Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-06-17
Thrown OUT.
THE MOTION FOR BOND
INVESTIGATION FAILS.
Charges TOovague and Gen.
eraI---Must Be Specific
Charges---WhiteseII,
SO lie Says. Will
File Them.

The charges preferred against vii
liam A. Bond as prosecutor of Way ne
county and published by US Saturday
evening came before Judge Fox at
the opening of court this morning
There was quite an interest being
taken in the matter there being one
OF the largest gatherings of attorneys
had in the term perhaps.
L. ]. Study arose and stated that
be had been requested by Mr.. Bond
to appear for him Mr. Bond was
also in the court Mr.. Whitesell was
not present but came in afterward.
Mr.. Study said that Mr.. Bond or
himself did not consider the matter
as one requiring an answer, but that
they felt that it was proper that it be
done. Tue real purpose of the paper
filed he could not discern, but he
thought he knew the purpose, since
he knew the. source. There was not
a solitary tangible charge or one
that could be Investigated or
gotten at. If the prosecutor has
been guilty of violating the law he
should be prosecuted as any other
citizen, not in this manner His
opinion was the filer of the docu-
inent hoped thereby 30 obtain no
toriety. He read each charge or
paragraph of the document file6, re
plying to each as he went on. The
charges that the prosecutor had
idiled to prosecute cases; was guilty
of malfeasance in office; had con
nived at alleged offenses of Levi NJ.
Jones; the fear that Bond would
not prosecute him; were not su :
tanned by any specific charges. No
records We're cited, no receipts pro.
duced to substantiate the charges.
If such were facts, the proper course
would be to prosecute the matter in
court, putting MIR. Bond on trial
There was not solitary fact that
could be investigated, not an act,
not crime, simply arumor. Grand
juries are called to investigate facts
and not rumors; committees of at
torneys are appointed for the same
purpose. If there was anything,
Mr. Bond desired it investigated and
desired no delays. Mr. Bond also
asked that if there was an investiga
tion ordered that both he and Mr.
W hitesell be present at the investi
cations.
The indge stated taat be con,
faRen, i3isne' tb'66at Is Sc taken simply upon
mess of innuendoes. The statute pro
vided that charges must be made
and the accused has five days in
which TO reply He saw nothing in
the document that could be referred
to committee of attorneys. What
is there to investigate? | am asked
to call grand jury without single
charge filed against anybody. What
right have | to appoint an attorney
to prosecute Mr.. Bond. If Mr.. Bond
has been guilty of bribery or NAL
feasance in office of any kind, he
should be prosecuted; but only when
charges have been filed. The charges
are too vague, too indefinite. There
will be no committee appointed and
there will be no grand jury called on
this document as filed.
At this point Mr.. Whitesel came
in and interrupted with Il ask lie I've
to amend this motion, your honor.
Il will pass upon that amendment
when it comes before me, said the
judge.
In an interview Mr.. Whitesell said
that he should file an amendment at
the earliest possible moment, today
if possible; that he had facts tojustify.
He said the reason he filed the mo
tion as ne did was that he felt that
the matters complained of were well
known to all members OF the bar.