The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-14

oath not to reveal what was going on
within the grand jury room
The jurymen were duped into re-
vealing virtually all proceedings of the
Investigation TO a revenue officer. The
revenue man. in turn. informed at least
all the three other revenue officers
indicted on the charge of accepting
brides from cleo dealers.
The betrayed grand jury during the
day returned indictments against three
revenue officers and twenty-three in
dictments against men engaged In the
oleomargarine industry
In addition, two indictments. sup
pressed by the order of the United
States district attorney. were also re-
turned 1t was reported around the
government building that the two sup
pressed bills probably would throw
light on the criminal jury tampering
Alleged Brfbe Takers Announces.
The three indicted officers are charg-
ed with having accepted brides for in
fluencing their action in the enforce
ment of the oleomargarine law. They
are:
Frank P. Caviezel, revenue agent In
dianapolis. Ind, nine counts.
c. L Larue. former deputy revenue
collector. Hammond. Ind. one count.
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department. Hammond. Ind one count
The revenue officers were indicted on
testimony of members of the notorious
oleomargarine gang with which the To-
cal federal officers have been battling
for years. Most of the oleo gang are
now serving terms in Fort Leaven-
worth 0ldam the only one of the
three present in court when the jury
reported In statement to the papers
he said the oleo convicts had conspired
to disgrace him. 1t was said that the
revenue officers will offer as their de-
Tense that the men whom they helped
convict turned in vengeance against
them with fabricated testimony of brib-
cry.
Indicted Revenue Mnn Testiaes.
Harry Oldam. one of the three reve-
nue. officers indicted, was called by
Assistant District Attorney Robert w.
Childs, who has been in charge of the
grand jury oleo investigation. Oldam
swore that he did not know of any
list of indictments, but said he had
been warned by Coyne on Sunday that
he would be indicted Oldam added to
the grand jury traitors the name of
Robert Peterson. member of the in
vestigating body.
Judge Lands was by this time brist-
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the witness stand
Oldan took the witness stand again
and added further bitterness to the
discontinue of Peterson. who by this
time was blushing brick red. Oldam
told Of meeting Cavlczel shortly after
the latter had talked to Peterson. He
said that the revenue officer had boast
ed of pumping Peterson dry" He
said he had then met Peterson ami
warned him that he was in bad fix.
Brfbers Are Named.
The indictment against Larue who
is now out of the service. charges him
with having received 500 from Joseph
Wirth and smaller amounts from Will
liam Schaefer and Elmer Rooney for
the purpose of influencing him in con-
nection with his enforcement of the
oleomargarine Law.
Oldam is charged with receiving
money from Edward Marhoefer. Frank
Coll. Samuel sDriesback and William
Broadwell.
The charge against the oleo men is
that from the first day of August 1903.
until the first day of July. 1911. they
conspired to defraud the government
out of a large amount of money, being
the tax of 10 cents per pound upon a
large quantity of oleomargaiine
BAN was DXPV at S1t,bOU lOG tdCh OF
the indicted men, and bondsTnen were
kept busy during the afternoon signing
their names to documents.
An effort was made to reach Mr.. La
rue In Hammond, but at his residence
on Morton court members of his family
said that he is travelling for a whisky
house and that he would probably be
out of the city for several days.
Il am his mother said old gray
haired lady, and l do not believe that
he is guilty of the charges that have
been made against him. Some time ago
he raided a butterine factory in South
Bend and ever since the owners of the
factory have been after him..
Information has reached this paper
to the effect that government officers
have been carefully watching certain
butter dealers in Hammond who were
suspected of mixing butterine with but |
ter. Whether or not anything will de-
velop remains to be seen.