Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

Lieut.. Kelly personally, think that the
police investigation was conducted in
perfunctory manner" one juror de-
clared. II had never seen Shelby before
the grand jury investigation, but l IN
tend to be present at the investigation
of thu charges against them. AS the
grand Jury made the charges which led
to their suspension, I believe that, II
possible. all members OF the jury should
be there to give their opinion. The in
vestigation Of the Mcpherson case was
extremely interesting, as all witnesses
gave important testimony, and the tes-
timony of each was as important as
that Of the Others
Calls Statement Pitiful.
No. 6-This Juror, a woman, described
the appearance Of Inspector Shelby be-
fore the jury and the 'p1tifui statement
he made"
Before the investigation was con-
Guided, and at time when several wit
nesSes were yet to be heard, Mr.. Shelby
frankly stated to the jury that the IN
vestigation had been bungled," she said.
She felt sorry for Shelby and thought
all the jurors felt sorry for him.
He said candidly that conduct OF
the case had been careless and neglect
W.. NJ
it more than anything that had occurred
in his 28-year career" she recalled.
Shelby told the jury that evidence had
been brought out that in his opinion
tended to disprove the theory OF suicide.
Mr.. Shelby assumed responsibility
the woman juror said. with tears in
his eyes, he said 1t hurt him very much
to realize the investigation had not been
thorough. He did not name any MEN,
Der of the Police Department, but the
impression got from his statement was
that he depended on others to conduct
the investigation in all its details and
that he himself had been unacquainted
with many of the facts later disclosed"
Lieut.. Kelly, on the other hand, con-
tended Stubbornly that the investigation
had been Thorough, the woman said. He
was in the jury room when Shelby
made his statement, she said, and still
insisted that everything had been
thorough.
The testimony Of DR.. German, the
last witness heard by the grand jury.
was very impressive" the woman juror
said She stated that DR.. German ex-
pressed the opinion that Mrs. McPher-
son did not commit suicide. Further
more. in reply to questions from jurors,
Dr. German expressed surprise that he
had not been called as a witness at the
coroner's investigation or previously to
the grand Jury.
The special report Of the grand jury
did not charge Shelby and Kelly with
criminal negligence; the woman pointed
out, but with negligence. Il felt sorry
for Shelby" she said. The fact re-
manned that the public is not protected
adequately when Investigations OF such
importance admittedly are slipshod
The majority report In favor OF the
special recommendation was larger than
the vote on the indictment itself. Some
of those who did not vote for the muir
der indictment did not want to vote at
all; others wanted to vote for John
Doe murder indictment and others
wanted to vote for a suicide verdict"
AS best rs she could recall, the vote
on the murder indictment was Is to 10.
She preferred not to appear before
the Bride-Davison investigation OF the
detectives. The jury reported as body,
she pointed out, and expressed the
thought that individual jurors might
prejudice the prosecution"
Nc IA man juror. less commune
cative than the woman; confirmed her
version of Shelby's statement to the
jury. This man thought Frye. the
taxi-driver, and DR.. German offered
! important testimony. The youthful
Mcpherson appeared In not unfavor-
able light. the man said.
He appeared to be a clean-cut young
| fellow and was not under great strain.
He answered questions clearly and
promptly" The juror said the %
jurors asked questions whenever each
wished and that Mcpherson was not
phazed by them or by the questions
of the two assistant district attorneys
While the Juror would not say
how he voted on the special report
! on the police, he indicated that he had
voted for the indictment of Mcpherson
| as the slayer.
He doubted the wisdom of appearing
| before the Bride-Davison board, how
ever, and said he would not 60 unless
the grand jury foreman approved.
No. Still another male Juror
| adopted a combative attitude when in
| terviewed. He was atold that several
of the jurors had discussed the inves-
tigation in more or less detail. who
| have you talked with?" the man asked
! The names of two were mentioned
and the mans reply was:
II didn't agree with either of them.
"Then you didn't vote for the spe-
cial report condemning Shelby and
Kelly"
Q1Qn Z tunlk Tic ucICCttteS OuSALt
! to be brought into the thing ut all, he
asserted.
Would you care to appear before
| the board investigating their connec-
ton with the case and their conduct OF
the Investigation"
IT don't know whether would or
not When does 1t nneet?' The in
! formation forthcoming. the man replied
s"Call me and tell me the hour and day
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