The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-09
STATE READY
FOR START OF !.
DUvALL TRIAL
Mayor Faces Court Monday:
Corrupt Practices Act
Violation Charged.
SHIRLEY TO Be JUDGE
Names of So Prospective
Jurors Drawn; 28 on
Witness List.

Mayor John L. Duvall will 90 ON
Trial Monday in Criminal Court he
lore Special Judge oassius G. sbir-
icy charged with violation of thu
corrupt practices ACT.
Duvall's attorneys and nrosso,,
tors selected this affidavit oi,t 80
seven filed, one of which slieoss
S,laG former City Controller Willisn,
y. buser and Duvall conspired -
eoiiiinit a felony. When the trial On
Inc one affidavit opens, the nross- e.
cuCorS VIII be planning to carry ont
prosecution on other counts
Inc trial affidavit, filed with tha
otllers May II, charges DuyalI with
accepting $4,000 for his cannaion
iuno from William H. Arn,it.ee
local politician, and not listing ~
ainuont on the expense list f,led
WIN the county clerk. 1t also is al
ieeeo That for this amount DuvalI
promised Armitage he could h.na
Gne appointment of the citv enriS
bers. no Hleln-
SO Names Drawn
Sheriff Hawkins is serving f,ftv-
elgnt prospective jurors for the trial
whose names have been drawn bv
county jury commissioners
Both defense attorneys and nrose-
cutors have been supplied with a
,iSc OF the prospective Jurors and
nave studied them.
AS the time for the trial naars
oeIense and State announces that
al Is IN readiness. Prosecutors IA
ieVe jury will be selected in two
Gays while defense attorneys are Of
1he opinion that the jury selection
may take several days, possibly eT-
haustlng the list already drawn
Twenty-eight persons. includ;,,c
former city employees, politicians
members of the Ku-Klux KIan ana
newspapermen were included as
states witnesses in the affldavits
drawn up. 't'S
IApect ~ witnesses
IL was not believed all these
would be called. Prosecutors i,1d;-
GATED the number of witnesses MIGHT
not total twenty.
Deiense attorneys said that unless
larger fields of questioning than
were expected are opened. thew
would not introduce the testimony
OF large number of witnesses.
since May II, State and defense
steadily have progressed on tha
road toward the trial.
Nine names for special judres
were submitted before Shirley was
selected. After this, the defense
nled motions to quash, which were
oVerruled. When it became appar-
ent that all charges would stand
the defense Immediately asked for
selection of one of the afldayits for
trial.
This was done more than month
ago and was followed by naming
sept. IL as the trial date.
Special Venire Ordered
Tuesday, attorneys asked for a
special venire of petit jurors for tha
trial and Shirley ordered fifty. Judge
James A. Collins also issued an or
der for service on eight additional
members of the regular panel, in
case they are needed.
The Duvall af1davits were filed BY
Special Prosecutor John w. Holtz-
man. Emsley W. johnson, william
H. Sheaffer and Prosecutor William
H. Remy, after the second grand
jury probing alleged political cor
cuption was discharged.
The second group went out of
service after James E. Armitage.
brother Of William H., was SEN
fenced to three months in Jail and
fined $500 for attempting to bride
Claude Achey, member of the sec
ond jury. The first jury was dis
charged in December, 1925, after it
failed to bring in any indictments.
First Group Hits DuvaII
The Duvall affidavits were the
first of group returned by the
prosecutors in May. The second
group charged Earl S. Garrett, for
mer city market master, with charg-
ing exorbitant and illegal fees for
leasing market stands.-(
The third group charged City
Purchasing Agent John J. Collins,
with soliciting bride from a local
surgical instrument firm, promising
the company $4,000 contract with
the city.
Special judges to try these cases
will be selected Saturday.