Indianapolis (IN) Star, November 25, 1916, p. 4.
TWO BEDFORDMEN INDICTED AS RESULT OF GIRL'S DEATH
Bedford, Indiana, November 24-The grand jury returned indictments today
against Dr. Spencer Smith and Ray Jackson,charging them jointly in four
counts with attempting to procure and conspiring to perform a criminal
operation upon Miss Barbara Fries, who died recently. Miss Fries was 18
years old. Before her death she made a statement implicating Jackson and
another man unknown to her, but her description is said to fit Dr. Smith.
Jackson and Smith each gave bond of $3,000. Jackson operates a taxicab line
here.