South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-28
ROBERTS SEEKING
HIS FREEDOM ON
BOND Of $4,000
Efforts of Terre Haute Mayor
to Secure Release on Sunday
FaiI-No More Arrests to
Come Immediately.

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 2S.-Mayor
Don NJ Roberts. who. with , other
Terre Haute politicians, is in the fed
eral department Of the county Jail
here. planned to obtain his freedom
today on $4,000 bond Roberts in
tended to obtain bond yesterday and
Mrs. Roberts came here from Terre
Haute TO aid him, but he was inform
ed that a bond would not be executed
on Sunday Several of the other pris-
oners. taken by the federal authori-
ties on indictments charging conspir-
acy TO defraud the government at the
last election i'm Terre Haute, expect
ed TO obtain their releases today on
bonds ranging from $2,5OO to $4,000.
United states Marshal Storen said
today he would not make any more
arrests of Terre Haute men imme-
diately. He said he and his deputies
have more than a majority of those
indicted either i'm Jail or under bond.
Ninety-one men have been taken mot
custody by the marshaIs deputies
since Christmas night when they
made their sensational raid on Terre
Hautes tenderloin district
1t was learned today that Hilton
Redman, son of Judge Elijah Redman,
of the Nigo county circuit court. is TO
be arrested. His father already has
made arrangements to furnish bond
for young Redman, who was not in
Terre Haute when the marShals force
invaded that city.
Operations Extended To Paris.
The raid of the federal district attor-
ney and grand jury on Terre Haute
election crooks which has resulted in
121 indictments and the Imprisonment
of almost every important officer of
this city including the mayor. the sher-
if and the Judge of the circuit court,
has now extended over to Paris, III.
and will call in question the election
of Uncle Joe" Cannon. one of the
come backs at the NOvem Der elec-
ton.
Evidence was given before the fed
eral grand jury that not only did 81
'flOaters" from Paris come over the
state line and vote at 50 a head and
that no fewer than 700 of them were
bought by some one representing the
'stand-pat' @. Q. =. machine and cast
their fraudulent votes for Uncle Joe. -
Democrats and republicans alike
charge the evidence is due to political
animus, but both sides look alike TO
United States Dist. Atty. Frank c.
DAILY and he is getting indictments
with perfect impartiality before the
grand jury.
81 find the republicans conducted
a conspiracy of their own" said DAILY
Saturday night. The grand jury will
meet again Jan. when we shall ques-
ton the witnesses who know all about
it"
Thirty or forty men who had part
in the plot have confessed and are al
liberty on their own recognizance. II
| IS confidently expected several of the
republican candidates at the Novem-
ber election Will be indicted and per
hapS some of the higher ups" who
handled the money-perhaps even
those who provided il. Even the pro
gressives are involved and the indict-
ment of at least four of them who
served on election boards is predicted
The corruption extended TO the con.
I gressiOnal election and the grand jury
declared in Its finding an attempt was
made 10 have declared elected a can
didate for congress who was not elect
ed. The man finally declared elected
| is Congressman Ralph Moss.
The bringing of Cannon'S election
/ AllN' AAlt Nd't was purely
| IL was while taking the evidence OF
! several flOaters who confessed they
| had been hired 10 come into Indiana
and vote, that il transpired they haC
done a similar service in their owl
state. They came from Paris. Ill.
which during all the years Uncle joe
was regularly reelected was alway,
counted on to roll up a big majority
J for him.
Friends OF Mayor Roberts declar,
/ he could have given bond if ne hac
wished. but thought it best to go L
/ jail with the poorer men arrested.
When | am acquitted you will set
] a bigger demonstration than when
I was acquitted by the state courts" h,
said "and then L viii be nominated
! and elected governor of Indiana il
] 1916."