The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-03-13
3 Indictments
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cOmmOn-law wife of Haddix at Elm
Grove, W. Va, who was reported to
have disappeared from their home
near Wheeling before he went to the
kitzmiller section. Haddix married a
17-year-old Morgantown girl last
March. Haddix faces charges of rape
and carnal knowledge involving at
least one of his daughters. No infor-
nation concerning the details of this
case were disclosed by States Attor-
ney Dawson.
Wheeling police, however, made
search for Edith Chapman, 80, mother
of the children, and who had lived
with Haddix at Elm Grove. After re-
celvlng an anonymous letter Wheel
ing police said they excavated the
yard near the house but found no
trace Of a body. The unsigned letter
stated that HaddiX had been known to
threaten her before she disappeared.
The complete report of the grand
jurors follows:
TO THE HONORABLE THE
JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR GARRETT COUNTY, MD.
The Grand Jury for the March
Term, 1947, hereby submits it's report
as follows;
We have had before US in the
course of our investigation forty eight
witnesses and as result of the tes-
tlmony produced to us we have found
twenty-three presentments and TWEEN
ty-three indictments. In all cases
where the evidence warranted indict-
ments have been found where it was
clearly shown that there were viola
lions against the law.
Several cases have been before us
for investigation and while no definite
action has been taken because of the
tender age of certain individuals the
States Attorney has been instructed
to follow up on these cases and to
make suitable recommendations to
the Court
We have endeavored to carry out
the instructions given us by the pre-
siding Judge, Honorable George Hen
derson, and in each instance have been
governed by our obligations as Jurors
in the discharge of our duties.
We wish to call the attention to the
crime wave that seems to be prevail
emf, particularly among teen-age boys,
and we believe that from the informal
ton that has been presented to us that
every effort is being made to see that
the law is properly enforced.
In accordance with the Courts in
structions, inspections were made of
the jail, court house and the several
County Offices.
The committee that made the in
spection Of the interior of the Court
house reports that it is in generally
fair condition and with some needed
repairs and certain improvements that
it will be in good condition.
The committee that made the in
spection Of the Jail reports that it is
in good condition. The Jail proper is
clean and sanitary conditions are in
good shape; it is deemed advisable
to recommend that repairs be made
to the basement of the jail and that
the heating pipes be covered with as
bestos; the rain spouting on the jail
residence should be repaired at once
as considerable damage is beng done
to the building because of the lack of
repairs; other minor repairs should
be made of the jail and jail residence
and we understand that provisions
have been made to carry out this
work. Because Of recent Jail breaks
we recommend that repairs and i'm
provements be made to the cell lock-
ing devices and the control box all Of
which can be done with very little
expense.
In closing we desire to express our
appreciation to His Honor. George
Henderson and to the States Attorney
for the assistance that has been given
to us during our deliberations,
Respectfully submitted,
C. o. BENDER, Foreman.
II ROBERT Dewitt,
VIRGIL r. STEYER, Clerks