The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-23
REPORT OF GRAND JURY
INDICTMENTS AGAINST SEVERAL
MEN FOR GRAVE ROBBING.
other Indictments Will Not BE An
nounced Until Arrests Are Made
Cases in the Local Courts.

The Marion county grand jury submitted
a final report OF it's November session yes
terday and returned forty-one indictments
TO the Criminal Court. Among the tndfct-
ments were several against men accused
OF grave robbing and now confined in the
county Jail. OF these indictments there
were one each against Al Hunt, Dewey
Williams. Walter Williams, Garfield Buck
ner, William McElrOy and John McElroy.
Hunt is charged with stealing the body of
Edward PedigO On Feb. 10, 1902. and selling
IL TO the Central College of Physicians and
Surgeons; Dewey Williams is accused Of
stealing the body of Meredith McMulIen on
July and in second count of cOncealing
the body by selling it TO the same college;
Walter Williams is indicted for completely
in the theft of the body of Rose Neidlinger
in June, 1901; Garfield Buckner and William
McElroy are jointly indicted for stealing
and concealing the body of Jennie Har-
grave June 20, 1901 John McEndree was in
dicted for completely in disturbing the
grave OF Caroline Tyler on Nov. II, 1901.
All OF the men with the exception Of Nc
Endree are negroes.
Other grave robbers were indicted, but
their names were not published because
not be until the capiases are issued to-
morrow morning. OF these there are said
to be indictments against Moffitt and the
other men accused of being ghouls who are
now out on bond and three or four addi-
tional ones against persons suspected Of
completely in the wholesale grave robbing
of the past year, but who have as yet not
been mentioned as liable for trial in the
Criminal Court.
INDICTED FOR VOTE SELLING.
OF the thirty-three indictments which
have been made public twenty-three of the
them are supposed to be against the young
men whose votes were bought on election
day by Jacob Miller and Emmanuel Hull.
These indictments, il is said, were based
the fact that the young men charged
gave receipts to Hull and Miller, the two
vote buyers. in exchange for 81. The men
said when they were before the grand
jury that they did not suspect the 81 as
payment for their votes, but as good will
money from Hull and Miller, which was to
be spent by them for beer and other cleo
ton incidentalS.
Miller and Hull are said to have bought
the votes to secure the reward of 800 for
each violation of the law. During the ex-
animation one of the men subpOenaed was
Joseph r. Morgan, a newly-elected repre-
sentative in the Legislature from Marion
county. Morgan, hearing of the operations
find out whether they were in the employ
of the Democratic organization or were
buying the votes for their own purposes.
He said he prompted to do this by
the suspicion that the Democrats were try
Ing 10 carry the west end precincts and he
wanted TO assure himself that they were
not He found that Miller and Hull were
privately interested in the vote buying. and,
not fearing any danger from their actions,
dropped the matter and allowed il TO pass
as a commonplace election day incident.
COAL INVESTIGATION.
On the coal investigation the grand jury
made little progress. The report on this
was that 1--WE have made a diligent investi-
cation in respect to the alleged coal COM
bination and will continue the same until
next session. The cases of Harry
Lang and Rex Whitney were also con-
tinued until the next session.
Other indictments returned were against
Charles Reiner. for perjury in swearing to
an affidavit on a mortgage; Frank Bowen
and Patsy Hammel, indicted on the charge
of grand larceny for stealing $125 from
ing concealed wagons. These men were ar
raigned in the Criminal Court yesterday
and entered pleas Of not guilty.
During the session the grand jury exam
fned 34S witnesses and was in continuous
session for three weeks. The charges
against James Whitaker. Harris WEIGH
Thad Harrell Louis Keeper. Adam Boyer.
Arthur Strait, Curtis Ray, David High
baugh, Bessie Nicholson, Clarence Means
Joseph Cohen. Lincoln Conger. Sam Baker
Sam Bernstein. Burly Charleston, Aida
Charleston. Richard Jones, Charles Riggs
and Clarence Kincaid were dismissed. The
two latter men We're accused of completely
in a grave-robbing expedition, but on their
statement that they accompanied the grave
robbers lust for fun no indictments were
returned The report of the grand Jury is
signed by William Schleicher. foreman.