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nL2einelYouths Will Plead 'Not Guilty' To Arson Murder IndictmentsPARKERSBURG (UPI) —Susan Bailey’s court-appointed defense attorney said late Tues-Tuesday the Bailey children plan to enter “not guilty” pleas to each of the 12 indictments. He.11i*3 7icar,d-y-atdav “not guiltv pleas definite- said the prosecuting attorney lv will be entered on each count I then will select which indict-of the 12 murder indictments when his client appears for the first arraignment before the court July 18.*» uuuCounty Circuit CourtGrand Jury has returned indictments on 12 counts of murder against both Susan, 15, and her brother Roger Bailey, 13, in the deaths of 12 members of their family.The teenagers were chargedwith murder of their father.ment he should try first.McFarland said a court order has been issued ordering psychiatric evaluations for Susan and Roger.The results of the evaluations from Western Guidance Clinic have not been received by defense attorneys.McFarland said the psychiatric evaluations also were needed by Judge Donald F. Black to decide whether to release thetherIsMasC0U1RedShe:D.am«ano'UrnsforeSheran'tionTir;e,s,1.oftie’Ons.C:y7Charles Bailey, 41, mother, Ru- children on bond.iea.nrealasathn-d-t.rdedmhneahenoorby Jane, 35, and 10 of their brothers and sisters ranging in age from six months to 17 years.Only Mrs. Bailey’s father, Ob-ie Bailey, 63, escaped the fire at the Bailey’s frame and tarpaper shingled house on the edge of this Ohio River City.Parkersburg lawyer, Thomas Munchmeyer. said he plans to enter a number of- defense motions during the Bailey children's first arraignment before Circuit Court Judge Donald F. Black July 18.“Wc definitely will plead not guilty Friday,” Munchmeyer said. The lawyer who will be paid S50 for the case said he probably will ask psychiatric examinations for his clients. A motion may involve jurisdictional matters, but he said. “I’ll have to study the papers very carefully before making any decisions.”The indictment papers, still in the court clerk’s office, had not been formally handed over to defense attorneys late Tuesday.Munchmeyer said because of^ defense motions, case backlog and the fact that August traditionally is Parkersburg lawyers' vacation month, the trial probably would not get under way until September.Joseph McFarland, Roger's court - appointed attorney, saidGP(During the second round of the preliminary hearings, a Wood County prosecuting attorney of eight years, William R. Pflazgraf, appeared as a second defense attorney for Roger. He said he was hired by an anonymous “committee” to defend the 13-year-old defendant.In a statin ent presented by the state as evidence during the preliminary hearing, Susan said she set fire to the frame and tarpaper house because her father opposed her dating a 19-year-old first cousin.Susan’s boy friend, John Bumgarner, was a surprise witness in the first day of the preliminary hearing. In answering Susan’s defense attorney Thomas Munchmeyer’s questions, the handsome, dark - haired youth said he and Susan were secretly engaged about six weeks before the fire. lie said they planned to get married when she becomes 18.The children have been held in neighboring Wirt County Jail, only IV2 miles from the cemetery where the 12 fire victims were buried.J.Ma:RoleduCor“ncpouhiglVirISRejistiuniofandtiorandbprogerEducators Back Moore's Planshaamsitispcsax5autancrecancasor1forsailecgr;inprcfutJACKSON’S MILL (UPI) —Ttuo a H Ti n a tth£theofsai
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Wed, Jul 16, 1969
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