The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-15

Prosecutor William H. Remy
Thursday presented a motion for dis
charge of the entire grand jury to
Criminal Judge James A. Collins,
based on Achey's affidavit
No Real Estate
Mrs. Claude A. Achey told The
Times that she and her husband own
no real estate and, so far as she
knows, have paid no taxes upon per-
sonal property.
The tax duplicate shows that A.
Achey and wife. Maggie. POS y.
Belle Vieu Pl., own real estate. They
are relatives of Claude A. Achey.
Mrs. A. Achey said tho1 so far as
she knew the Claude A. Acheys own
no property.
A search of the transfer of title
record in the county auditors office
disclosed no transfer of property to
either Achey or Chamberlain.
The county assessors books were
searched for the names of Achey
and Chamberlain by County AS
SCISSOR Jack Douglas and his deputy,
William Reisner. The tax duplicates
were searched by Deputy Treasurer
Charles Clark and a woman as
sstant.
Jury commissioners were inter-
ested in the discovery by the )ther
officials that the names of the grand
jurors do not appear on the tax
duplicates.
According to regular procedure the
commissioners make up lists from
make sure they are right. The
names then are put on slips and
placed in the jury box AS grand or
petit jurors are needed the slips are
drawn from the box.
How the names of Achey and
Chamberlain got into the box was
not explained.
Lists Rechecked
Alex r. Holiday, jury commits
sioner, said:
THE law provides that jurors must
be freeholders or householders.
Whether a prospective juror is a
freeholder or householder should be
developed on cross-examination. The
names we place in the box are taken
from tax lists that have been re-
checked"
Told Of the discovery that Achey
and Chamberlain names were not on
the tax duplicate Judge Collins said:
I asked these men If they lived
with their families and were house
holders and they replied yes"
Harry C. Hendrickson, attorney,
who frequently sits as a special
judge in Criminal Court, and who is
former Republican County chair
man, is the other jury commissioner.
County Clerk George 0. Hutsell,
who acts with the two jury COM
missioners in drawing names of per.
sons for jury service. said he could
not understand how Achey and
Chamberlain names were drawn.
"WouId Like to Know"
"I would like to know, myself" he
said.
Records show that the name of
Dayton c. Condor, stepfather of
Achey, was drawn after Achey's.
Hutsell stated that Condons name
also was not on the tax duplicate.
On the jury list .Achey is listed
as living at GAL Z. Twenty-Second
ST.
Sheriff Omer Hawkins said that
he went to that address to sum-
mon Achey for grand jury service
and was unable to find him. He
then called relatives of Achey, but
they were unable to tell where
Achey lived, the sheriff said.
That night Achey called him and
said he learned from the newspapers
he had been drawn for jury service,
Hawkins said.
Acheys correct address is Gal E.
Thirty-Third st.
Judge Collins today said the mo-
ton presented by Remy asking dis
charge of the jury has not been
listed formally as filed.
"The records of the court do not
show it has been fled it has only
been presented by Mr.. Remy," the
judge said
The matter will be disposed of
Monday, he said, however.