Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-14
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1921.

| two years and a fine Of not more than
| $4,000. A number of overt acts are
| charged In this indictment among which
are transportation by Francis of forty
| five gallons of whisky to Indianapolis
! from Louisville Jan. 20. Transportation
of twenty-five gallons Of gin from Louis
| vile to Indianapolis by automobile April
| 10, 1921, in an automobile driven by
| Francis; that on April % Francis was
1aid 800 by another person under indict-
| nent for his services.
| Kunkel pleaded guilty last week to ?
| barge of vehicle taking, but sentence
vas withheld by Judge James A Collins
| because of the Francis Investigation.
Judge A. B. Anderson set $50
o'clock Monday as arraignment day,
! at which time all the defend
ants arrested, including the twenty two
now in Jail. will appear before him to
enter their pleas, and receive sentence in
case pleas of guilty are entered.
POLITICIANS HAVE
RESTLESS NIGHT.
AS result Of the return Of the In
dictments Indianapolis political circles
| have been in a state of turmoil, IN
! easiness and unrest and 1t Is a safe wager
that the fear of being among the ten was
! the cause of many a sleepless night in
| Indianapolis last night.
There was a world of speculation as TO
tie identity Of the luckless ten. Rumors
flew thick and fast. and before night
fail not less than twenty five names had
been mentioned in connection with the
doubtful honor. However 1t was mere
idle speculation, for Federal grand juries
are air tight and leak proof, and Federal
officials were not saying q word. The
4 =.
known only as they are served with
grand jury capiases by deputy United
States marshals.
DRY SESSION BECOMES
OF GREAT INTEREST.
The two day session OF the grand Jury.
which started out to be a mild, com
paratively uninteresting affair called
merely for the purpose Of indicting Fed.
eral Jail prisoners suddenly became the
| center of the Hoosier limeligh when Fed
eral authorities stepped in Tuesday night
and assumed jurisdiction over Frank
Francis and his wife, who were brought
here from Louisville to testify before the
Marion County grand jury on his relations
with J. Herbert Hartman, Republican
nominee for city judge.
Wednesday morning Francis made a
lengthy written confession. the nature Of
which was not divulged. TO District At
torney Van Mugs at a conference at the
district attorneys Office in the Federal
building attended by William c. Evans
county prosecutor; Jerry Kinney. chief
Of police; William H. De Forester. chief
Of the Louisville detectives, and Francis
and his wife. Later the couple was taken
before the grand jury.
The list of jail prisoners Is as follows ::
The grand jury also indicted the fol-
lowing twenty-five persons, who are now
in Jail:
Impersonating a Government Officer
Thomas s Staplet0n.
Transporting stolen Automobiles in
Interstate Traffic-Jack O'Brien. Frank
Buer, william Giant Frank Prough. Will
liam Sloane, Earl Dickson. Louis Leguori
Harry Fenchy Kenneth Miller, Lawrence
Coleman, Lewis Ross.
Violating Postal Laws-Allen Carter
Forrest Livingston, Frank Anderson, Zed
kaah Hudson.
Violating Revenue Law-Edward J.
Tierney. Clifford Nuckols
Violating Narcotic Law-Thomas Hay
wood
Altering Government Obligations-To
Everitt William Hairless
Stealing Government Property-wn-
liam II. Chenoweth