The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-03
THE INVESTIGATION.

Contradictory Statements About Indictments
-Maciin Said To BE the Guilty Man.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2-The federal grand jury this
investigation thus far made by it with respect
to the alleged frauds in the Sixth senatorial dis
trict The report declares that an examination
of the poll book and tally sheet shows undoubted
evidence of forgery and fraud From an ex-
animation of the ballots in connection with the
returns" the report says, at became at once
apparent to US that crime, whose boldness and
wickedness was only equaled by its grossness,
had been committed In other words, there
had been distracted over 200 ballots cast
at said election, and bearing the name of a
candidate for representative in Congress from
the envelopes in which the ballots cast in the
said precincts were inclosed, after and on the
night of the election, and there had been substi-
tuted in place of those an equal number of
spurious and false ballots which were never
voted"
The jury returned a number Of indictments,
but the names of those indicted were not made
public during the afternoon.
LATER.-It is reported tonight that none of
the indictments returned by the grand jury to-
Fraud that, thus far, no such indictments have
been presented to the court, and that the in
vestgations Of yesterday and to-day have gone
far to convince the jury that the indictments
agreed upon last week, but not presented,
against certain of the judges and clerks of cleo
ton, are not warranted, and will be annulled un-
less they are further implicated by subsequent
testimony.
At meeting of the committee of thirty citi-
zens appointed to prosecute inquiries into the
alleged ballot box stuting in the Second precinct
of the Eighteenth ward, it was resolved to in
crease the number to eighty; to raise a fund of
$25, 900 for the purposes of its work. and to offer
a reward of not less than s., 900 for information
leading to the conviction of the guilty parties.
The Times will say to morrow that S. B.
Wright, Of the printing firm of Hanscom & Co.,
testified before the grand jury that J. G. Mackin,
secretary of the Democratic county committee
gave the order for the bogus Eighteenth ward
ballots that they were printed in Hanscom &
Co.'S establishment, and delivered to Mackin in
his room at the Palmer House at 10 o'clock on
the evening of Nov 81
j. G. Mackin, on being interviewed regarding
the supposed testimony before the federal grand
jury, to the effect that he ordered the printing
of the bogus Eighteenth-w ballots neither
affirmed nor denied its truth, but said it would
give him great pleasure to be called on by the
grand Jury to testify on that point.
Leman makes public, tonight, his reply to the
letter sent last night by Rudolph Brand his
Democratic opponent proposing recount of the
votes throughout the entire district and final
determination of the contest by the testimony
of the voters Mr. Leman declines the PROPOSE
ton, claiming that the proceeding proposed is
illegal and would be void if carried out and con
cludes by saying that, inasmuch as the Governor
has declared him legally elected, and will issue
q certificate to him, he tIIemanl will submit TO
no tribunal except the State Senate.