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IIESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1957Indictment Ofh » ’\ otedBv Grand JurvGunman lt;juiirht Vi eek...Wo lt;harmed In Scott(amnl\—AI i iiur GunFound In Vi ondland*A Scott County gr and jury at JSeottsburg returned a first degree murder indictment late Monday afternoon against a Texas gunman captured after an all-night manhunt in this area a week ago; iand Harry McCalla, prosecutor of; Scott County, said another grand jury may be called in Jennings county, where the man faces three other charges.The grand jury, after deliberating Thursday, Friday and Monday, indicted Victor Wayne Whitley, 26 Granger, Tex., for the gun battle death of State Trooper William R. Kellems, of the Charlestown state police post, a week a-go Monday night in Seottsburg.At the same time, it was learned from state police that a missing revolver which Whitley said he had been carrying while the object of one of the state’s biggest manhunts, was found Sunday afternoon with the use of mine detectors near a creek inj the woods in which Whitley spent the night surrounded by law en-: forcement officers. The search had been carried on for several days by state police from the Soy-1 mour post under direction of officers from state police headquarters, Indianapolis.Three Other ChargesWhitley also faces three other charges in Jennings County for the shooting spree that resulted in■the death of his holdup partner, jjeRalph ' Taylor, 36, Keadvav-W'*V*- j aThe charges- accuse Whitley of ae • • • * * *'.kidnaping • Deputy.' Sheriff ''..Clyde ;•g •Perkins, 48-. and murderous as- c Vain? in the- gun 'battle wounding-.Of twp; otner policemen — Patrol-■lth}g$^iiest’erlt; Keneris•FoSober' RbbertR. '.P^^,''both off , * ;• • . • . . ‘ * * ?*.*•'* * ** \;ftorih. ,V«rtibh; • . •• »; • * , . •The: bfoody .trail :of. the desper-• • ' -.adoes, who are .also- blamed for the killing of Michigan Trooper j 'Dugald A. Peilot, 23, near Clinton. Mich., Sept, 30, ended in gun bailies at Seottsburg and Vernon.No arraignment date on the murder indictment was set by Circuit Judge Fred S. Matthews. fThe date will not be set until 'Kugene Hough of Seottsburg. court-appointed defense lawyer, can talk with Whitley, whois in the Clark County jail in Jeffersonville for safekeeping. u ... _I cdSaeoV1f
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Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour, Indiana, US
Tue, Oct 08, 1957
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