Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1920 — MOSES LEOPOLD FOURTH TO FILE [ARTICLE]

MOSES LEOPOLD FOURTH TO FILE

SEEKS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR JUDGE OF THIS CIRCUIT. Attorney Moses Leopold of this city has filed with the Hon. Ed. Jackson, secretary of state of Indiana, his declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for judge of the Thirtieth judicial district of Indiana, consisting of Jasper and Newton counties. Attorney Leopold is the fourth to file declaration of candidacy for this important office. Attorneys E. M. Laßue, G. A. Williams and John a Dunlap having previously stepped to the wire. All four of the candidates are Republicans. All are residents of Rensselaer. '5 1 Attorney Leopold was born in Rensselaer February 17, 1876, and has continued to reside here ever since. , | He was graduated from the Rens- 1 iselaer high school in 1896 and in 1899 completed the law course at the Indiana University receiving from that institution the degree of ; 1 Bachelor of Law. I After his graduation from the । state university he entered the practice of law in this, his native city. He has been connected with many of the important cases in this and surrounding circuits and was one of the attorneys in the case of the State of Indiana vs. Alfred and Thomas McCoy, representing the state. His successful career at the bar has been accompanied by an active interest and participation in the community life of this county and *He is a Mason and Knights of Pythias and an active member of the Van Rensselaer Club. During the war he was a member of the legal advisory board to the draft board. He was a member of the county council of defense and was the chairman of the legal committee of that organization. \ He was active with the Liberty Guards and was given the rank of Major. This work and the task of filling out questionnaires for the soldiers within the draft age required a very great amount of his

time. He entered heartily into the campaigns for the Red Cross, the Liberty Loan drives and other important war activities. He has served as deputy prosecuting attorney, and is new serving as city attorney and is very active with Engineer Chamberlain in an effort to construct a modern plant, of sufficient capacity to afford ample current for light, power and heat for cooking purposes. Attorney Leopold is the owner of a farm in Barkley township and takes a keen interest in the problems of rural life. He is a staunch Republican and has served as chairman of the Jasper county Republican central committee.