The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-20
POSSE TRAILS
FUTILE CLEW
MURDERER
Lawrence County Sheriff
and Party Seek Ewing
Near Mitchell, Ind.
GIVEN LIFT BY MAYOR
Carpenter Says Suspect
Stayed at His Home
Three Days.

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Willard Ewing, fugitive suspect IN
the Mt. Comfort double ax-slaylng'
fed to Kentucky and may escape
canture for weeks, in the BELIEF Oh
Lawrence County authorities, VINO
TODAY made a fruitless search tor
the man in the vicinity OF Mltcnell'
Ind. ten miles south of Bedford.
: Sheriff Harry G. Gordon ana
Bedford police, John Peyton and
Glenn Lenonn made up the posse
that sped to Mitchell this morning
on a report that man answering
Ewings description was seen IN thaV
locality.
Mavor John r. Andrews OF Bed
ford reported to police here that a
Bedford merchant, after seeing
Ewing's photographs, said he Is sure
Ewing is the man he picked up just
west of Bedford Sunday at = a. m.
and gave a ride of three miles.
On Way to Kentucky
The informant said the man ex-
nlained he was going to see MS SIS
fer at Owensville, KY, and asked
to be directed. to Route 81, the Dixie
highway. 1T.
Having succeeded once in obtain
ing employment on farm SINCE
his escape, Ewing might take Such
work near Bedford, police believe.
Bedford police and the sherln
and deputies Wednesday MADE
thorough search for Ewing along
the east fork of the White River
south of Bedford, without uncover
ing ~ trace.
indianapolis Detectives Mangus
and Stages today had succeeded IN
tracing Ewing's movements from
the time of his escape at the IN
dana state Farm Sept. 10 to ms
departure from the Boyles home'
2342 Brookside Ave-, last SATURDAY
night.
CARPENTER Gives Trace
with him. when he drove away
from the Boyles home, we're his sec
ond wife. Mrs. Zenith Burress
Ewing. and her stepfather, DAVID y.
RovIes. whose aX-hacked pooies
we're found Monday morning at ltne
side of the Thirtieth st. Rd.' ELEVEN
miles east of Indianapolis.
From Ed Beach, a carpenter, u
oA5 Menkeer ST., the detectives
learned of Ewing's activities the
Neek Immediately following MS
escane from the Indiana State Farm,
where he served but three days u
q six-month sentence for blgamy'
ewing had deserted his first VIE
N6rs Mary Day Ewing, of McCoras-
Vile two months before marIyins
NEiSS Burress bigamously, Oct. T.
1926. - i,nou,
Reach said he came to know
Ewing through the carpenter naue;
which both followed. He related
that on Sept. 20, the day aIter Ew w.
ino,s escape, Ewing came TO tne
pescb home. When Beach asked,
oWhen did you get out?, EWING
answered, yesterday.
Stayed at Beach Home
thinking Ewing probably was
,,oro1ed Beach consented to MS
stovine with them for a while. In
tI,e coI1rse of three three Gays stay
Reach and Ewing went fishing To-
oet5er and nothing was said aoout
the ESCAPE. Beach told police.
"Thursday night, Sept. y, ne
asked me to drive out to an +. Mc-
Carty st. address, where ne unoei
stood mis- first wife was llvlng' salo
Reahh "When we didn't find nef
there, I drove him to McCorosViiie'
hut she wasn't there either.
"He then asked me to drive MN
IN 2342 Brookside Ave-, where ms
second wife lived with the Boyles
and I let him out there. he sa1o
he would stay there all night. he
still was in the old clothes given him
at the State farm"
Appears at Jones Farm
Police say Ewing left the Boyles
home the next morning, Sept. 70
and it was two days later that ne
appeared at the farm OF Danel
Jones, one mile east OF Plaintield
Ind, and found work.
There he remained until las'
Saturday night, when he stole
Jones car and used it, police are
certain, in taking his second wife
and her stepfather toward Green
field.
The car was found abandoned ter
miles south of Bedford, Monday end
returned to it's owner. Mr.. and Mrs
Jones identified Ewing by police
photographs and asserted that the
blood covered ak found near the
mutilated bodies Monday, had beer
stolen from their shed when the cal
was taken.
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