Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-29
INDICTMENTS
MAY CONCERN
JUDD AFFAIR
Secret Documents Returned By
Grand Jury Believed To Name
Woman's Aides.
SLAYER CLOSELY QUIZZED
New Developments Expected In
Phoenix Tragedy Following
Action OF Grand Jury.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 20. U.P)-
The Maricopa county grand jury
today returned nine true bills
against an unknown number of
persons.
Whether the secret indictments
resulted from It's sudden investiga-
tion of the Winnie Ruth Judd case
or its inquiry into alleged political
activities of the Arizona industrial
accident commission was not made
known.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 20. W.P)-
The Maricopa county grand jury
was expected today to return one
or more indictments in it's suddenly
reopened investigation of the mulr-
ders of Agnes Ann e"Roi and He'd
Wig Samuelson, for the first of
which Winnie Ruth Judd is sem
fenced to die.
Forecast of new indictments was
predicated upon the extensive hear
ing the grand jury accorded the
condemned woman and upon its
implied assurance it would resume
the investigation today.
Although the utmost secrecy sur
rounded the grand jurors actions,
reports persisted they we're inter-
ested in ascertaining if one or more
persons were with Mrs. Judd when
she allegedly dismembered the bo-
dies of her two friends and shipped
them in her luggage to Los An
geleS.
From Los Angeles came the dis
closure from one of her attorneys
that Mrs. Judd probably had i'm
plicated a prominent Phoenix busi-
ness man in describing how she had
disposed of the bodies.
II believe Winnie is telling true
story of what happened" Attor-
ney Arthur Verge said. whether
it will mitigate her case remains
to be seen. I doubt seriously that
anyone will be convicted as an
accomplice."
Declaring his client few days
ago had professed both to himself
and Sheriff j. r. McFadden of
Phoenix a desire to go before the
grand jury, the Los Angeles attor-
ney said she again insisted she
shot the two women in self-de-
fense.
"She told me she was alone with
the two girls at the time of the
shooting" Verge costinued. AFTER
ward this man entered and they
worked over one of the girls, be-
lieving she was still alive. When it
was apparent both were dead the
man told Winnie to leave and he
would arrange things for her.
Questioned For Hours
"Winnie was instructed to return
the next day and get the trunks in
which the bodies were placed. She
found the body of Miss Samuel
son had been dissected, and placed
in a smaller trunk. Then she had
the luggage sent to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Judd'S appearance before
the grand jury came Unexpectedly,
the day after her attorneys had
asked a rehearing of the Arizona
state supreme court which, in pre-
viously denying a new trial fixed
next Feb. II as the date of execu-
ton.
For more than four hours she
was closeted in the grand jury
room. Her voice, vibrant with ex-
citement. could be heard on the
outside, but her words were unin-
telligible. She was pale and obvious
ly shaken when she finally emerged
but frightened Immediately when
she saw her husband, DR.. William
Judd, waiting for her. She was
promptly led back to her small
whitewashed cell in death row. in
Florence state prison where she
will await death or new trial.