Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1901 — Mrs. Alvey and the Others Acquitted. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Alvey and the Others Acquitted.

The most interesting case in the present terra of the Jasper circuit court was the trial of Mrs. Minnie Alvey. Miss Josie Shay and John Webber, on indictment for larceny. Mrs. Alvey is a sister tff the late Mrs Lizzie Hitchcock. When the latter died at the residence of her step-grandfalher, F. W. Bedford, Mrs. Alvey, with Mr. Bedford's consent, took and sent to her home in Kentucky, suoh.household goods as belonged to her sister. Miss Shay, who had worked there for some time, pointed out Lizzie’s goods and helped paok them. Mr. Webber had worked at Bedford’s aJsb andas he stated on the witness stand, had been engaged to marry Lizzie. He also helped seleot and pack the goods. Tho indictment named quite a long list of articles belonging to Mr. Bedford which were packed and shipped away, but it did not specify their value only on two or three articles, whose value was specified. Mrs. Alvey testified that she took only such goods as were selected as Lizzie’s, by Miss Shay and others, and what she supposed were rightly tier’s. Miss Shay stated that she only selected what she thought was Lizzie’s goods. The jurors took the view that criminal intent was not shown and brought in a verdict of not guilty. Their first ballot stood 11 to 1 for acquittal.