Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
MANY HARVARD
MEN INDICTED in
ELECTION PROBE
Students and Professors
Accused of Registration
Irregularities
DIVINITY MEN INCLUDED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec 7.-Widely
known politicians of Cambridge, members
Of the Harvard faculty and Harvard stu
dents, including some who are taking
courses In theology, appeared at the Of
hce OF District Attorney Corcoran, in East
Cambridge. today. to submit to arrest.
They were notified they had been in
dicted by the Mddlesex County Grand
Jury, which is conducting an inquiry into
Illegal registration and Illegal assess
ments In Cambridge
IL is said nearly 200 are involved in
the Investigation of the Grand Jury
Warrants have been Issued for the
arrest of nine citizens. In all cases those
indicted were notified to appear today at
the office Of the District Attorney.
Among those indicted are:
Herbert B. Harris, a prominent lawyer
and politician.
Paul L. Sabine. assistant professor in
physics at Harvard.
Kenneth p. Hill. elect
and a prominent Cambridge politician.
Hale g. Knight, assistant to Prof.
William y. Munro, of the department of
Government at Harvard.
Arthur X. Reading, lawyer. politician
and chairman of the Wendell +. Rock
wood Campaign Committee
Thomas X. Rineker. of the Harvard
Law School,
The Rev. Edward L. Atkinson, Harvard
graduate, class of 'S5.
James II. Wild
Sixteen Harvard students figure in con-
nection with the indictments six of
whom are divinity students. An assist
ant professor of physics and a minister
are also involved in the investigation. The
Grand Jury investigation has been on
since the State election and II is said
by some that the indictments are just
the beginning.
OTHERS INVOLVED.
District Attorney Corcoran said that
the following instructors and students
were involved but appeared to be in
nocent victims of the conspiracy and
would not be prosecuted.
Alfred T. Larson, instructor in chem
istry.
Merrill S. Grant, Methuen, divinity |
student and graduate of Amherst.
Robert L. lockwood, instructor of ro-
mnnce languages. Shattuck Fellowship
James c. Simpson, Winthrop, divinity |
student
Charles wadsworth Sd. assistant di- |
rector Of the WolcottGibbs Memorial |
Laboratory
Norris F. Hall, Ardmore, Pa. Austin
teaching fellow.
Luther T. Hardwck, Hardwick. VT. di-
Frank A. Larson, Knoxville. ILL.,, di-
vinity student.
Holland F. Burr, Pomona, Cal. divinity
student.
Donald II. whittemore, North scituate,
Junior.
Douglass Stewart. New York, student.
stokley W. Morgan. Nantucket, stu
dent.
Malcolm Z. McNair. student
Two prominent men in the business life
or Cambridge are said to have been in
dicted. 1t is understood District Attorney
Corcoran will take further action at the
meeting of the January Grand Jury.
The first arrest in the inquiry was that
u Lewis 8. Gannett. Harvard 'I3 in New
York. He is under $4,000 bail.
The name of Norris f. Hall. of Ardmore,
Pa, who figures as an innocent party .
n connection with the election frand in
at Cambridge, Mass. does not |
appear as an alumni of the Lower Merton I
High School, at Ardmore, according to
'fficials there
Hall, according to the dispatches. holds j,
IN Austin teaching fellowship at Har-
ard. This fellowship carries with il a
600 salary. and Is to enable worthy stu 9
lents TO continue research work in chem S
stry. The fellowships were established q
" Edward Austin in 1899 and there are
low 30 instructors at Harvard holding /
hem.