Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1915 — Court Martial Board to Try Sergeant Ball Named. [ARTICLE]

Court Martial Board to Try Sergeant Ball Named.

Thirteen officers of the Indiana National Guard, constituting a general court-martial board, were named Thursday to try the case of Sergeant Edwin Ball, who as a member of a provost guard during the summer camp of 1913 shot and killed Private Walter Dowell, who had tried to escape after being placed under arrest. Maj. George H. Healey, of Rensselar,' was named on the board, which is to convene in Indianapolis on Sept. 7th, and sit without regard to hours, which means that it will sit until the case is fully determined. After the killing Ball was indicted by the Marion county grand jury, but when the case came up for trial the civil court ruled that it was without jurisdiction and that the accused sergeant should be tried by a military court. It was on this account that the board was appointed.