Roy Greear Murder Newspaper Articles
Various Newspaper Articles on the Murder of Roy Greear
The Dayton Daily News Saturday 6 March 1954, pg 2
POLICE PROBE SLAYING
Man Found Dead in Council St. House: Coroner Rules Homicide
Police Saturday were continuing their investigation in the death of a 44
year old man and the shooting of a bar patron.
Dr. Robert E. Zipf, county coroner, ruled as "homicide" the death of Roy
Greer, home-at-large (no permanent residence). He said Greer bled
internally from wounds.
The coroner said Greer was hit by a blunt object, possibly a fist and
fixed time of death as 2:15 p. m. Friday. Greer was found in a rooming
house at 17 Council St. where a drinking party apparently took place.
POLICE Saturday were to question a seventh man in connection with
Greer's death. He was picked up Friday night and is being held as a
material witness. Six other men were arrested Friday and booked on
drunkenness and investigatoin of possible homocide.
According to Dt. Ralph Hogan the witness told an Officer Greer was
attacked by two men. One man smashed Greer in the face and the other
stomped on him with his foot, according to the witness, Hogan said. The
witness' name was not disclosed.
Arested were: Kyle Bruce Cradic, 32, of 111 S. Robert blvd.; William J.
Waltz, 44, home-at-large; Courtland Titsworth, 58 of 17 Counsell St;
Charles Glinter, Jr. 25 of 445 Maple St.; George Melvin Johnson, 40, of
567 W. Fourth St.; and Clyde Forrest Green, 32, of 2515 W. Third St.
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Journal Herald, Dayton Saturday 6 March 1954, pg 27
SIX-MEN HELD IN DEATH OF 44-YEAR-OLD
Six men were held for investigation of murder yesterday after police
found them keeping drunken company with a dead mean in a filth-strewn
room at 17 Council Street.
The victim was identified as Roy Greer, 44, home-at-large. His death
was due indirctly to a terrific blow which fractured several small
bones in his face.
Dr. Robert E. Zipf, County Coroner, said the man officially died from
swallowing his own blood.
Greer's body was found about 2:35 p.m. In the room at the time were:
Kyle Bruce Cradid, 32, of 111 South Robert Boulevard; William Jacob
Waitz, 44, home-at-large; Courtland Tittsworth, 58, of 17 Council
Street; Charles Ginter, Jr, 25, of 445 Maple Street; Goerge Melvin
Johnson, 40, of 567 West Fourth Street, and Clyde Forrest Green, 32, of
2515 West Third Street.
The six also were booked on intoxication charges. Last night police
said a seventh man has been arrested as a material witness, but asked
that his name be withheld.
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The Dayton Daily News Sunday 7 March 1954, pg 1
POLICE HOLD 2 IN PROBE OF FATAL BEATING
Two witnesses yesterday told police a "bully" and his companion were
responsible for the fatal beating of a 44-year-old man during a drinking
party in a rooming house at 17 Council St.
Det. Ralph Hogan said he would confer with the County Prosecutor's
office tomorrow on charge to be filed against the two.
Dead on arrival at Miami Valley hospital around 3 p.m. Friday was Roy
Greer, home-at-large. Dr. Robert E. Zipf, Montgomery County Coroner who
ruled "homicide"," said Greer choked to death on blood from hemorrhaging
face injuries.
Held by police are William Jacob Waltz, 44, home-at-large, and Charles
Ginter Jr., 25, of 445 Maple St. Police said both are unemployed
railroad section hands.
Hogan said witnesses told him the six-foot, 225-pound Ginter and Waltz
were arguing when Greer stepped in and tried to break it up.
Witnesses said Waltz smashed the intruder in the stomach knocking him
unconscious, and then Ginter stomped on Greer's face with his feet.
Hogan described Greer as "short and thin."
Four other men, who were present at the time, were charged with
drunkenness yesterday, Hogan said. The are Kyle Bruce Cradic, 32, of 111
S. Rober Blvd.; Courtland Tittsworth, 58, of 17 Council St.; George
Melvin Johnson, 40, of 567 W. Fourth St., and Clyde Forrest Green, 32,
of 2515 W. Third St.
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The Dayton Daily News 8 March 1954, pg 1
CHARGES FILED IN SLAYING
A second degree murder charge was filed Monday with the Montgomery
County Prosecutor's office against a 25-year-old unemployed railroad
section hand.
Charles Ginter Jr., home-at-large, is accused of beating to death Roy
Greer, 44, home-at-large, during a drinking party Friday at 17 Council
St. The affidavit is signed by Det. Sgt. Jack Smith.
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Charles Ginter was arraigned in open Court on 16 March 1954 at 2 pm. He
was remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Montgomery County, Ohio
and the Court fixed his bond at $5000.00.
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The State of Ohio, Montgomery County
The Court of Common Pleas
April Terms in the year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four Montgomery
County, ss.
THE GRAND JURORS of the County of Montgomery, in the name, and by
authority of the State of Ohio, on their oaths do present and find that
Charles Ginter, Jr. on or about the Fifth day of March in the year one
thousand nine hundred and Fifty-four, in the County of Montgomery,
aforesaid, and State of Ohio, purposely and maliciously killed Roy
Greer; contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and
provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Ohio.
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10 May 1954, Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Ohio
On this 10th day of May, 1954, the defendant, Charles Ginter, Jr.,
appeared before the Court and withdrew his former plea of not guilty to
the charge of Murder, 2nd Degree, as he stands charged in the
indictment, and with leave of the Court, entered a plea of guilty to the
lesser and included offense of Manslaughter, 1st Degree, which plea was
accepted by the Court.
Whereupon, the Court inquired of the defendant wheter he had anything to
say why the judgment and sentence of the Court should not be pronounced
against him, and the defendant showing no cause why the judgment and
sentence of the Court should not be pronounced against him, it is the
sentence of the Court that the defendant, Charles Ginter, Jr., be
imprisoned in the Ohio State Reformatory for a period of not less than
one (1) year nor more than twenty (20) years, and pay the costs of
prosecution taxed at $40.59 Dollars.
Defendant sentenced under Section 2901.06 of the Revised Code of Ohio.
Approved: Miller (Judge)
Mathias H. Heck
Prosecuting Attorney
By: Richard E. Pryor, Assistant
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Charles Ginter, Jr. was received at the Ohio State Reformatory in
Mansfield, OH on 18 May 1954 to begin serving his sentence of 1 to 20
years.