The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-05-30


1nez Provins informed Prosecutor
Keller that last week Underhill called
upon her in Indianapolis and inform
ed her that he wanted to employ her
on case
The woman says that Underhin rep
resented to her that his name was
Clarkson and that he was also a de-
tective. He told her that he was work
ing on case involving a Richmond
man named Wilmer Stamer and said
ne needed her assistance. She said
Onderh1lls explanation of the nature
OF the case was very vague
He said he wanted. her to come to
Richmond and represent herself to be
wealthy and seeking real estate invest
ments.~ She was to receive S12 a week
and all her expenses. The woman &C.
cepted the offer and arrived in Rich
mond with Underhill late Friday night
of last week
Followed UnderhiII.
She says Underhill told her to fol-
low him at a distance of half block.
Finally, she says, they arrived at his
home in the east end When she
found out that Underhill lived in the
residence she refused to enter it, re-
minding him that he had promised to
secure room for her at a boarding
house.
Underhill then took the woman to a
boarding house, she says. Then, the
woman says, Underhill told her that
Clarkson was not his right name and
that he was not a detective
Amazed over his peculiar actions
Miss Provins demanded to be inform
ed just what Underhill expected her to
to do. She says that he then told
her he wanted her to become attentive
to Wilmer Stamer, alleged to have
been defrauded by Underhill, and if
she succeeded in infatuating him to in
duce him to accompany her to some
town in Ohio. After the elopment,
Miss Provins says, she was to take
Stamer to hotel and have him regis
ter her and himself as man and wife
Then she was to take Stamer to
room. The climax to the alleged con-
spiracy against Stamer was to come
with Underhill and some confederates
forcing their way into the room.
Underhill was to denounce Stamer
as a violator of the Mann white
slave" act, and as a wife desorter,
according to the story Miss Provins
told Prosecutor Keller
Plead for Protection.
After Underhill had done this Miss
ProVins was to plead for the prctec-
ton of her good name, whereupon
Underhill was to declare that he would
keep silent only with the assurance
that Stamer was to remain way from
Indiana and not to appear as a wit
ness when the fraud case was called
for trial at New Castle
Miss Provins asserts that she in
formed Underhill that under no con-
sideration would she be a party to
such transaction. Then she says.
she decided to report the matter to the
prosecuting attorney.
The fraud case involving Underhill
resulted from a real estate transac-
ton several months ago. 1t is al
legged that Underhill offered to trade
a five-room dwelling on North Nine
teenth street to Stamer for the prop
erty owned by Stamer on the same
street. Underhill was to give Stamer
additional compensation.
State Presents Case.
The state charges that when the
deeds were exchanged the deed re-
ceived by Stamer was to a three
room house, adjoining Underhlll's
larger property, of value of $500
The state asserts that while Stamer
was still under the impression that he