Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1906 — That Attack On Prosecutor Graves. [ARTICLE]

That Attack On Prosecutor Graves.

In its last issue before the election the Jasper Counts Democrat printed a {virulent attack on Prosecuting Attorney Graves, in conrecuou wnh his official acts in Remington, when he put the coldstorage men of that town out of business. Included in the article were affidavits from John M. Ott, president of the Remington AntiSaloon League, and Jasper Guy, an attorney of the same place. The grand jury has investigated {these charges and their report thereon is given below, in full. And to appreciate the full force of their findings it is in ord ?r to remark that four of the six grand-jurymen who make the report are Democrats, one of them being the foreman. The report is addressed to Hon. C. W. Hanley, Judge of the Jasper Circuit Couit, and to the Honorable Board of Commissioners of Jaiper county. That part refering to the article against Mr. Graves reads as follow: “We beg leave to report that we have made a thorough investigation concerning the accusation made against Robert O. Graves, the Prosecuting Attorney for this district, which accusation appeared in the Jasper County Democrat es November 3rd, 1906. In our investigation we subpoenaed John M. Ott, President of the Anti Saloon Saloon League of Remington and other parties and could not obtain sufficient evidence to warrant the returning of an indictment against any parties for the supposed violation of any criminal laws, as mentioned in said article, and that Mr. Graves has net been direlict in his duty. - John P. Ryan, Foreman Thos. F. Maloney, Waeren E. Poole, Walter V.- Porter, Wm. B. Walter, Harmon Dickinson.