The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-01
Rulings Sees
N0CAUSE FOR.
PROSECUTION
Solicitor Has Fully Invest.
gated Death Of Gloria
Hauser
OFFICERS OF LAW AND
CORONER ALL CONCUR

Before coroner's inquest,
called this morning to inquire in.
to the death of Gloria Hauser,
IL, Of Miami Beach, Fla, whose
body was found at High bridge
on Tuesday afternoon. August
II, Solicitor C. o. Rulings, Of
Forest City, representing the
state, took q mol pros in charges
Of murder and statutory carnal
knowledge against T. D. (TexJ
Hazelwood, %, step-father of the
child.
The inquest was adjourned af.
ter statements by Solicitor Rid.
ings and Fred E. Barrett, Indi.
annapolis, Ind, attorney, repre-
senting the Dollman family,
grandparents of the child, and
Hazelwood walked from the
courtroom as q free man. ...
The mol pros was taken, Rid.
ings said, with the understanding
that IF evidence is later produc-
ed, this man, the defendant who
is here, can be produced and tried
in Henderson county"
The inquest, continued from
last Saturday at the request of
Solicitor Rulings, convened this
morning at 1920 o'clock before
a crowd of about TOO people in
the courtroom. ...f
After the action Of the solici.
tor and adjournment Of the In.
quest, large numbers Of people
crowded around Hardwood and
his father, Oh. Hsxeiwcod, Of
Goose Creek, Tex, to offer them
congratulations.
Addressing the. court az II con.
vened, Solicitor Rulings aid; y
"Your honor, In addressing
your court, l am speaking at the
same time to the public Of Hem
derson county and elsewhere. b.,
"For the last % hours I have
been busily engaged in this case.
! have worked with your honor,
and I wish to say that the cor
oner of Henderson county has
investigated this case thoroughly.
eve have some suspicious evi.
dence, we have some circumstan-
tial evidence, we do not have any
concrete evidence. ! have talked
with Sheriff Garren Deputy w.
A. Garren) and asked him after
we had gone over all the evidence
if he would be willing to convict
T. D. Hardwood on the testi-
mony we have. He said he would
not. '%-
81 have talked with the coroner
and asked him the same question,
after he had been investigating
since August II. He made the
same statement to me that Sher.
iff Garren made. I have talked
to the chief Of police, Otis Pow
ers, and I think I asked him the
same question. They are all Of
the opinion that we would not
convict under the testimony.
GAS for myself, representing
the state of North Carolina, I
would not convict him under The
evidence we have. He may be
guilty. I do not accuse him. do
not make any intimation that he
might be guilty. I just say that
he might be guilty, but we have
not the evidence to prove this.
81 have gone over all this mat.
ter with the attorney, Mr.. Fred
E. Barrett, of Indianapolis, Ind,
who is q prominent and outstand-
ing attorney in that state. We
have studied the testimony from
every angle. I find that we have
a suspicious case and q few cir
cumstances which might point to
the guilt of this man, but ! have
come to the conclusion that a
Jury of Henderson county would
not convict, and as the solicitor
representing the state, l would
not ask for that conviction under
the testimony. ,
81 think it would be q VAN
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