The Washington times., 1919-12-31
Interest in Newberry
Case Is Centered on US.
Prosecutor, F. {. Daley
Man Who Conducted the Terre Haute Election
Fraud Inquiries and Resigned After Scoring
Administration May Seek Senatorship

Interest in the Newberry election
case, now before the Federal court
at Grand Rapids, Mich, and also be-
fore the Senate Committee on Elec-
tions, has grown tremendously with
| in the last few weeks, and principal
ly because of the circulation in Con-
gressional circles of the record o.
Frank c. Daley, special Government
prosecutor in the case.
who is Daley and why was he
chosen for this task?" was question
discussed in cloak rooms and in lob
bies for days after it was announced
that Mr.. Daley was in charge Of the
Governments case. and the answer.
which has been passed by word or
month, Is chief cause for the renewed
attention to the case.
That the Newberry case may de-
velop in sensations until 1t will rtvsi
the discussions OF the famous Lorimcr
case of a few years ago is now ap-
parent. 1t is regarded as hardly pos
sible that the investsgations will re-
suit in Henry Ford, the Detroit au-
tonnobile manufacturer. being seated
in the Senate, though 1t is possible
the Government investigation may re-
veal that Ford was elected. Only
through the Senate probe Is 1t deemed
possible that Democrat may get the
seat now held by the Republicans, for
In case Newberry Is ousted by court
action it is thought that Repubii-
can governor in Michigan would ap-
point Republican as his successor.
Has Enviable Reeord.
The record made by Mr.. Daley in
Indiana as District Attorney is q sub
ject of much comment, for 1t Is said
by his close friends that no district
attorney ever had better record for
obtaining convictions in cases where
he was successful in obtaining in5S
dictments from the grand Jury.
During the first Wilson Admins
tration, Mr.. Daley was appointed
District Attorney for Indiana, with
his office. at indianapolis.
Shortly after his assumption OF the
Federal office the Terre. Haute cleo
tion cases were brought into Federal
court The great majority of a num-
Der Of men indicted for election law
violations were Democrats and men,
bers Of Democratic organization in
Terre Haute. Among those indicted
was the mayor. Don Roberts. De-
Tending Mayor Roberts and his asso-
ciates was the present Senator Stan
ley from Kentucky.
Parallels Terre Haute Cases.
Parallels between that case and the
Michigan. case now are being drawn.
The Indiana case was built up on the
charge of conspiracy to violate the
election laws. The men indicted were
brought into court and Invariably
pleas of not guilty were made Just
as in the Michigan case, th4 indicted
men were promised legal assistance
by the leaders of the organization in
Terre Haute, and, just as in the Mich
gan. case, bond was supplied to many,
who were not able to furnish suf-
facient financial backing to keep them
out of prison pending the trial. In
this manner the defendants in the
case were expected to keep together
and fight in unison against the in
dictment.
Despite the array of legal talent
which Daley had against him, he
built up, step by step. his charge OF
election conspiracy. At the right mo-
ment he brought forward his trump
card, the confessions Of a number Of
men indicted as co-conspirators, and
despite all the efforts of the defense
these confessions, which linked up in
the conspiracy the mayor and many
of his subordinates, could not be
beaten down. The result was that
Daley sent practically all of those
indicted to the penitentiary.
Shortly after this case passed into
history Daley again was called upon
to prosecute officials of the city of
Indianapolis on the same charge of
election violations, and again he built
up case of conspiracy. In this in
stance he sent to the penitentiary the
city's chief of police, also a Demo
cratic leader. IT was because of the
effort to have this man released from
prison that Daley resigned in a
huff. Dailey's successor failed in OBJ
tanning convictions for Mayor Rob-
erts, and the cases against the others,
1t is said. never have been tried.
1t has been learned that Daley was
called to this city some time last sum
mer and offered the job Of putting be-