The Washington times., 1924-09-08
GIRL READY
To BARE
Is
FACTS
Miss Brandon, Victim, Re-
mains in JaiI-2oo to 800
Persons Will Testify

cRGOLR4OAS mu'S OSpC' o.
Witnesses in the Myersville tai
and feather case have been sum.
moned by Sheriff Albaugh to ap-
pear before the grand jury on
Wednesday to testify in the most
sensational case that has come
before the local court in twenty
years, with the exception of the
famous Kepner murder trial last
fall. The grand jury convened
today, the opening day of the
fall term of court, but the Myers
vile case will not be investigated
until Wednesday.
Victim is to Testify.
Not more than half a dozen wit,
nesses have been summarized up to
this time. States Attorney William
M. Storm said today that others
may be subpoenaed between now
and Wednesday. He feels, how
ever, that those summoned will be
able to give all the testimony
needed to bring about a number
of indictments.
The most important witnesses are
Miss Dorothy Grandon, the nine,
teen-year-old victim, now in Jail;
James Whip, a farmer, near
Myersville, to whose home Miss
Grandon ran after being tarred and
'feathered and who protected her
from further mistreatment; and DIR.
r. v. Hauver, of Middletown, who
was called to prescribe after she
had been attacked.
In addition to Mrs. Mary Shank
who admitted applying the treat.
ment, and eight young men under
bond in the sum of $4,000 for the
action of the grand jury, States At.
torney Storm expects to indict a
number of others.
Fifty Men Stood By.
Miss Grandon testified at the
preliminary hearing before Justice
Brust two days after she was
tarred and feathered that approx.
mately fifty men stood by and saw
her mistreated. Mrs. Shank and
several other witnesses testified that
about forty persons were on the
scene.
Justice Brust stated that those
who stood by and watched the pro-
ceedings were as guilty in the eyes
of the law as the actual partici-
pant.
States Attorney Storm will make
an effort to indict every person
who witnessed the attack. upon the
young woman.
Miss Grandon and Whip know
the majority of those in the crowd.
From these witnesses the State ex-
poets to get its most important evil
dence.
Realizing that the affair has
brought stigma and odium upon
the community, Myersville people
are extremely reticent on the SUBJ
tect. Leading citizens decline to
discuss the matter and the average
person has very little to say
about it.
Help for Young Woman.
So tsunwilling have been citizens
to talk about the affair that States
Attorney Storm has had difficulty
securing witnesses for the grand
jury. However, those who have
been summoned are fully acquainted
with the case from the viewpoint
OF the prosecution and will be able
10 give the grand jury all the in
formation it desires, he said.
One or two persons in the vicinity
OF Myersville have recently been
very active to secure the release Of
Miss GrandOn from jail. One, q
leading farmer, made several visits
to the States attorney in behalf of
the young woman.
Miss Grandon, however, is very
well satisfied to remain in Jail until
after the case is given to the grand
jury. In fact, she prefers to stay
where she is held only as State
witness. She is given privileges
withheld from other prisoners and
she feels safer in jail than any.
where in the county.
Letters from Bugs.
She has received dozens of letters
from all over the country express.
ing sympathy, offering assistance,
and. proposing marriage. She looks
NPNAA AAOAJ Va IALC IHlSSlNeS as COl0-
ing from bugs" and has paid
practically no attention to them.
:. Trials under indictments returned
by the grand jury will be after Sen.
TENDER rs, when the criminal
docket is taken up. 1t is expected
that 200 or 900 witnesses will be
summoned before the jury, whicn
will probably remain in session two
weeks.
The Myersville case. however.
.overshadows all the others. The
eight men-Calvin Shank, Graya0n
Doub, Harry Leatherman, Paul
.Grossnickle, Arthur Rice, Alvin
Rice, Roma Shank, and Irving X.
Rtce-implicated in the tar and
-feathering, have retained Attorney
Reno S. Harp, States Attorney
storm will conduct the prosecution.