Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1911 — WALKER BLAMES DRINK [ARTICLE]

WALKER BLAMES DRINK

Pleads Guilty to Charge of Murdering Police Officer. Grand Jury at Anderson Returns ln> dictments of First Degree Murder X Against Two Men. Anderson, Ind., March 17.—Five true bills of indictment were returned by the Madison county grand jury In connection with the recent kflUng of Chief of Police John Ellis and Patrolman Virgil Kirkman by James Walker and Rufus Warren, the two bandits who. on the night of March 4, attempted the robbery of the Miller loan office in Alexandria. Three of the indictments are against Walker. Two charge murder in the first degree and the third one is for robbery. * Two indictments against Warren charge him with murder to the first degree in that he was an accessory to Walker in the murder of Kirkman and for drawing dead-* ly weapons. The second indictment covers the alleged drawing of Walker’s revolver on Alva Ice by Wgrren shortly before the incident In which Kirkman lost his life. Warrants were at once issued on the grand jury Indictments and read to the prisoners by Deputy Sheriff Lee After reading to Walker the indictment charging him with the murder of Kirkman, Judge Bagot asked the culprit whether he were guilty or not guilty. Walker replied. “1 did It, but I was craiy drunk.” Walker pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery. Warren pleaded not guilty to both charges against him.