Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-03
JUDGE kiMsRoUcH, MAJOR
PLATT AND OTHERS DRAWN
INTO iNouIslTioN.
Olives ITS INSTICATOR
City Clasps at List Of subpoenas-spec.
uIation Rife 40 to What Judqe
Will Say When He
"TeIIs AL"

Danville, Illinoins. = Vermillion
county's grand jury investigation of
vote traffic has involved its instigator.
Judge E. r. Kimbrough as well as
half of the most prominent Democratic
politicians in Speaker Cannon's home
county who have been drawn into the
inquisition.
Developments:
Judge Kimbrough summoned to tes-
tify before the grand jury.
Mayor Plat also asked to testify
Bringing up Of elections more than
IS months ago, ordered excluded by
Judge Kimbrough.
Courts own election to be examined.
Testimony by Charles Knox, unsuc-
cessful candidate for sheriff nomina-
ton, and Peter Sanichas, prominent
Greek politician.
Mayor and Judge Kimbrough. an.
nounce they will go before inquisitors
and unreservedly tell all they know
Blow Falls and City Clasps.
A list OF subpoenas were given the
sherfff's of11ce for immediate service
The city gasped at the suddenness
with which the blow fell and at the
names on the list.
Many of the subpoenas are issued in
direct defiance to the express instruc-
tions of Judge Kimbrough to the grand
jury last week, when he said it was
empowered only to investigate alleged
trafiic in votes during the last is
months.
The courts Interpretation Of the law
exempted his own election from the
inquisition.
The order also excluded from exami.
nation the election of States Attor-
ney John H. Lewman and Mayor Louis
Plat.
Following is the list of men for whom
subpoenas were issued, the action fol-
lowing hard upon the appearance Of
Charles Knox, unsuccessful Republican
candidate for sheriff at the primaries,
before the grand jury:
E. r. e. Kimbrough., circuit Judge;
Mayor Louis Plat, elected 81 months
ago. of whom Judge Kimbrough was
strong supporter Earl Chambers, a
chauffeur, who has been summoned to
explain reports that he drove Candi-
date Plat and Judge Kimbrough about
the city on the day of the mayors
election to carry money to the workers
at the polls; James Meeks, master in
chancery of the circuit court; George
l.. Harroun, law clerk in the Office
of Master in Chancery Meeks; Clint
C. Tilton, editor of the Press-Demo-
crat, Danville Democratic morning
newspaper; Harry Campbell. Demo-
cratic committeeman from the Seventh
ward; Percy Plat, SON of Mayor Plat;
Chris Liens, Mayor Platt's private Sec
rotary; Will Connors, politician;
Fred (Dr.) Vutrich, deputy sheriff and
guard at the door of the grand jury
room, who was objected to by Foreman
woodward, but later was accepted.
Theodore Anderson, politician;
Charles Weese, an election judge at
Westville; Lou Nolan, politician.
Unsuccessful Candidate Heard.
One witness was Charles Knox,
unsuccessful candidate before the pri-
maries for nomination as sheriff. He
was prepared to explain the rumor that
he had been told by the head of a
local political organization it would
cost him $4,000 for the organization
and $4,000 for that body ito spend"
The report has it he refused and be-
came known as the candidate without
any money" and lost the nomination.
Much speculation is rife as to what
information will be given by Judge
Kimbrough himself, who started It,"
He was asked if he would refuse to
farther back than Is months-in short,
if he would refuse to testify concern
ing his own election. He said he would
not refuse, but would tell all he know.
Chambers was communicative. He
said he was prepared to say he drove
the automobile, that he made several
trips from the First National bank to
different parts Of the city, on each of
which bags of silver were carried. He
said, however, he did not know what
was done with the money.
Mayor Platt said this money was
spent chiefly in keeping together his
organization, which he characterized
as the mos. complete ever brought to-
gether in Danville, having three men
/ to each block.