Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The' Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. MAYOR OF MUNCIE ARRESTED R. H. Buech and H. O. Murphy, Prosecuting Attorney, Hold Under Indictments Charging Conspiracy to Uee Mails to Defraud. Muncie, June 27. —Rolland H. Bunch, mayor of Muncie, and Horace G. Murpry, prosecuting attorney of Delaware county, were arrested by Mark Btoren, United States marshal of the Indiana district, on Indictments returned by the federal grand Jury at Indianapolis last Saturday. Both are charged with conspiracy to use the malls to defraud and the indictments followed Investigation of the operations of a gang of fake prize-fight and land operators who had headquarters in this city. Both Bunch ami Murphy were released under SIO,OOO bond furnished by Muncie business nien.