Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — U. S. ATTORNEY TO AIR ALLEGED FRAUDS [ARTICLE]

U. S. ATTORNEY TO AIR ALLEGED FRAUDS

Claims Illegal Voting, Vote Coercion and Corruption. CHICAGO, ILL. United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne declared that he >s in possession of evidence tending to show an elaborate scheme of vote coercion in Chicago on the part of certain employers. He indicated that he would place this evidence before the federal grand jury on Nov. 13. "No matter who may be found guilty, they will have to go to the penitentiary,” said the prosecutor. "Evidence that men and women were compelled by their employers to vote a certain ticket at Tuesday’s election has been presented to me. Our own investigations nave shown that more money was spent in this election than in any previous election, and we have reason to believe that we have evidence of a big conspiracy.”