The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-09
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IN Vote GIVEN
GRAND JURORS
Wholesale Corruption in
Election Is Alleged by
Prosecutor Remy.
WITNESSES ARE CALLED
Queer Stuff Reported at
Scenes of Committee
Battles.


the Marion County grand jury to-
day began investigating reports of
fagrant corruption in some pre-
cincts in Tuesdays primary election.
They called Todd Young, lieutenant
of George V. Coffin, Republican
County chairman. Young was in
charge of Coffin's campaign to elect
precinct committeeman, while Cof-
fin was home i'll Tuesday
Prosecutor Remy had announced
at midnight Tuesday that he was
going to the bottom of numerous
instances of counting out" of can
didates called to his attention, and
ordered long list of precinct elec-
ton officials and watchers sub
poenaed before the grand jury. The
bulk of these will be interviewed by
the grand jury Thursday.
Young QuizEed Half Hour
Young was in the grand jury room
for half an hour.
He was followed by Miss Lucille
Brown, Negro, 1871 Columbia Ave,
who had been directed to the grand
jury by Albert Ward, United States
district attorney.
She had told Ward of having seen
officials Of the Tenth precinct of
the First ward tear up ballots and
throw them into the street Tuesday
night.
The prosecutor was informed
that most of the reported frauds
were in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Seventh and Eleventh wards.
Remy's aids brought in evidence
Of deliberate throwing out of bal
lots and deliberate mutilations.
Most of the fraud, Remy was in
formed, was in precincts where
there were hot fights for the COM
mi.teemanship. In some precincts
Coffin men nosed out Dodson men
by only few votes, according to
the count.
Told of Queer Things"
Information that a certain cit
izen could testify to having seen
queer things iii the First, Second
and Third precincts of the Thir-
teenth Ward was put before Remy.
An Indianapolis Times reporter
and a prosecutors agent stood on
the front porch of 1923 E. Wash
ington st. during the night and saw
three men, ostensibly the election
board, therein.
One man was standing at table
marking on Republican. ballots with
a pencil. A clerk near by wrote on
a tally sheet, twenty feet down the
room was the Democratic clerk,
working away on the Democratic
ballot. The law prescribes that the
ballots shall be counted in the
presence Of the whole board.
AS the reporter and prosecutors
agent stood there, up came DR. Sam
McGaughey, 5219 E. Washington
ST., who was inspector for this
board, and B. c. Reed, 119 S. But
Ter Ave, the Democratic judge
Puts on Bold Front
Reed appeared quite frightened,
but McGaughey put on bold front
and clustered out that they had
been to see about an automobile.
Then McGaughey said they had
been elsewhere.
The reporter came away from this
precinct in possession of a slip of
paper which had been given to a
man with instructions that he could
vote repeaters from certain street
numbers designated thereon. The
slip of paper is being turned over
to the prosecutor.
In the First precinct of the
Twelfth Ward, Bernard West,
Negro, inspector, was found out in
the street at the polling place, 1441
Martindale Ave. Ballots were seen
scattered all around the voting
room, stuffed in sacks and anything
else that appeared handy.
The Democratic judge had gone.
Mrs. Regina Gray, Democratic clerk.
1900 Brookside Ave, had gone home
i'll. George Wilson. Negro, Repub-
lican judge, 1900 Yandes ST., and
Henry Tate, Negro, clerk, were
asleep.
West said that the election board
had told him to go ahead and count
the ballots himself and he intended
to-after while.
A man who gave his name as
James Lanahan, 36, Grand Hotel,
was fined $40 and costs and SEN
fenced to thirty days in Jail by Mu-
nicipal Judge Clifford Cameron this
morning when it was shown he Gre
ated a disturbance near a voting
place while intoxicated.