The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
MANY INDICTED
FOR DENVER ELECTION FRAUDS
Grano Jury Does a Wholesale Busi-
ness.-Prominent Officials Will Be
Tried for Offenses Against tho
Election Laws.

ness.-Prominent Officials Will Be
Tried for Ofenses Against tho
Election Laws.
DeHYer May Forty indictments
Wert returned by the grand jury
agaih7' twenty six persons. Those
wnich We're not served yesterday will
be served by Under Sheriff O'Neill as
qulckIy as they can be found.
Inc grand jury delivered the indict-
menIs to Judge Samuel l.. Carpenter
in the West Side Court yesterday af-
ternoon at 80 o'clock. and almost
Immediately afterwards Under Sheriff
Felix O.Neill began to serve the capi-
ases upon the defendants.
Following are the names Of some Of
the principal officials and eX-ofticials
indicred,
julius Aichele, county clerk. receiv-
ing padded registration; Walter B..
Low, supervisor, padding registra-
tion Charles w. Cochran, alderman.
padding registration: John d. Ross.
alderman padding registrations; Gus
kappau deputy constable, election
frands, 1902; John Hendricks. deputy
constable. election frauds, 1902; John
(Jack Hall election frauds, 1902;
William Altman tdeceased) interfer-
ing with watchers, and fraud. 1902;
w. A. DOllison. Republican candidate
for ALDERMAN fraud and conspiracy,
1902
Within nine hours of safety and i'm
muLity for punishment for crimes of
which evidence submitted before the
grand jury indicates their probable
guilt the perpetrators of those cleo
tion frauds will at least be brought
face To face with their offenses. OF the
twenty-six persons indicted, seventeen
are charged with crimes committed on
November A. 1902, and would to-day
have been immune from prosecution
on those charges. The other nine per
sons are charged with criminal conniv-
ance or with the actual manipulation
of. padded registration lists and or
placing upon the lists of registered
voters some 1000 fraudulent and ticti-
tious names.
Thc charge against julius AichSe,
county clerk, is that he received rs
a public officer a false list OF name
to be retained upon the registration
books of the city and county, and
also aided in padding the registration
lists.
The charges against Lowry. Coch
ran aid Ross are the same. These
| members of the City Council are
| charged with placing among the dul,
certified lists of names OF persons
| entitled to be retained upon the regis
| ira ion rolls a list OF names OF persons
not entitled to be placed on said certl
| fed list, and sending the same to the
| county clerk for retention on the reg
| istration list and for padding the regis
! trat ton"
The inolctment refers to 1000 fraud
ucut names which were sent from the
! CITY council to the county clerk last
fall. Shortly after the list of names
! had been placed upon the registration
| books by the county clerk the affair
| became public, and investigation fol
lowed. Walter B. Lowry was appoint
ed chairman of the committee OF in
| vestgation. Supervisor Carl Lind
uuis and Alderman A. Newton Patton
Charles w. Cochran and John d. Ross
were appointed as members. Ross
failed to attend any OF the meetings
Tn. others held four sessions. in the
court house. and examined witnesses
A report was made, but the mattef
was then dropped until the grand pury
| began its investigation at the Deslh'
ming Of the present term OF court.
| There are FIVE more indictments IN
the hands of the under sheriff against
persons charged with manipulation OF
the registration lists. Nearly all OF
those connected with this fraud are
public officials or clerks, and 1t is prop
able that when the remainder OF the
caplases are served there will be fur-
ther surprises.
Capiases have been served against
five persons charged with fraud dur
ing the election of 1902. There re,
main twelve more persons VINO Will
be arrested to-day or tomorrow. IN
mos, Of these cases more than one ~
dictment is returned against each ihul-
vidual.