The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-06
GRAND JURY
WILL PROBE
BANK CRASH
Jurors Instructed to Discover
if Others Beside Kirlin Were
Responsible for the Bank S
Failure.
INVESTIGATE MURDER

Members of the grand jury for the
october term of the Wayne circuit
court were sworn in Wednesday and
! Immediately began an investigation of
circumstances entering into the recent
murder of Amos Carpenter by Elmer
jackson.
Carpe-.&s' was shot and killed by
jackson while he was standing on
Main street talking with Mrs. Fack-
son. 1t is alleged that jackson resent
ed Carpenters attentions to Mrs. Fack-
son.
The following are the members of
the grand jury:
Eugene Anderson, Wayne twp; Ed
gar Manning, Perry twp; Lindley
Pike, New Garden twp; Lawrence
Bond, Clay twp; Lindley Pike, New
Garden twp; Lawrence Bond, Clay
twp: Otto Weber, Webster twp; Ho-
ward Ridge, Wayne twp. Nathan
White was appointed bailiff for the
grand jury.
Has Two Assistants.
Prosecutor Gath P. Freeman is to
be assisted in his work with the grand
! jury by two deputies, Byram c. Rob-
bins and Paul Beckett.
1t was reported that Mr.. Robbins
! had been appointed a deputy prosecu-
tor for the particular purpose of assist
ing the grand jury in its investigation
of conditions entering into the failure
of the Farmers Bank of Milton, last
| July. following the suicide of the
cashier, Oscar M. Kirlin.
e 1t is believed that the grand jury
expects to take up the bank case i'm
mediately after it has acted in the
murder case. Shortly after the grand
jury had assembled Claude Kitterman
Of Cambridge City, receiver for tho
! Milton bank, and other men who had
been summoned as witnesses in the
bank case arrived at the court house.
Jury's Instructions
Judge William A. Bond read his in
structions to the grand jurors. Their
duties were carefully explained. Re-
ferring to the investigations of the
affairs of the Farmers bank Of Mil
ton, Judge Bond said: --
"The Farmers bank of Milton, Ind,
a private banking institution, was, by
order of this court some months ago,
placed in the hands of a receiver
This receivership, according to the in
formation given to the court, was
| made necessary on account OF the
peculations and defalcations of its
cashier, now deceased. Whether or
not any other person or persons We're
associated with him in these matters
is for your investigation, and If you
! find that any other person was asso
ciated with him in the commission OF
a crime, then it will be your duty to
charge such person by proper indict
ment.
ssTbo court does NOT have any
knowledge concerning this matter
other than mere rumor, but it Is your
duty to ascertain the facts"
To Inspect Institutions
i Various criminal matters will be
called to the attention of the grand
iury. and before it concludes it's ses
sion it will make thorough investi
CATION of the various county institu
tions.
Elmer jackson, who has been
bound over to the grand jury on a
charge of murder in the first degree
was in the court room when the jurors
were sworn in. He accepted each
juror. After the jury had retired
jackson begged the court for permits
sion to talk with his wife, who was
seated in the rear Of the court room
This permission granted. jackson
rushed to her. Mrs. jackson placed
her arms about her husbands neck
and sobbed softly. He returned her
embrace and for five minutes they
talked together with tears streaming
down their faces.
\ The grand jury was to remain in
session all of Wednesday and then
adjourn until next Monday.