The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-24
THREE WERE SENT ID JAIL
Judge Announces He Wnl Try to Teach the Accused Men "That There Is Some Law in the Country" After Attempts to Interfere in Trial

Indianapolis, Ind. March 23-Sher- fir Dennis Shea. City Judge Thomas Smith and Street Inspector Alexander Aczel alias Steel, defendants in the Terre Haute election case. were or dered into the custody of the United States marshal here today for alleged tampering with government wit nesses
 'I sIaIl try to teach you gentlemen there is some law in this country the court declared after the jury had retired
 During the afternoon seven wit nesses six of whom haae pleaded guilty in the election fraud case, testi- fled that they had been taken from the Vigo county jail on a writ of ha- beas corpus and brought to Indian apolis The arrest of these men ap. peared 10 arouse the indignation Of the judge and he questioned United States District Attorney Prank C. Daley as to WAo was responsible for the Imprisonment of the witnesses. The court then ordered that the seven men be held in Indianapolis and not returned to Vigo county.
 Mir Daley said some of the prison CTS 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 officer was mixed up in this dirty mess"
 After a number of witnesses had told of repeating and buying and sell ing of votes Judge Andar on had the jury withdraw for the day and took up the question of tamperng with witnesses. He recited at some length alleged attempts to infleunce wit nesses. before the grand jury and in- stances testified to in court since the beginning of the trial
 He then asked Mir Dailey if he had investigated the case of Steel and when the district attorney replied that two witnesses would testify on that subject tomorrow, the count or dered Steel into the custody of the I marshal until he could give bond Of $5.0Oo. Steel has been at liberty on a bond of $2,J00.
 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 could 1 give bond of 10000 Smith has been out on $500 bond
 Judge Anderson, after learning that Shea's bond is $10,00O, ordered Marshal Storen to take charge of him until tomorrow, when he would dis pose of the matter
 The court warned the attorneys for the defense that they should instruct their client to heed the orders of the court. A. 0. Stanley, chief counsel for the defense, started to protest that he knew nothing of the witnesses having been in jail when he was cut snort by the court with the admonition that he instruct his clients
 Ad Rogers, who has pleaded guilty, testified that he made out an applica- tion for registration in the name of a dog, that 1t was placed on the regis tration books and was voted by al negro.
 I'm superstitous; I wouldn't take any money to vote testified George Fisher. an aged negro who said he had been a slave 20 years, in relating conversation he said ne had with John r. Nugent, assistant chief of police who has pleaded guilty, under no circumstances would | take money to vote but if you have some money to give me to get something to eat. I'll take it."
 Fisher said Nugent gave him $2.