Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-23
w. RUSS SIMONTON.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. %
A Hoosier lawyer has come to convict,
if he can, a Badger State million
aire.
Special Assistant U. S. Attorney
General Frank c. Daley of Indian
apolis, and two assistants are battling
before Federal Judge C. W. Sessions
day after day against the So law
yers of Truman H. Newberry and his
1874 co-defendants charged with con-
spring to elect the Michigan million
aire by fraud and corruption.
Six years ago Daley was a big
lawyer in small town. He is 40 and
was born in Button, Ind. He grad
uated from the University of Indiana.
For several years he was a reporter
and editor of a weekly newspaper in
Button that grew to be daily. His
father made him a junior partner in
the law firm of Daley & Simons.
His Chance" Came.
Daley became U. S. district attor-
'ney and when rumors of election graft
grew strong in Terre Hautc, in 1914,
his "chance" came. The grand jury
he asked for indicted 1876 politicians
and Office holders Eighty-six plead
ed guilty and the remainder were con-
victed, including the mayor, a can
didate for governor, a judge, board
of safety and board of public works.
With this record in what lawyers
say is the hardest kind of case to
prove" Daley was selected to inves-
tigate the Evansville, Ind, election
frauds. Here he obtained the convic-
ton Of lao defendants on charges of
vote bartering.
Two Investigations in Indianapolis
few months later added more
"scalps to Days string" He con-
victed chief of police and numer-
Gus city officials.
When the government sought evil
dence against the Industrial Work
ers of the World in the first year of
the war, Attorney General Gregory
called Daley from Indianapolis,
where he was a member of the law
firm of Miller, Daley & Thompson.
1t was his efforts that obtained in
dictments against 131 I. W. W. Eric
ton developed between Gregory and
Daley and he resigned before the
trial began.
Now, this small town lawyer bears
the reputation of being Americas
one and only expert political graft
prosecutor He has an almost un-
broken record of convictions in cases
involving election corruption.
Slim of build, nervous and quick,
Dailey's face is heavily scanned and
lined and tanned deep brown. Des-
pite that, he has the appearance of
youth. His hair is black and his eyes
almost black He is one of the few
lawyers in Judge Sessions court who
does not feign sleep when not work
ing" Daley is alert every second
and on hair trigger.
Is Painstaker.
Dailey's success, those who know
say, is due largely to his painstaking
preliminary work. He has been in
Grand Rapids since August and his
case has been built up slowly and
carefully. Earl E. Houck, a wealthy
man of Terre Haute, is Dailey's in
vestigator-in-chief. Interested orig
inally in several enterprises, he has
sold his interests to give time to help
his friend. He works for the love of
the game.
When Daley came to Grand Rapids
with Houck, he brought with him a
small group of carefully-selected De-
partment of Justice men. Since, this
number has been increased. Daley
and Houck are enthusiastic in their
praise of the men who gathered the
evidence the government hopes will
convict Newberry and his henchmen.
Daley is assisted by W. H. Eich-
horn and n Dale Souter who sit in