South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
GARY ELECTION
TRIALS WILL
BEGIN TUESDAY
Special Venire Called to Pro-
vide Jury For Former Mayor
and Six Other Alleged
COnSpiratOrS.
InlernatIonaI So service:

International News Service.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 20
The fourth OF a series OF election
cons piracy trials held i'm the United
States district court here VIII open
next Tuesday when Roswell ..
Johnson. former mayor of Gary,
Ind, and six members Of his polit-
ical family will face prosecution for
alleged conspiracy to intimidate for
eigners during the presidential cleo
tion OF 1916.
The names Of so men comprising
the oenire from which the jury will
be chosen for the trial before Judge
a. b. Anderson. were announced by
Dist Atty. Slack as follows:
A. II. BOnham. Montpelier: Mar
quis A. Boulden. Frankfort; Walter
Breaks. awfOrdsville. Albert Eber-
hart, Shelbyville; Jarret Echelbar-
ger, KokOmo; - u. Budd, Lebanon:
l.. W Cochron. awfordsville: VIII
liam Farrer. Walkerton; r. r. Card.
Huntington. Charles a. COChenam,
Whitetown. Zeiler Groves. Wilford;
Eliza Grow, Rensselaer,; William
Hail. Paoli. William Hoadly. Cos
port: Robert Howe Princeton:
Marshel Hughes. South Bend: John
Jordan. RushviIle; Monroe Key,
Princeton; William y. Koerner.
Birdseye; Hez Luckett, Corydon;
John Lynch Martinsville; Y. b. Nc
Ammack, Cloverdale; Jean Marks.
Wabash; Henry Moore Nashville;
Joseph Phares. Gospert; n %. Purl.
salem. \. G. Touby. Kokomo, Sam
uel -. Uncapher, Grovertown; Jacob
Nireis and Paul White. indianapolis.
INSERT GARY ELECTION
w s. Thomson. special prosecu-
tor for the government in the trial
OF Joseph r. Bell and others i'm the
indianapolis case will not appear in
the Lake county trial, il became
known today when Dist. Atty Slack
received a telegram announcing that
he would remain i'm New York.
Thomson resigned previous 20 the
Eeu trial. his resignation to become
effective when the case was com
pIeted Mr.. Slack and Milton Man
gus. deputy. will conduct the prose
cution of the Gary case.
Six other Defendants.
Beside Johnson the defendants are
William A Forbis. former chief Of
police OF Gary. Clarence Renolett.
former city sealer, Howard Hay.
chairman of the republican city
committee IN 1916: James slack.
former county commissioner; Mat
thew J. Brown. former county COM
missioner and George q. Schaaf. for
mer county commissioner.
The indictments in the Gary case
were returned Feb. Is last year
v hen about 10 republican and
democratic politicians I'm five cases
centering about indianapolis Evans
vile. Frankfort and Gary were in
dicted by the government.
Summon so Witnesses
Fifty witnesses will be summoned
hv the government 20 testify against
the Gary men who are charged with
intimidating Serbiaus and other for
eigners and preventing them from
voting in the presidential election.
All seven pleaded not guilty when
arraigned some time ago.
The previous eases tried here are
the Don Roberts case. when the for
mer mayor and q number Of polite
ians OF Terre Haute were convicted.
the case of Samuel v. Perrott. for
mer police chief of indianapolis and
i've Others who were convicted oi
conspiracy 20 corrupt votes at the
general election of 1919. and the
trial OF Joseph z. Bell former mayor
Of indianapolis and "a others which
Just closed with a deadlock of the
jury.