Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-24
Sheriff Dennis SheaI City
Judge Smith and Street In
SpeCtor Steel Are Ordered
InCarCerated,
TERRE HAUTE CASE
HAS ANOTHER SCANDAL
Effort 10 Tamper With Wit
neSSeS Is Latest Sensation
in Trial of Dom M, Roberts
and Others,

Indianapolis, March 23.-Sherlli
Dennis Shea, City Judge Thomas
Smith and street Inspector Alexander
Ac2el, alias steel. three defendants In
the Terre Haute election case, were
ordered into the custody of the United
States marshal here late today 10y
Judge Anderson for alleged tampering
with government witnesses
Judge Anderson asserted that he
would put all of the twenty-oight de-
fendants in jail if he heard of any
further attempts to Influence or brlbe
government witnesses.
Judge Makes Sharp Comment.
81 shall try to teach you gentlemen
there is some law in this country de-
| clared the court after the jury had
retired.
| During the afternoon seven witness
! os, six of whom have pleaded guilty
/ in the election fraud case, testified
! that they had been taken from the
Vigo county Jail on a writ of habeas
corpus and brought to Indianapolis
I The arrest of these men appeared TO
arouse the Indignation of the Judge
and he questioned United States Dis
trict Attorney Frank G. Daley as to
who was responsible for the impris-
onment of the witnesses. The court
then ordered that the seven men be
held i'm indianapolis and not returned
to Vigo county
Calls II "Dirty Mess
Mr.. DALEY said some of the prison
ers had been in solitary confinement
and that a smallpox quarantine had
been placed ON the Jail. He said he
did not know If the health office was
Z ~, ,, ts tssftr
After "A number Of witnesses had
told OF repeating and buying and sell
ing votes, Judge Anderson had the
Jury withdraw for the day and took
lup the question Of taupering with
witnesses. lie recited at some length
alleged attempts to influence wit
nesses before the grand jury and Inc
instances testified TO in court since
the beginning OF the trial.
Orders steel Into Custody.
He then asked Daley If he had in
vestigated the case Of steel, and when
the district attorney replied that two
witnesses would testify on that sub
ject tomorrow the court ordered Stee.
into the custody of the marshal until
he could give bond of $4,000. Stee
has been at liberty on "a bond ol
I$2,500
Judge Smith who. it was testified
sentenced some Of the seven govern
ment witnesses to Jail, then was or
dered into the charge of United states
Marshal Mark Storen until he coulc
give bond of $4,000. Smith has beer
out on 500 bond.
Shea Also in Charge of Marshal
Judge Anderson, after learning that
Shea's bond is 10000, ordered Mar
shal Storen to take charge of him un'
, itil tomorrow, when he would dispose
, of the matter.
The court warned the attorneys tol
the defense that they should INSTRUCT
their clients to heed the orders of the
court. A. O. Stanley, chief counse
for the defense, started to protest ina
he knew nothing of the witnesses haV
ing been in Jail, when he was Gu
short by the court with the admonl
ton that he instruct his clients.
Ad Rogers, who has pleaded guilty
testified hat he made Ott an applica
tion for registration in the name of
dog. that it was placed on the regis
, tration books and was voted by
= negro.
l I'm superstitious: I wouldn't taxi
any money to VOTE testified Georg
Fisher. an aged negro who said n
had been a slave twenty years, in re
jlating a conversation he had Wit
with John Nugent, assistant chief o
70 police, who has pleaded guilty. IN
= der no circumstances would tax
money to vote, but, if you have som
9 money to give me to get something u
n eat, III take it," Fisher said Nugen
- gave him 80.