The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-04
Roy Fraunberg of Cam
bridge City Charges Drys
with Using Bribes and
Threats to Win Fight.
TRIAL PROMISES TO
LAST A LONG TIME
Every Remonstrator Will
Probably Be Summoned
Before the Commissioners
to Enter Testimony.

Sensations are anticipated in the
fight begun in the county commission
iers' court Monday, to annul the blan-
ket remonstrance operative in Cam
bridge City since June 3, 1910.
Roy H. Fraunberg, hotel Keeper in
! Cambridge City, who is an applicant
for a retail liquor license, alleges in
his complaint that the dry workers
employed illegal methods in order to
| demonstrate saloons from Jackson
township.
From the statements made by attor-
neys of the "drys" it is presumed that
the challenges of Fraunberg will be
| answered in general denial, alleging
that Fraunberg has made assertions
| which he knows are untrue.
On Monday, December II, issues in
the case will be made up and the at
! torneys for both sides will confer with
the board relative to the date for the
trial. This will be held either late this
month or in January. according to the
impression which was gained from
court room statements. The trial will
last several days, apparently, before
the case will be placed in the hands of
the commissioners for judgment. Ev-
cry remonstrator. who is within the
jurisdiction of the court, will be a wit
ness.
An Appeal Probable.
| The remOnstrance is operative only
until June, 1912, but it is understood
; from statements by dry" workers the
action by Fraunberg is a concerted
move on the part of the "wets" to fore.
stall an attempt to again demonstrate
the liquor business from Jackson town
ship, as soon as the present remon.
STRANGE expires, should it run it's nat
ural life. Victory for either side prob
ably means an appeal will be taken
from the decision of the commission
ers to the circuit court.
The most sensational charges set
forth by Fraunberg in his complaint
which was read to the board by the
applicants attorney, w. H. Kelley
were that the signatures of James
Speed and Thomas Winders were Sc
cured by the employment of intimida
ton and bribery. The Rev. HALEY
Floyd, Gilbert Crosley, Ebert Huddles
ton, Jacob E. Wright and James Good
win, all more or less prominent in
Jackson township, and earnest work
ers for the "drys," are alleged to have
signed the remonstrance twice. Albert
Ogborn, Park T. Hiser and Albert Ty
ler, who signed the remonstrance, die
SO illegally, according to Fraunberg
he charging they did so when under
twenty-one years of age. w. L. Becl
and twenty-seven others, some vel
known residents of the township are
alleged to have illegally signed the re
=, monstrance, it being charged that al
the time they were not legal voters
John J. Bell and forty-eight others are
alleged by Fraunberg to have signed
the remonstrance because facts were
misstated to them, and that they were
under the impression the remon
STRANGE was against Charles o. VIII
liams, then an applicant securing Ii
cense to retail liquor.
Charged With Bribery.
DR.. J. r. Mauk, one of the oldes
practitioners in the county, and per
haps better known in the county thar
any other physician, is accused of hav
ing bribed Thomas. Winders in orde1
to secure the latter's signature. IL
the complaint it is said that Winders
who at the time was ill, was approach
ed by the physician, who promised hin
medical attention free, ii Winder'
would sign the remonstrance.
Fraunburg charges James Speet
signed the remonstrance under ;
threat that he would lose his position
on the Pennsylvania railroad if he dit
not do so.
Stress is laid upon the alleged lille
gality of the remonstrance by the com
plainant from the standpoint that thu
power of attorney cards were circu
lated and signatures solicited by PEI
sons, who were agents of the worker
on whom powers of attorney card
had been conferred. 1t is alleged tina
these agents, whose names are I'm
known to Fraunberg, had no authori
ty in the first place to secure the sig
/ SS~A
ted to J. J. Bell and forty-eight other
that their signatures were only wante'
for the purpose of remonstratin,
against a license being given c. @
Williams
Powers of attorney we're vested il
Michael Gehring, Junius B. Knipe an
Thaddeus Frazier. 1t 10 alleged thes'
three did none of the personal worl
in securing the signatures.
Held illegal Voters
The complaint against the legalit
; Of the signatures of w. L. Beck an
Itwenty-seven other demonstrators l
that they did not live in the stat
six months, township sixty days an
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