Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — Registration Investigation Is Under Way in Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Registration Investigation Is Under Way in Indiana.

L. Erk Slack, U. S. district attorney in Indianapolis, issued a public statement Friday confirming reports from Washington that agents of the department of justice are at work in Indiana investigating reported elec--tiom frauds." The statement of Attorney Slack follows: “It is true that a number of agents, working out of . the Chicago and Indianapolis offices, have been engaged in an investigation 'for the purpose of ascertaining whether the federal criminal statutes have been violated, or are being violated, in connection with the registration of Oct. 9, 1916, in this state. The investigators have been instructed specifically that the investigation should be thorough and non-partisan, and in the usual manner in which federal investigations are made, and the to the U. S. attorney, for any official action required.” Mr. Slack said that no further statement could be made at this time. Whether the matter will get to the federal grand jury depends upon the disclosures by the department of justice agents. V~---