The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-28
ANDY REED DENIES
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
MARSHALL MURDER

EATON, Ohio, March 2S.-Andy
Reed. II years old, held in the county
Jail here in default Of $1,000 bond on
charge of driving away and con-
cealing a stolen automobile, has been
questioned by Marshal Willard Arm
strong concerning the killing of Bob
Marshall. game warden, Camden, on
the Ernie Line farm, near Camden.
Jan. 2S, last, but he declares he knows
nothing about the murder, the mar
shall says. Reed is said to be
nephew of Eli Benton, under indict-
ment for the murder of Marshall, and
who has successfully evaded capture.
Reed admits he was at the Benton
home three days preceding the MUIR
| der of Marshall, but that that was the
! last time. Marshal Armstrong says
Reeds statements concerning his last
visit to the Benton home before the
murder are corroborated by Bentons
son, Hubert, and brother-in-law, ]. G.
Williams, who have been held in the
county Jail since the murder.
/ Reed declared emphatically he does
not know the whereabouts of Benton,
Marshal Armstrong says. The mar
shall went to Irvine, KY, near where
l
Eaton. He was held in jail there on
a minor charge.
| Officers on Watch
/ Marshal Armstrong says he learned
at Irvine that officers there have been
on the lookout for Benton since the
/ Marshall murder. He also says the
/, officials there do not think Benton has
or will come to that section of the
country, where he formerly lived be-
fore coming to Preble county year or
longer ago, as he also is wanted there.
Two brothers of Benton live in the vi
cinity of Irvine and both are well-to-do,
it is said.
/ Reed and his mother are said to
have come from Kentucky to Hamil
ton, where they lived for a time and
/ then went back to their old home near
Irvine
Benton's wife, Mile, and their five
children were released several days
ago from the county infirmary, where
they were held after the Marshall muir
der, and are now in Hamilton, accord
ing to County Prosecutor R. G. Sever,
who states he consented to their re-
lease. 1t is not know generally that
they have left the infirmary.
Christian Endeavor President
i Reorganization of the Preble county
Christian Endeavor union has been eff
fected by electing the Rev. A c. Barn
hart, u B. church, Eaton, president.
Heber O'Hara, Campbellstown is vice
president; Fay A. Gardner, Eaton, sec
rotary; Frank Wright, Eaton, treas
urer.
Five unions or societies in the coun-
ty participated in the reorganization.
The remaining 10 or dozen societies
are expected to join the county union.
The Rev. Frank l.. Erect. secretary
of the state union, assisted in reorgan-
! izing the local county union. Plans AT
this time are to hold a county conven-
ton of the new union early in June In
) Eaton.
Granted Divorce
Ida Hinea has been granted a di-
vorce from Henry A. Hinea, ex-county
commissioner of Preble county, on
grounds of gross neglect and extreme
cruelty The decree was granted Mon.
day by Judge A. C. Risinger in com
mon pleas court. They had been mar
ried 81 years and have three children.
! all of age.
Report Thieving
L. T. Koontz and Ben Wolf, farmers
living near Eaton, reported to police
here that their garages at their homes
had been entered by thieves, who
stripped two cars in each garage. Be
sides various appliances taken, an en-.
tire wheel was taken from car in
leach paraCp