Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1917 — Man Charged With Incest Is Proven Innocent. [ARTICLE]

Man Charged With Incest Is Proven Innocent.

Dr. Mell Kendall, a former Fowler resident, now of Kniman, was arrested recently charged with incest on his daughter and looked up in the Williamsport jail, but was released after it was found that the charges were false. The following is from the Williamsport Pioneer: “Dr. Meli Kendall, the former Judyville veterinarian, who was put in jail here last week on a charge of incest upon his own daughter, has been released. Two physicians exam - ined the girl at the sheriff’s home land founu no evidence of crime with which Kendal’ was charged and both the father and daughter were given their liberty. They returned to their home near Kniman.