Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-09
EVIDENCE F[|MSY
IN DANSEY PROBE
No Indictments Believed Likely
to Result Unless Stronger
Case Is Built Up
FINISH INQUIRY MONDAY

SpeciaI Dispatch to Evening Public Ledger
Mays Landing, N. j., Oct. 0. -
Stronger evidence than any produced
go far In the Dansey mystery must be
presented to the Atlantic county grand
jury Monday by Prosecutor Edmund G..
Gaskill, Jr., IL indictments are to be
brought against the accused persons in
the case.
This was the declaration today of
persons closely connected with the in
vestigation of the disappearance of the
Dauscy boy. Following the adjournment
OF the grand jury last night, 1t was de-
clared the mystery of BILLY '" Dansey's
death was no nearer solution than It
was a year ago when he disappeared.
The grand jury will reconvene Monday
to conclude questioning of the score Of
witnesses summoned.
The examination Of the seven wit
nesses yesterday brought out nothing
new in the case. Three Of these were
physicians and one an undertaken, who
handled the body found in Folsom
swamp that was identified Us that Of
the missing boy.
The only member Of the whrSe fam
lily examined was Elise White, the four.
teen -yearold daughter of James White.
brother OF the accused man. She was
questioned on the family relationship
and history. An effort to put James
White, Jr., ten years old. on the stand
resulted in the lad breaking down under
the strain. He was excused for the day.
but was subpoenaed to appear again to
be questioned Monday.
Mrs. Susan White, mother OF the bow.
was indignant over the prosecutors 4
action in calling the lad to "testify
against his uncle and mother" A war.
rant was said to have been sworn ont
for her arrest in connection with the
Dansey boys death at the same time
that Charles l.. White and Mrs. Edith
l.. Jones, the White housekeeper, were
arrested, but 1t was never served, ow-
ing to illness in the home.
What could little child tell them p"
she declared today. James and Elsie
were in school when Billy Dansey dis.
appeared and knew nothing of the cir
cunstances. 1t just goes to show the
righteousness of Prosecutor Gaskill's 8
handling of this case.'
THE ace in the hole" In the Dansey
investigation which Prosecutor Gaskill
has been so jealously guarding since the
arrest of White and Mrs. Jones last
December has come to light.
Prosecutor Gaskill's hopes for an in
dictment, and consequently a yindica
ton of his attitude IN tNo ~
to be based on the private detective work
of Frank j. Lore, of Bridgeton. Lore.
a former county detective, is said to
have acted in the capacity Of a private
investigator for Prosecutor Gaskill in
an effort to substantiate the man
slaughter charges against the Dansey
family's neighbors. He has been
conspicuous figure about the grand Jury
rooms the last few days, fitting from
room to room with the air of a man
of mystery. The Whites declare Lore
u r.V making himself obnoxious
about their home at Hammonton since
the arrest in h,s effort to ''cavesdrop'
or III" family and 0ain the confid"n e
Of different members OF the White
household.
Prosecutor Gaskill today had no com :
ment to make on the progress of the
case before the grand jury.
Asked IL he was satisfied with the re-
suits yesterday he replied, IL don't look
unhappy, dc II"
He said there was nothing to renort
that he would continue the examin-
alton Of witnesses before the grand Jury
on Monday, assisted by Herbert Il.
Voorhees,, the assistant prosecutor.