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ekiHELD UNDER $5,000 BOND IN SHOOTING CASE, ] Bert Mendenhall, age 35, 744' Edgemont St., accused of shooting and criticaTy wounding Charles 0 Wayne Wright, aga 23, 1110 E.Vermont st.. during a melee at* a restaurant on Sunday was held®} this week in the Marion County7 Jail on a $5,000 vagrancy bond.| Detectives Fred Whisler andf Michael Kavanaugh. of the homicide. bureau, who followed up the s investigation, stated that they con-* tinued th3 case in Municipal Courti-i Room 3, until such time as Wright will be able to appear in court.fn the meantime the officers t sought additional witnesses to the i- affray, which occurred as Menden-0 hall was allegedly attacked by one i- .of five white men when he stopped i- for a sandwich at]the White Cas-i) tie Restaurant. Oriental and Wash*1 i ington sts^'.I. Wright has been unable to give 1 * additional light on his companionsbecause of his physical condition.1.1 Mendenhall said Sunday that the t I shooting was accidental, although! he was fighting with Wright at the t time the gun was discharged, t j He said that he had secured the 1 gun from the compartment of his car after Wright kicked him twice. When he returned with the gun. he r said. Wright knocked the gun out, of his hand and Wright’s companions attacked him also.n; Insulted and KickedIHis statement in part read “This morning about 12:30, I drove in i my car to the restaurant. I got out and saw about five men in front of the restaurant. As I start- . ed in, one of the men said, ‘‘Anything 1 hate worse than a niggerlContinued on Page 2
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Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Feb 01, 1947
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