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mat! on.o information r to the mur-stantially that nvolve in the blackmail ofor four other lames.than wlHfng publish these gation of con' : propose my-mned murder-nfeas that he go with thieeiffenso, and a!, but murderills all that others in his perhaps true, t one of these h him In the •ime of which id of which I is guilty.”I Beis Todaua written report to him. The second offense will mean an arrest.BALL INDICTMENT SET ASIDE.An indictment charging first-degree murder against Edwin Ball, who is accused of shooting Walter Dowell, a private of the Indiana National Guard, July 21, 1913, while a camp of instruction was being jimlotained at Fort Benjamin Harrison/was noi pros set! in Criminal Courtyesterday. If Ball is to bo tried for the offense it will be before a miltary court. Thomas D, Stevenson, deputy prosecutor, made a motion to nol press the indictment and Chon S. Hack, special judge in the case, acted favorably upon his recommendation. The motion was based on the contention that the Criminal Court has no jmisdiotion in the case since Ball was actively engaged in maneuvers and under command at the time of the shooting. Dowell, whose home was in Madison, was shot when he refused to obey an order to halt when he tried to escape after being arrested for smuggling liquor into themfinpuvoi' rvm v 3maneuver camp.TRAVELERS INDORSE ROBERTSAt a meeting of Council No. 4 of the
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sun, Jul 04, 1915
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