The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-11

ORDER CASE
Spec1n Grand Jury May be
Called to Investigate Lat
est Developments in
Crime.
HABEAs CORPUS WRIT
Arrested Man Proelaims Innocence OF
Knowing Anything About Death
Of the Perfect
Baby.
HABEAs CORPUS WRIT

special grand jury to investigate the
death OF Billy Dansey will be asked
for tomorrow, Edmund G. Gaskill,
prosecuting attorney, intimated today.
There are one or two things ex-
pect to clear up today and may ask
for special session of the grand jury
tomorrow, he said. With the evi-
dence we already have,.I have no
doubt that indictments will be found"
Counsel for Charles White, charged
with the murder OF the perfect" baby
and Mrs. Edith Jones, his house
keeper, charged with being an acces-
sorry after the fact, was expected today
| to apply for a writ of habeas corpus
to force their release from the county
! jail at Mays Landing.
i John Wilson, chief of county detec-
tives, today denied the statement
made by Edward H. White, Charles
/! father yesterday, in which the elder
White declared Wilson had intimated
Charles had killed the Dansey boy
with stone.
! Prosecutor Gaskill is doing all the
talking in this case" Wilson said 4
!neyer made any such statement to
Councilman White as he said Isdtd."
! Wilson and his assistant. Benjamin
Nusbaum, expected today to continue
their investigation Of mysterious
automobile alleged to have been seen
by two women to. stop within few
hundred yards of the swamp where
the Dansey boys skeleton was found.
| This occurred on Nov. 4, month after
Billy disappeared, they said. and
eleven days before the skeleton was
80 ho mo oh In a
may have been used to carry the re-
mains to the swamp which. is three
miles from the Dansey home.
According to the two women they
saw two or three persons leave the
automobile and go toward the swamp.
They were unable to determine their
sex or whether they carried any OBJ
ject.
This terrible mistake is liable to
ruin our lives" declared Mrs. Blanche
White, wife of the man charged with
murder Charley's arrest was guess
work My husband would not harm
either the Dansey boy or his dog.
Charley was always gentle. In all our
married life l have never seen him
display any temper. He could not
have been capable of the thing they
charge him with"
Gaskill expressed himself as "satis-
fled we have made no mistake in ar
resting White and Mrs. Jones'"
81 am standing behind my men In
this case and l accept full RESPONSE
bility for their action" he said.
Killed by Accident.
Il HAMMONTON, N. j., Dec. IL
Billy Dansey. perfect baby" whose
skeleton was found in a swamp neal
here month after he had mystert
'ously disappeared, was killed acci
dentally, It was positively stated by
a county official.
The official said several residents
. of Hammonton against whom no pub
lie suspicion had been directed, were
believed to have full knowledge o1
the manner of the boys death.
"This situation is tragic" he said
Had those responsible for, or hav
ing knowledge of the facts OF Bill,
Dansey's death, taken the autnoritie:
. into their confidence immediatel.
, after it happened, there would have
, been no mystery. the boys parent:
would have been saved a great dea
, OF suffering and the attitude of th'
: general public toward those who un
Willingly caused the boys dealt
: would have been one of sympath.
, rather than hostility.
"OT course 1t isn't too Tate, evel
, now, for them to tell us what the.
, know Until such confession
: made no further developments o
Importance will be given out by tn
, authorities before White (Charles, I
!, White) and Mrs. Edith Jones. hi
housekeeper are brought to trial"
!, None of the relatives or friends Q
!, White or Mrs. Jones was permitte
,, to visit them in the Mays Landin
:. Jail today. Both were said to be 1
good spirits, however, and continue
: confident they would soon be re
;, leased.
Headquarters Closed.
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