Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1918 — Clash of Authority. [ARTICLE]

Clash of Authority.

Jeffersonville, March B.—On account of a clash of authority between the city court and the sheriff, Edward Densford, James Ewing and, Thomas Shea were not taken to the Indiana state farm. James N. Masters, chief of police, designated a patrolman and two special officers, but Sheriff Dellinger asserted the prisoners were in his jurisdiction. Densford was sentenced for six months for larceny, two or three months ago. He was to have been taken recently, but disappeared the night before. Later he was recaptured. The other men were sentenced for six months for habitual intoxication.