Keys - Errol
Source: Crawfordsville Review Friday, Jan 21, 1916
If a plea in abatement filed by the
defense is not granted before Monday, March 6, the Taswell KEYS
murder trail will begin in the Montgomery County circuit court on
that day. March 6 was decided upon by Judge West yesterday
morning. Taswell Keys is charged with being accessory to the
murder of Forest MILLER, his nephew. Errol Keys, son of the
defendant in the trial here was convicted at Danville, indicted
for the murder of his cousin in a gravel pit feud in Hendricks Co
June 4. The younger Keys is now at the Indiana Reformatory at
Jeffersonville, serving a term of 2 to 21 years for manslaughter.
Keys attorneys base their plea in abatement on the allegation
that Edgar Blessing took part in the grand jury proceedings. They
held that as special prosecutor employed by the Millers he had no
right to be present during the grand jury probe. Arguments on the
plea will probably be heard within the next week in the local
court. Should the plea in abatement be denied the case will be
one of great interest not only to western Indiana but the entire
state. To those living in the vicinity of northwestern Hendricks
Co the trial is of special significance for it was in Eel River
Twp the fight took place between the four men; the wives of the
two elder men in the feud are sisters. The state will have as its
attorneys Henry Spaan, Indianapolis; Edgar M. Blessing,
Indianapolis as special prosecutor and Walter H. Linn,
prosecutor. - typed by kbz