The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-05

| gan city Tor safe Keeping.
Among other witnesses were Detec-
tives McGlenn and McMurtrie, who
worked on the case. Police are in
charge of producing witnesses for the
investigation from the list Of those
previously questioned by them or
officers who have worked on the case,
said Claude NJ. Worley, Criminal
Court Investigator. No subpoenas are
being ISSUED. The investigation was
continued this afternoon.
Quiz on Auto CIew
Among other witnesses expected to
appear are the two men who said they
saw Shaw in an automobile with a
woman early on the morning the
body was discovered and several col
ored persons held on vagrancy charges
after their stories led to the arrest of
Shaw.
The colored persons held are Jerry
| Sykes, S1S n. West ST. who is said
to have pawned Mrs. Whelchel s
| watch: James Kelley, 401 w. Pratt
/ ST.. said to have given the watch to
/ Sykes after receiving it from Shaw.
| and Clara Lee Smith, 437 Bright ST..
/ who was wearing Mrs. WhelcheTs
diamond ring and said 1t was given
to her by Shaw, according to de-
! tectives.
Deputy Prosecutor Daniel V. White
Is In charge Of the probe.
! All speed possible in questioning
witnesses will be made, it was indi-
Gated with the announcement by
Prosecutor William P. Evans that the
jury would meet this afternoon, an
unusual proceeding.
The investigation may be concluded
| tomorrow, Worley thought.
Belford With Staley
Harry Belford, street ear conductor,
1901 Broadway, today substantiated
the statement Of John Staley, street
car motorman, $40 n. Liberty ST., that
he saw Shaw in an automobiles with
a woman the morning the body of
| Mrs. Whelchel was found.
Detectives hold the theory that
Shaw, intending to rob Mrs. Whel-
chel. dragged her into his automobile
at Iowa and East Sts.. about midnight
the night of Nov. q, and after driving
around for several hours, threw her
body from the High School Rd. bridge,
one miles north of Ben Davis, to the
Big -Four Railroad tracks below, where
the body was found.
Belford and Staley were members
of a hunting party. They said they
met q Ford touring car about two
miles north of Avon, Ind, at about 5
g. m. the morning the body was found.
The body was found at 1920 a. m.
Avon Is six miles west of the High
SCHOOL, Rd. bridge.
Both Belford and Staley declared
after seeing picture of Shaw that he
was the man in the car. They also
identified Shaw's automobile. held by
police, as the car they met.
I'VE met the Ford tourig car with
only one headlight burning" said
Bedford. "It was the left light. In
the rear seat was the form of a wom-
an slouched down as If she were
asleep. I am positive the man in the
car was Shaw"
II was close enough to the other
car to have touched It," declared
Staley, according to detectives.
Both Cars Going Slowly
''The car was crowding us off of
the road. Both of us were driving
slowly. I recognized Shaw through
pictures in the newspapers. did
not connect the incident with the
murder until after I saw Shaws pic
| ture.
Staley pointed out that the right
headlight on the car he passed was
not burning. The right headlight on
the car held by police is broken.
Staley also described a peculiar
shape of the top of the car he passed,
tallying with that Of Shaw's car, po-
| lice say.
Virgil Gwinn, 2172 N. Gale ST., and
Dale Ritzler, SIG Highland Ave, who
were with Staley and Belford, said
they did not notice the persons in
the other car.
DR.. r. H. Alburger, city chemist,
said he expected to determine today
whether spots upon Shaws cGx.
which he found to be dried blood,
| were human blood.