using my screen name. Im pretty heated. And for the whole SIC thing. Whoever thinks they know me has no idea what I am talking about. Yea I dropped out, and I’m back finishing my last semester of pre-law. Im taking my Lsat in December and moving out of state. Whoever said that REALLY DOES know me, but not as well as they think they do.
…maybe we should try to create more original names…I mean, I can get in and change everyone’s screen name, no problem. But then when they go back to log in, they’re not going to be able to…because I’ve changed them. Itsa pain, I know. The only solution I can see is to add numbers or something to your screen name when you settle on one. Like CMills Resident could be “CMillsRez#1″. and then anyone else who wants to claim to be a CMills Resident will have to be CMillsRez#2 and so on and so forth.
Am I making sense? I’m so tired I’m not even sure who I am right now…all I know is that I’m in front of two computers trying to get this issue done…well, I THINK I am, anyway…maybe it’s done and it’s tomorrow and I just THINK it’s Sunday of production weekend….
…I’m confused too, Sundance.
I’m confused…. :((
@admin….seems like there are a few trying to play you and your website here. Not only on this story, but on the RayRay story as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are now STARTING to claim that people, even YOU admin, are using their screen names TO SPREAD THEIR LINE OF SHIT?!?…. when it isn’t them. Be careful ADMIN!!!THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO TRY AND TURN IT TO THEIR FAVOR!!
@S&S: Eh?
I think I’m too tired to have gotten that out of any of the post comments, although I wouldn’t put it past some of the commenters…
No problem, though. I can prove it’s not me, I have a singular IP and it’s associated ONLY with my name…and while I could go in and alter screen names if I so chose (not each one individually; if I change one, it changes everything that name posted), I CAN’T alter IPs. As I said earlier, IPs don’t lie.
However, by doing that, I’d also be forced to display EVERYONE ELSE’S IP…which can be searched and, with the right program, traced…so anyone thinking of doing such a thing, and wishing to still remain anonymous, might better think twice about it.
@Admin…damn, who wouldn’t be tired and confused with all those postings. Makes me tired and confused and I’m not trying to get an edition of the Disclosure out on time. More power to you, Admin.
As for “mycomment (original-fran’s friend)”, you need to either take a chill pill or take a hike. You’re like a broken record, if you know what that sounds like.
@Admin…Tara Moss is either very young or an highly un-educated adult…one or the other. No sense can be made of his/her comments and it’s not just me thinking this either.
@Sweet & Sour, I’ve been away today, Sweetie. Sorry I’m late getting back to your post and question. I think it would be “think BEFORE you type and use spell-check after typing the message”. However, I don’t think spell check can be used while posting on the forum. If it can be, I haven’t figured out how to do that myself, but then again, I’m not a mental giant when it comes to the computers anyway…so I could be wrong. Spell check does let you know when your word is mis-spelled in a word document and that is really nice.
COME HOME, EILEEN.
I know of a website that actually uses ID tags for the computer you are on to show as proof of your identity. That would helpful in this situation.
@originalCMillsRes: this does that. The problem comes in when someone on the SAME IP enters the same name and the same email addy. Sometimes it happens…sometimes there’s a limited DSL and everybody’s on the same IP…sometimes someone hijacks a wireless signal. If you’re wireless, check to see that you’re password protected…someone might be sitting outside your house hitting your service.
@Sweet and Sour
I did find it odd that Mycomment, who claimed to be a friend of Fran, and from Evansville to make a comment about me being at SIC. That made me really suspicious, because there would have been know way mycomment could have known that. It does seem like something fishy is going on around here.
@HHANNAH, Thank you and not a problem doll. I’m Thankful you read it and backed me up! Eileen will be home hopefully soon, but BETTER check in even sooner!!LOL.Have a Great Night Hannah!
Everytime I don’t read the website for a day or so, things get crazy, er, crazier!
AAAAH lol It’s the neighbors. No just kidding. I have no idea. I noticed that like 4 or 5 people in this town at least have the same IP as me though Verizon. That’s kinda scary.
@admin
You’re right, I was using my work computer before. oops, my bad
@sweet & sour
NO, I meant to put “AFTER” on purpose, it was a bit sarcastic because of the way “miketison” wrote his words, “cant even saty on the topic here lol. o well have a nice day and if you fell like you want to bash someones name or family please just think befor you type.”
He thought fine, he just should have spell checked AFTER he typed.
NOW DROP THE STUPID ARGUMENT ABOUT THE WORD I WROTE ON PURPOSE IN RESPONSE TO HIS UMPTEEN WORDS NOT SPELLED RIGHT!
I’m an idiot and moron.
I am sorry for posting stuff that doesn’t make since.
that is what was done to me, so how does it feel?
I guess I need a chill pill
that is what was done to me. how does it feel?
Apologize for all the pissed off comments to admin but I thought my comments were being blocked (some never did show up) and someone did use my screen name to make a rude comment to CMills Resident. As for the little “click” on here just trying antagonize, don’t be sucked into their online game. I found this site to find more out about the boy accused of murdering my friend, and I found a bunch of mean spirited people, as well as some kind ones who are being harassed as well. Really just wasted my time on here.
ha ha (original not origianal) before someone feels like they need to make a smart “ass” comment
Okay…but see what I mean? If you create a new account with someone else’s name and a different email addy than THAT person used, and it’s coming off YOUR IP, then the program doesn’t recognize it, and holds it in moderation (which on this end appears in a pink background) until one of our admin approves it. That’s why when I got up this morning, all four of those comments were being held.
When you then GO BACK to your original screen name and email, even though you’re on your original IP, the program still sees it as someone ‘new’ and holds it in moderation.
That keeps people from phuquing with other peoples’ screen names/emails. IPs don’t lie…and it’s not just the IP, as Dwight said. There’s a unique number that our program identifies that comes directly off your computer and yours alone. I can’t trace it back specifically to you…but because of the way the site program detects it, it keeps you off here until it’s “run past” me (or Ang if she’s doing moderation, which she does sometimes). That way if someone’s trying to play at being someone else (like a regular post commenter), we can see that and either dump the comment in the trash or tag it as spam (thus keeping you off here and not even appearing in moderation…ask Dwight about that).
Best advice: be more original w/your screen name.
@CMills Resident (The Original): I think maybe you are confused about IP addresses. Most people will have the same Local IP address. With a Linksys router it will be something like 192.168.1.1 by default. The IP address that people can trace is the global IP. There is also a MAC Address that is unique to your computer.
@admin, it was because of some of the statements from “mycomment”(original-fran’s friend). They had made the statement that someone was using their screen name and it could be you doing it to post a comment to someone they were posting to.
AND mycomment(original-fran’s friend), QUIT YELLING AT ME~~~I DIDN’T YELL AT YOU! AND I NOW SEE IT WAS DIRECTED TO “miketison”!!!! But I thought you weren’t going to post anymore on this site? You just laid a HELL of a lot out there, to and including Ang’s e-mail addy, home addy & everything else you could post about! Threats to admin to go above their head to find out who they are employed by or through? Not good IMO! So, PLEASE have a NICE day, okay?
@S&S: It’s okay. Those numbnuts at the White County Forum did the same thing last year trying to make it look like me and Ang were splitting up because the first website we had carried the address info from the property we rent, and this one (second website) carried the address of Howser Holdings’ original mailing address (my idiot stepfather, before he lost his mind and we had to change it to the farm address). People think they’re so utterly brilliant when they find Whois information. It’s public information; why wouldn’t we have it out there? The only difference is that neither one of the listed addresses are the exact addresses to the farm…LOL…and for anyone who thinks they’re going to “find my employer”…*sigh*…they apparently REALLY don’t know what’s going on here, do they? But if they feel like being abused, they may feel free to call the house (618-446-5390, number soon to be disconnected as I think we’re actually MOVING between this paper and the next) and get an earful of what “my employer” thinks about their opinion.
*sigh* I feel left out. Nobody tried to take my user name
@Border Patrol: Give it time. As we say so often, wait around awhile…with us, eventually, EVERYBODY gets pissed off…
@Admin, You have my email and I.P address, so YOU know who the real Border Patrol is.
By the way your farm house is looking beautiful judging by the pics on your facebook. You and Ang having a moving in party?
Probably not. There are three weeks between this paper and the next…so if we get to move in at all this next go, it’ll be @$$holes and elbows…so maybe AFTER the November election folo issue (Nov. 10) if people in Saline County can get their urge to have jury trials under control…we’ll see!
I had the same problem with someone else using my screen name last week(just me) so I changed it. No big deal, didn’t get pissed off I just typed in a new screen name and told everyone to avoid confusion.The other just me had just pissed off Admin. I don’t know why some people get so bent out of shape over things that don’t matter.
Anything new on the Fort case? I was driving through Harrisburg this passed weekend and seen where BJC’s mother is running for county board? Or is that someone with the same last name?
That’s her…
@admin, now someone is using my screen name, posted last night @ 9:46pm. I am quite sure I know who it is…TAHAHAHA. I guess I must have pissed them off..huh?
I think mycomment was attempting to make a point, S&S. You made it, mycomment. We get it.
As regards the topic….Raymond tried to call AGAIN this morning.
@admin, I knew that’s what they were doing. It really didn’t bother me because of what they said in the last line, “that is what was done to me,so how does it feel?”
I was actually just getting ready to make a comment to them that their aggravation & frustration is very understandable & justifiable. It was just so confusing as to who was who with all the different variations of people’s screen names. BUT, along with Border Patrol, you have my personal e-mail addy as well.
GEEZ…Imagine Raymond trying to call you again? He SHOULD know you guys have already put him on your site here!!!LOL… I’m sure he wants to proclaim his innocence though!LMAO…
@admin, what would be hilarious is if you took his call(you know they record all calls from the inmates)and you RIPPED him a new A$$HOLE!! The whole entire SCDC staff would get a hell of a laugh outta that and then it would also put to rest the rumors that He & Henshaw are buds! I believe they have a love/hate relationship. They LOVE to HATE each other period.
Pharoah’s staying in Harrisburg till at least the beginning of next year. Thank GOD. Now get that defense case rolling lawyer.
The beginning of next year is just ’round the corner.
pharoah stay strong in there. every1 got ur back when u get out. prayers always gonna be with u
@CMills Resident(The Original), That is great news! Like I’ve stated before, I do not know this young man but it would be a shame for them to do a Rush-Rush job just to get a conviction. I know there are a lot of people on both sides of this horrible tragedy hurting but it’s more important to make sure justice is served to the right killer. I Still keep everyone affected by this in my prayers!
I just have to say this. One is not considered a law student until they obtain a 4 year degree and have been accepted to law school. One cant enter law school without the 4 year diploma and acceptable score on the LSAT. So, CMills Res, you are a student, working towards law school. I only say this because it takes credibilty away from your arguments on a claim that is incorrect. Just trying to help you out.
@mildly amused
pre-law. Good catch. When you type hastily, Sometimes I miss little things like that. Yea, I’m pre-law. Wish my luck on my LSAT. Taking a prep course on the 14th at siu.