The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-18
An Army of Witnesses APP
peared This Morning to
Give Testimony on Quite
a Number of Cases.
FOUNTAIN CITY is
AROUSED OVER CASE
| Alonzo Roebuck, Station Ag-
ent in That Town, Charged
with Having Given Wife a
Hard Beating.

In an effort to get through with
about a weeks work in two days, the
Wayne county grand jury which reas-
sembled on Monday morning after a
vacation since Thursday night, had be-
fore II today witnesses who were re-
ported to know something about an al
legged wife beating case at Fountain
City; the operation Of blind pigs at
Centerville. Dublin, and other smaller
towns in the county; seining viola
tions near Abingdon and felonious as
sault and forgery cases. In addition to
this the jury expects to inspect the
county institutions and end up its bus
mess by the returning Of indictments
by Tuesday night, or Wednesday
morning.
At Fountain City the populace is
much stirred up over an alleged as
sault which Alonzo Roebuck. the sta
tion agent for the G.. r. & I. railroad,
is alleged to have made upon his wife.
Edna. upon her return on Saturday ev-
ening. September 2, after weeks ex-
cursion said to have been spent at Ea-
ton, Ohio. He. 1t Is said. supposed his
wife was at the home of her father.
Mr.. Mckinley, first cousin to the late
President Mckinley. at Canton, Ohio.
The wife was not witness against
her husband. but there we're several
neighbors, including three women.
who were summoned before the jury
to testify as to the husbands alleged
brutality.
Causes Husband Worry.
Mrs. Roebuck. who bears the repu.
tation of being flippant young wom-
an. 10 about twenty years old. Her hus-
band is thought to be past thirty. 1t is
said she has given her husband much
cause for worry by her strange and
unwarranted actions. Shortly before
the attack is said to have been made
Il 10 declared that Roebuck gave his
wife money to visit her parents at
Canton. Ohio, and he presumed she
had gone to that city. However, 1t is
said, after few days absence the
husband made inquiry of her parents
at Canton and found she was not there
whereupon her father began a search
for her.
It Ia said that she was found by her
;parents at the Eaton fair, enjoying the
sights with a man friend. In any event
the grand jury learned from the WON
len witnesses that Mrs Roebuck was
returned to Fountain City by her faith
er and turned over to Mr.. Roebuck
no }o oil nha hnr
verely. It Is said the neighborhood
was. aroused by the screams of the
woman for mercy. When seen the next
day she bore evidence of the punish
iment she received, 1t is claimed.
While none of the witnesses before
the jury saw the attack. they told the
Jury that Joe Burgess. a school teach
'er. had witnessed 1t and was willing tt
testify to the grand jury.
On the following day, the story 1!
told, Mrs. Roebuck went to neigh
bor's and asked for the Sunday Pal
lladium to read about railroad
wreck. which she said took place tw,
miles and half east OF here, ant
which was. she explained. the cause
lof her discolored eyes and a cash OF
1.-THE forehead. She told the neighbo
that baby had been killed in thi
wreck and she wanted to find on
whether the woman, whose head sh,
said had been pulled off. was still liv
ling.
Probe a Forgery Case.
Several business men were befor
the jury today. Before they were sum
moned before the jury, they said the
supposed they were to be asked abou
the attempt Of John Bailey to pas
forged checks on Saturday. 1t seem
certain Bailey will be indicted by tn
grand jury, for the evidence seems t
be conclusive Bailey is former col
ductor on the city street car lines. r,
Gently he has been employed in ga
age His mother Is heart broken and
is understood will make every sacr
iice to have her son released on ligt
sentence.
Harry Frazier, better known q
Harry Ralston, the alleged negr
lecher. likely will face penitentiar
charge when the grand jury return
1ts almost certain indictment again.
him. The negro boy. attacked Vel
Pfafflin. aged 12, daughter of Mr.. an
Mrs. Gus Pfafflin, North sixth stree
in an attempt to commit an assault.
Indictments are looked for again
several men, who. 1t is alleged. ha,
been seining. in the Whitewater ar
other streams near Abingdon. Sever
witnesses from Arlington townsh
were summoned before the jury. tt
ofYicials have received many col
plants and II there have been viol
lions, II is believed the grand ju,
will get the truth concerning thel
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