Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — Prosecutor Fired in Muncie Case. [ARTICLE]

Prosecutor Fired in Muncie Case.

Prosecuting Attorney Frank Mann was summarily removed from ' the bench in the prosecution of the graft charges against Mayor Bunch and other officials in Muncie. Judge Ellis made an order holding that Mann was incapacitated and incompetent to prosecute in these cases. W. A. Thompson has been appointed special prosecutor to try all the cases. The court’s reason for removing Mann is that eleven indictments were returned against deputy prosecutor Gebe Williams and that Mann has an abiding faith in the innocence of Williams and still retains him in the capacity of deputy prosecutor.