Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — BADER TRIAL BEGINS; INDICTMENT IS QUASHED. [ARTICLE]

BADER TRIAL BEGINS; INDICTMENT IS QUASHED.

Alleged Fraud in Bridge Construction Case May Take Several Days in Circuity Court.

The case of the State of Indiana vs. Clinton L. Bader; of the Winamac Bridge Co., in Which he is charged with having presented a false claim to the county, came up for trial this Wednesday morning. Prosecutor Fred ::; Lowgw ell appeared for the State and Attorney George A. Williams for the defense. Following the reading of the grand jury indictment, the defense made a motion to quash the indictment on the ground of not setting forth that the defendant intentionally or knowingly presented a false claim. The motion was sustained. Prosecutor Longwell then made an affidavit alleging the same things set forth in the indictment and on this the case was admitted to court. Several of the regular panel of jurymen were excused and finally the following jury was selected to try the case: Emmet Eldridge, Alonzo Daniels, George JVlarr, Walter Harrington, Ed Catt, Wilbur D. Wasson, H. L. Williams, ILW. Kiplihger, Geo. T. Dean, Geo. A. iWntrager and Roscoe Garriott. \ Auditor J. N. Leatherman was the first witness called by the state, and the records, together with the blue print relating to the contract, were admitted to evidence, the court overruling the objections of the defense. Wallace Marshall, of the Lafayette Bridge Co., on whose testimony the indictment was procured, and who is to be the main witness for the state, was on hand. County Surveyor J. Frank Osborne, and Commissioners Pettit, Waymire and Denham were also on hand.

From Winamac, as character wit-* nesses, came Carl Riddick, publisher of the Winamac Republican and the last secretary of the republican state central committee; A. B. Diggs, manager of the Winamac Telephone Co., and S. A. March, cashier of the City National Bank. Mr. Bader is a leading citizen of Winamac, having been the former cashier of the City National Bank, and a member of the state legislature from Pulaski and White counties, some years ago. He bears the highest name for honesty and high cla4s citizenship. The second witness for the state was county Surveyor Osborne.