The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
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disgruntled politicians are against
me-" the judge declared.
A new story regarding the book
in which Jury Commissioner Jacob
Cavanaugh kept names of good
jurors" was told by Dearth. He
previously had testified that all he
knew was that Cavanaugh had
book He said today he had told
both jury commissioners to prepare
lists of good citizens so that no
more dead men" or non-residents
would be drawn from the box. The
Cavanaugh book was that list
Again the judge admitted asking
Court Reporter White what trans
pired in the grand jury room. lie
excused this by saying that George
Dale's paper had articles regarding
packed juries and he wanted to know
what evidence the jurors were
getting.
Upon questioning by Senator l.. G..
Bradford (Rep). South Bend. Judge
+eDearth declared that there had not
been as many liquor convictions in
1927, as in former years. He blamed
Prosecutor Joe Davis.
Questions Upheld
For the second time Senator Will
liam<T. Quillin Rep). indianapolis,
tried to shield the judge from Sena-
tors questions by appealing to the
chair. Lieutenant Governor Van
Orman ruled, however, that the
Senators had right to interrogate.
1--WE want to know the facts
Senator Gray replied to the Quillin
charge that his questions were
prosecution.
Gray got the judge to admit that
he didn't think that there would be
any suspicion aroused when he deed
ed CavanaUgh a nearly worthless
twenty-foot lot to qualify him as a
freebooter so that he might be APP
pointed Democratic jury commits
sioner.
When Dearth resumed the stand it
developed that he had suffered al
most a complete lapse of memory.
He could not recall things he had
testified to on direct examination
Tuesday.
CrOss-eXamined by Representa-
tive DELPHI l.. MckessOn of the
House board of managers, he sub
mited twenty-five 81 do not re-
member" and one 81 cannot re-
CALL" answers to questions during
the first thirty minutes.
The photograph of Dearth jury
composed entirely of women, mostly
members of the w. c. T. L. and
Anti-Saloon League which found a
man named Edwards guilty of boot
Logging and fined him $500 and six
months in Jail was shown the judge
that he might recall the circum-
stances of its being taken. 1t was
not brought out that the case was
reversed by the Supreme Court for
lack of evidence.
FOrgets Picture
Judge Dearth could remember
little regarding the circumstances of
the picture. In fact he could not
even recall that he testified Tuesday
that it was taken during a recess.
Only vaguely could he say that he
had commented at the time that he
did not know whether he would care
to have his picture taken with a
bootlegger.
The prisoner was included in the
group photograph, taken on the
courthouse steps.
Had you requested that a woman
jury be selected in this case?" Nc
Kesson asked the judge.
81 had not"
"Who sent for the photographer"
II don't remember"
''Didn't you say that you didn't
know whether you wanted to have
your picture taken with a boot
legger?"
az perhaps did say something like
that, but L do not recall the exact
words"
Long Explanation
Dearth then launched into one of
his lengthy explanations which he
had been warned repeatedly to re-
frain from by Lieutenant Governor
F. Harold Van Orman. Tuesday. He