Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-06

Tst instructed to investigate the Jail
'onditions. .o,-
VanCleavA was arrested June %, 1917
.ad charged with highway robbery. he
vas bound over to the Marion county
rand Jury by Judge James Deery IL
ne sum of $4,000. -
lie never was required to give the
TanCleave was indicted by the Mar
.p county grand jury and on Sept. =
a17 the indictment was mol pressed by
lI,ah J. Rucker, then prosecuting at
,rney.
ZINES STORY
Ills OF CASE.
The Times on June 25, 1917, printed
ne following story concerning this al
Adrian vanCIeve. 24, Of 627 West
Michigan street. who says he has
bqen employed since Jan. 1, 1916, as
m -.investa gator to assist Claude
Worlev. special Investigator for the
Marion county criminal court, was
beund over to the grand jury by
Iudce Deery in police court today
uuder S2.oaO bond on a charge OF
highway roD1ery. He is alleged 10
have robbed Omar Clark, 1916 Mar
tindale avenue, Of between SIS ana
SO on the night of June 10.
According to Clark's testimony
he drew his weeks wages that day
and started out to have good time.
lie SAYS that at 5 P. N. he met van
CIeve and another man on Indiana
axenue. He said they visited several
saloons and then went 70 the Bun
.~alov'' on Fall creek. northeast OF the
ar
tested. saving as he was an 'investi-
GATOR for the criminal court he might
he known out there. The others
finally prevailed upon him to go, he
said.
at the Bungalow, Clark testi-
fed. they each had a bottle Of beer
The Bungalow has no saloon IL
cense and is supposed 70 sell only
near beer' and other soft drinks
clark insisted, in spite Of close ques-
tioninR. that IL was real beer they
bought. He declared it was simple
natter for the initiated TO buy booze
at the Bungalow.
According 70 testimony, the men
left the Bungalow in a taxicab Ior
which CLARK paid. Clark declared
fl1at when they left the taxi the man
with VanCleve held him while Van
CIeve went through his pockets ne
said he did not know just where the
alleged robbery occurred, as II was
in a part of town strange 70 him-
Investigation Of the records at Ln'
city clerks office and in the police ue
,artment. show that NanCleye wa
me recipient Of many favors while res'
ing under the charge of highway TOD
,'sry. I'll.
Contrary to the usual custom his pic
ture was not taken for the Bertliioi
nles.
Contrary to the law and usual pro
rrdure. he was not compelled TO CAV
,n. 50 OOa bond which was ordered o.
Judge Deery.
ana finally. after he had been indicted
Isl the grand jury in criminal court n
- not required to stand trial
sstCRER SAYS HE
I. ENEMBERS CASE.
Alvab ]. Rucker says he has a clea
Of the case against Van
fsave and saws Ii was dismissed be
.lse the prosecuting witness came T.
-,n ana declared that he could no
nifty VanCleve as the man wn'
ad robbed him.
quicker says that yanCleve wa
tt employed as an investigator to as
fsr Worley. but was employed by tn
Marion county commissioners as an In
,estigator.
tucker also says that he had a per
-oual ACQUAINTANCE with VanCleve AM
rad al one time made his home with tn
EanCIeve family.
Following VanCIeve's release from
ne charge of highway robbery in tn
riminal court, he is reported to hav'
cen employed as an investigator" b.
ie state board of pharmacy and late
.t.u by the state fire marshal, eventu
~ taking the job under Miller at tn
onrtv tail. where his conduct and tba
the others was such as to bring hin
. light In the federal investigation.
s ANCLEAVE IN
.TATEMENT.
vanCleave came to The Times ofic
his afternoon and said he wished Z
ke a statement in reference to his case
He said he has never harmed pris
arer in the county jail or any jail 10
sat matter.
He asserted that he went to Distric
storney YanNuys and Prosecutor Adam
I'd requested them to allow him to ap
ear before the federal and county gran'
rries.
YanNuvs was noncommitaI, he said
bfIe Adams promised to give him
airing before the county grand jury.
yanCleave said he became a deput,
rerff under Miller following his returl
-orn the navy and that he later serve'
~ prison guard and outside deputy
.5ing TO various state institutions.
; BDERAL JURY
i3IPANELED.
The federal grand jury was impannele'
" Judge A. B. Anderson this morning.
No reference to the Marion county jai
randai was made by Judge Andersen
nring his instructions to the grand jury
which has twenty-three members.
Action by the grand jury on dis
closures concerning the county jail vii
depend largely on the provisions Of
contract between Sheriff Robert F. Mile
md the United States government,
,opy of which has been requested from
he Office Of the attorney general.
Judge Anderson merely gave the usua
Instructions to the jury today and the.
Immediately went into session which
expected to last three weeks.
sX-JAIL EMPLOYEES
Want To TESTIFY.
Former Marion county Jail employees
.euerally considered proper subjects TO
Indictment, today asked Prosecutor Ad
ms to be admitted into the county grant
ury to tell their side" of the jail scan
laI.
These men are Charles Kemp, forme
gard, and Adrian VsnCleave, who hs
/ court record and who has received i'm
nunity at the hands of the good cit
,zens' league of Office holders.
Adams said he told Kemp he ''woul,
consider the matter"
Kemp was not admitted to the juT,
oem this morning.
The grand jury was occupied all morn
fCouffuuad an pa~a TwoN