The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-29
.INDIcT BILL LEWIS:
HEARING ON MAY 50
Judge Fox Praises the Jury for
Its Efficient Work-Report
on institutions Most Inter-
esting One.
Grand jury report In full 10 print
cd elsewhere In this issue.

The cause of the death OF Eddie K
White, who died on December %. al
his home one-half mile south o1
Whitewater. from arsenic poisoning,
remains an unsolved mystery.
The grand jury which has been IN
session eight days OF the present term
OF court, made its final report this
| morning to Judge Henry C. Fox of the
| circuit court and returned three in
dictments. However. none OF these
indictments pertained to the White
case and nothing was said about its
investigation Of this case. in the re.
port. One Of the jurors simply said
that there was not sufficient evidence
on hand to return any indictment.
The indictments returned by the
jury are against William Lewis. col
ored. charging him with murder. in
the first degree. Of Albert Dickey.
colored and against Fred Brewer, alias
J. w. Lawson. charging him with the
theft Of wheel from Elmer Smith.
The indictment against Brewer is for
grand larceny, There was q third i'm
dictment returned this morning. but,
tnasmuch as no arrests nsve been
made In this case. 'the- III Allotment has
not been made public The only other
Indictment returned during the ses-
sion OF the jury was against Charles
A. Revalee, charging first degree MUIR
der OF Mrs. Frank Allison. Revalee
entered plea of guilty to this indict-
ment and was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary. a week ago Wednesday.
Report Of the Jury.
The report Of the jury deals with its
investigation Of conditions at the coun-
ty institutions, viz: county infirmary.
county jail and Home for Friendless
Women. This report is Of much In.
terest, as the jury's recommendations
are along lines OF popular approval and
agitation.
Judge Fox, after reading the report
stated that he was very much salts
fled with it. particularly with the Sec
tions which deal with the care Of the
insane. He said that 1t was probable
some OF the recommendations OF the
jury would be carried out in regard to
the Jail. and that the county commits
sioners have already made preparation
for the care OF the insane at the coun-
ty jail and the county infirmary. He
discharged the jury, after ascertain
ing that it had no other cases to ex-
anime into.
Jury Was Discouraged.
The jury was very much discouraged
In not being able to secure sufficient
evidence to return an Indictment in the
death OF Eddie Il. White. il he was
really murdered. The jurors, in their
own minds, appear to be satisfied that
murder was the cause of the death.
This matter will not be dropped by the
authorities and 1t may yet be solved. |
No recommendation was made that the
county offer q reward for the discov-
cry. arrest and conviction OF the alleg- |
ed murderer or murderers, but 1t is |
likely that this course will be pursued. |
It was necessary for the jury to-
spend very little time In the investiga-
ton OF the Dickey murder. The in
dictment. the jury returned, is in part /
as follows: state OF Indiana, versus 1
william Lewis, murder in the first de- |
gree. on March Z, 1910, did then and |
there unlawfully, feloniously and pur-
posely, with premeditated malice, kill
and murder one. Albert Dickey, by
then and there, unlawfully. felonious-
". purposely and with premeditated
malice. striking the said Albert Dickey
On the head, with a shovel. deadly
weapon. then and there and thereby
wounding and injuring the
said Albert Dickey, OF which mortal
wounds and injuries the said Albert
Dickey languished In said county un-
III the twenty-third day Of April, 1910,
.nd then there died.
Lewis Awaiting Trial.
Lewis il now confined at the coun-
y jail awaiting trial Judge Fox this
morning fired the trial date az May
20. The trial will be conducted be-
ore the petit jury Of the Wayne cir
.uit court
The indictment against Brewer IL
eges grand larceny and states that itl
on April %. Besides the cas-
,s n which indictments were returned
md the White case the jury investigat-
Continued On Pase Eisht-l
The WEATHER.