Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1920 — Page 30

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, FEIDAT, DECEMBER 10, 1920.

mmmm BENI ON REFORMS

Gene Williams Aids Federal Gcv-| ^^ n ^

wl»»t a remarkaMft waeartirfoty U» law naav b<s> anU h* a«ain app&ar» *b J £b® Apotiiaht i* the a*w Ibroom wifh which the fedexal srand

at ladlanapolls,

>sweep Monde clean, ima has not been served cna to appear before that hoojfht that he arm not be

ess for the government In the

M that persons here tfetnk

emment m fnvestigatiora of

Activities in Muncie. . I* J ** .1 iiu' ■■■ tf..

licitia*, reedvingr and taking bribes as a deputy prosecuting attorney working: in the Monde city court. On one of these charges he wag convicted la the Delaware circuit court aftd from that Jury deetsiea he took aa

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that which be could beg or borrow In defending his case in the circuit court, and when be asked for assist-

associates its perfect! n«

ieeia la ’motion' and" * l * :

WANY THREATS OS

wheat sra cation.

• ie*p> f linwo'io r<

Lfrfc f was deserted by the gang with which

fee used to associate.

appeal to the state supreme court. Williams had spenf all his money and

is. Anderson, ! ks« . uMr^i; s^ ri risi

in the preseat Im perSeas here car

or revenge has insp r^d Wilrsform methods. imeatMS he! ted by the gang with which

.►ape

had to spend aboiut f*©0. and, as he got ao help from the crowd with which lie used to associate, he broke with them, and then and there be began to lay the groundwork for what-

ever is to come throuj of the federal grand

the medium

Williams did not make that fact known, but worked quietly until the

supreme court had passed ou his appeal and when it reversed the Judgment of the lower court and the other charges against him were dismissed, he came out in the open. For His Own Benefit. Up to that time. If there waa anything going On in Mancie. William* was either in on it. or he knew about it Be did not make any pretense at reformation. His plea now is that

uncle

he can make Mi

a clean place.

he has that much better chance politically. and since he bgs taken that

stand he has been either the plaintiff or the defendant In numerous law suits, and was the person named in

grand Jury indictments.

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Among the charges

>ught against

hiss was one by Bat Mas crson, an alleged detective, who alleged that Wiihams was guilty of complicity in g plot to kill Wilbur Hyman, one of the assistant prosecutors, by placing

dynamite under Hyman’s house. Williams was freed from that charge, and later Masterson waa sent to the State Prison for perjury in connec-

tion with the

Around Lima. O-. there has existed a band of automobile thieves. One of them was arrested is Munele, and Williams defended him in court. Tbet grand jury at Lima indict

if Indictments Are Returned, Former ^Official Will Receive Credit for

Starting Cleanup Probe.'

<** *• ^yy***** MUNCIE, Ind.j December 10.—

hM many trial* and tribulation*, blit it is problematical whether he had more troubled than Gene WUluttn*, of thi* city. While the one waa plastered with boil*, carbuncles add bunions, the other ha* been plastered with f&mA jury indictments, writ* of ftplevin, affidavit* i-f'—nation, Ml bond* and all

ihemalln Of the law!

ill lam* fs a llvtflil example of

To Purify Msscic.

wniiams. however, denies this and; *a^* ijfs only purpose is to make | Muuete a better plane to live in by ridding the city of the sordid element that has long been a powir. But' it. is result* that count, and whatever • may be Wilijams's motive in cupply*

^ _ „ , , ..ting vaJu#t!e Information to the' According to biblical bwtory, job agent* of tr»e government, seat here

.1. ♦rdhtilati/wn* by Frederick VanNuy*. Uni

Hams as one of the gang, and an 0'£f ' - - - G© 1 dit.

icer waa sent here after him. vernor Goodrich refused to extraite WUUama because he waa then under charges in this state. Later, the head of the g&sg made a confession exonerating Williams and the case against the latter was dropped.

Nett, a Slander Charge. Next,' Williams was sued for damages by Timothy S. Owen, a justice of the peace, who charges that Williams and others had slandered him. This suit .was thrown out of court. Williams brought suit against

Francis (thaw, then court reporter of the Delaware circuit court, alleging that Shaw had overcharged him tpr typewriting the transcript in his dppeal to the supreme court, Williams Was charged with complicity in the burglary of the home of Kenneth A. Spurgeon, a wealthy Munele manufacturer, and again the evidence was In hi* favor. WHUaths Ylled suit : for $l*<MWo against Clarence Renadum. the present prosecuting attorney of Delaware couhty: w, A. McClellan, present city Judge; Thomas Hiatt, sheriff; Khhneth Spurgeon and seven other in mi in—.I. w

persons, mostly police officials mad gamblers. This case is still pending. Federal prohibition agents caused his arrest at Anderson and his w~-

hours #lthour |

held in jail _

charges being made against him was discharged after it was found that the arrest had been instigated by bis enemies, and later the federal official who ordered the arrest, was

dismissed from the service

Williams was charged with complicity in the buhglary of the Gaston Hardware Company’s store, the indictment being returned on the testi-

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