The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-05
GRAND JURY IS
TAKING A REST
Turner Wants Time to Go
Over Evidence.
RECEIVES MANY TIPS

Says That Bribery Unearthed by DC.
tectives Is only Small Part Of Pay
Dirt In sight--More indictments
Promised For Monday = Former
Members Of Assembly Also Under
suspiclon-Wet and Dry Campaigns
TO Be Probed.
Columbus, o., May 5.-The grand
Jury which is investigating charges
Of bribery against members Of the
legislature, continued the taking OF
testimony and then adjourned until
Monday. Morton Loundon, secretary
to Former Governor Herrick; Robert
Wolfe, owner of two Columbus news
papers; Franklin Rubrccht, a Colum-
bus attorney; Opha Moore of the
Ohio Manufacturers association and
Archie Huston were amcng witnesses
examined. Mr. Huston is connected
with the Buckeye Transfer company
Of Colunbus. He is supposed tod
know something of joy rides said to
have been taken by representative
as guests of the optometrists.
G.. N. Mcdonald, president of the
National Association of Optometrists.
who was to have testified, was Ok
cused. The grand Jury will be in ses-
sion next week and will finish IT'S
work about Wednesday or Thursday.
When the fury meets again It is
believed that two or more legislators
will be indicted at once. and that
other indictments will follow during
the week. That these will be numer-
Gus was forecasted when Mr.. Turner. |
the prosecutor, announced that the |
grand jury would have to let up until |
Monday in order that he and his as
sistants and Attorney General Hogan |
could examine into proffered evidence |
involving many Legislators
From members Of the assembly, |
from anonymous letters and from de- |
tectives great amount Of material, |
most of II unfavorable, has been col. |
lected for the Consideration of the |
grand jury. Turner. while indicating |
that there were important develop |
n.ei1ts to come, and while stating |
clearly that the evidence secured by |
detectives while acting as lobbyists |
comprised only small part of the |
olews secured. refused to say Just
how may legislators would be indict.
ed There is every likelihood that |
the indictments will afect past as
well as present members, and thai
wet and dry campaigns which have
featured in recent sessions win fur
nish pay dirt in the corruption probe. |
DR.. Nye. the indicted representative
from Pike county, will be placed on
trial Monday, May H. The other
trials will be taken up Immediately
after.
Nye One Of Absentees.
Representative Nye was the only
indicted solon not in his seat when
the two branches of the legislature
convened. Representative Lowry ar
rived an hour before the starting
time and was in conference with
Speaker Vining in the atter's Office.
When he reported on the floor a mum
Der OF representatives shook hands
with him.
Senators Cetone and Huffman
reached the senate together five min
utes before Lieutenant Governor
Nichols called that body to order.
Senator Andrews closely followed
them, and Sergeant-at-Arms Diegel
came last All three senators went
straight to their desks and busted
themselves about legislative matters.
They signed several committee re-
ports.
Rev. w. f.. Rebel in the house.
prayed that the members should be
"hlled with great disgust for all evil
and dishonest things" In the senate
Rev. L. G. Haddox asked divine guild
ance to keep us from the tempta-
tions that snare u.s..
The first definite reference on the
floor OF either house or senate to the
indictment of legislators on Doodle
charges came when Representative
Ratlin of Hamilton county asked
members to suspend judgment on
Representative Lowry until he was
proven guilty.
Ratliff declared Speaker Winnings
statements showed Lowry to have
been enmeshed in circumstances that
were easily explainable. He told of
Lowry being asked to accompany
Representative George b. Nye to act
as witness in catching the alleged
bribers.
afUn 1
III you believe the speaker of this
mouse, you believe me, and If you be-
lieye me you must believe DR.. Lowry J
said Ratliff. "Dr. Lowry
was picked out because of his spot-
less reputation" Lowry wept as Rat
lift spoke for him
The fact that all the indicted men
have retained the same law firm-Bel-
cher g. Connor--is taken to mean
that all will set up the same defense.
The general belief is that all will ioin