Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1916 — INDIANA ELECTION PROBE WIDENING [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ELECTION PROBE WIDENING

Witnesses Being Called In Many Places Before Federal Grand Jury In Election Irregularities. ' The scope of the investigation of alleged election irregularities in Indiana by the federal grand jury widened considerably Tuesday, when more than a score of witnesses Frankfort and Clinton county were examined. Although Frank C. Dailey, speciel attorney assisting the government, declined to discuss the work of the grand jury, it is understood the office of th<? United States district attorney has received numerous complaints of vote buying in and about Frankfort on the last election day. ' While, the grand jury was busy examining witnesses fron>Clinton county, Frank Ream, deputy United States marshal, visited Bartholomew county carrying a goodly number of subpoenaes, for the witnesses living in or near Columbus, Ind. It is also know that Mr. Dailey, who has general charge of the work of the grand jury in connection with election matters, will pay especial attention to complaints from various parts of the state regarding intimidation a»d wrongful use of money at the polls. Among the witnesses from Clinton county who testified before the grand jury were Charles F. Cromwell, of Frankfort, former county auditor, and toward Harshman, county recorder. Both men were active workers about the polls at the time of election. Eighteen other men in or near Frankfort testified. The corridor fairly swarmed with witnesses and the scene was not unlike the times of 1914 when the federal grand jury was investigating the Terre Haute election fraud cases.