The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-21
MRS. BRICKER NOT TO
DROP ASSAULT CASE;
TO FILE new CHARGE

Ethel Bricker Tuesday issued a
sworn statement denying that she was
willing to drop the charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill, which
she caused to be filed against Mrs.
Viola Zimmerman last June. Mrs.
Bricker declared that the statement of
Paul Beckett, prosecuting attorney, in
his motion to dismiss that she is un-
willing to prosecute the case is false
and untrue" She declares that, the
case was dismissed without her knowl-
edge or consent. ~ ~.
Prosecutor Beckett said Tuesday,
when told of the Bricker statement,
that he had not planned to drop the
case but had intended to file charge
of assault with a deadly weapon to
take the place of the charge of as
sault with intent to kill Mr.. Beck
ett's statement follows:
After a thorough investigation |
was convinced that the assault with
intent to kill charge could not be
made, and l dismissed that case yes
terday, but with the stress of business
which called me out of Town on the
Dillon case. l did not get to file a
charge l intended to file, charging as
sault with deadly weapon.
'The case of assault with a deadly
weapon would take the place of the
charge of assault with intent to kill
Alleged Attack.
The case, which grew out of an al
legged attack upon Mrs. Bricker by
Mrs. Zimmerman in which the later is
alleged to have hurled hatchet at
Mrs. Bricker, was dismissed Monday
upon the motion of Prosecutor Beckett.
Mrs. Bricker will file a new affidavit
repeating the charges contai'>ed in the
affidavit upon which the former IN
dictment was founded and will demand
that Prosecutor Beckett again place
the facts before the grand jury
In her statement Mrs. Bricker
charges that she has never talked with
Mr.. Beckett about the case since the
facts were brought before the grand
jury and that the dismissal was a com
plete surprise to her
Sworn Statement
Mrs. Bricker'ss sworn statement fol
lows:
State of Indiana.
Wayne County, IS.
Ethel Bricker, being duly sworn up.
on her oath says; that the statement OF
Paul Beckett, prosecuting Attorney in
: a motion to dismiss a certain case OF
State of Indiana, Viola Zimmerman
: wherein the prosecutor stated that the
prosecuting witness, Ethel Bricker
was unwilling to prosecute the case is
false and untrue.
That she never talked with Mr. Beck
/ EFT about the matter since the case
was brought before the Grand Jury
) and that the case was dismissed with
out her knowledge or consent and
wholly to her surprise
That she has looked forward to the
, case being set for trial and is now
5 and has been ready for the trial oi
: said cause: that she makes this state
ment that the public will know the
} truth about the matter. and further Il
: cases of this character can be dismiss
/ ed in court without the consent of the
5 injured party then no one can lool
with favor of being protected by the
officers of the law.
t / am a citizen and tax payer o
, Wayne county, Indiana, and my char
acter and reputation has always beer
: of the highest and to let a case of 81
! much Importance be dismissed in cour
5 without voicing my disapproval II
4 such methods, especially when hay,
S been misquoted by the Prosecutin,
D Attorney would leave a very bad i'm
preston on the public, and to the ent
that | want only justice | hereby de
mand that the case be refiled and tn
5 same be tried in court where tn
facts can be stated to the jury o
e court.
y ETHEL BRICKER.
: Subscribed and sworn TO before m
/ this 21st day of Nov. 1922.
r HENRY E. LONG,
e Notary Public.
MY commission expires Aug. 10, 1922