Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1917 — 166 Men to be Named In Federal Dragnet [ARTICLE]

166 Men to be Named In Federal Dragnet

One hundred and _ sixty .persons were charged with- election frauds in five indictments returned by the federal grand jury, Wednesday after three months’ investigation. The indictments were handed to Federal Judge Anderson, who will have warrants sworn out and the accused persons immediately put under arrest. The first name of those included in the federal dragnet were made known Thursday, when the Indianapolis men were named. Eleven, were included in the Indianapolis arrests, among them Chief of Police Perrott and six of his subordinates.