Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1910 — Federal Grand Jury Returns 21 Indictments in Indiana. [ARTICLE]
Federal Grand Jury Returns 21 Indictments in Indiana.
The federal grand jury ended its deliberations Monday after being in session for one week. Twenty-one indictments were returned. Most of the charges of wrong doing were for violation of the postal laws. The following were indicted: Albert H. Henderson, Indianapolis, theft of mail between Indianapolis and Denisop, O. William L. Waltemuth, postmaster, Hoagland, Ind., embezzlement, from money order funds. Robert McKellits, robbery of the Acton (Ind.) postoffice. Frank Pietszak, Gary, Ind., use of mails to defraud. John Harasck, Gary, Ind., use of mails to defraud. Parson Wayt, alias John Chapman, “white slave” traffic. James Overton, Mitchell, Ind., sending obscene letters through the mails. Phila Wolf, Dekalb county, sending obscene letters through the mails. Edward P. Stewart, Vincennes, stamp thefts. Charles Craig Mackie, Warsaw, Ind., theft of registered letters. Lucian W. Brown, Elkhart, Ind., use of mails to defraud. Alvim James, alias William Traylor, Louisville, Ky., violations of the pure food laws. Frank Blatmon, alias Frank Poynter, fyouisville, Ky., violations of the pure food laws. Charles W. Peters, South Bend, Ind , infringement of the currency laws.
