The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-15
GRAND Jury TO
HEAR EVIDENCE
ON BRADFORD
Narcotic Charges viii Go
Before New u. S. Quiz
Group at South Bend.
TlGHT-LlPPED ON CASE
Federal Officers Refuse to
Discuss Blasts at Re-
form Politician.
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BIZ Ttm@s Special
SOUTH BEND Ind, Sept Is
Twenty three men we're chosen this
morning to serve on the federal
Grand Jury which this afternoon
opened its fall investigation OF
criminal matters in northern In
diana.
Under questioning Of Federal
Judge Thomas w. Slick, the Jury
was selected from a panel OF nifty.
The selection moved smoothly
unfolding predictions that this
session would set a record Tor
speed and smoothness in the his
tory of the local court.
Twenty-three jurors were left
after a number of others had been
excused.
Waiting to testify Monday we're
several present and former police
and federal officers, including DR..
M. E. Miner and Ward S. Powers
former deputy marshal In Lake
county. now publishers of a weekly
newspaper at Hammond; Irl Kid
well. former Gary policeman; Cap
tain Edward Hill of the Lafayette
police department and Detective
Valentine Delinski of the South
Bend force.
Lafayette Quiz Seen
The presence of a Lafayette police
rautain was taken as indicating
that conditions in Lafayette and
Tippecanoe county, subject Of SEN
sstional charges of corruption by
rndiana's encouragement, James
S. ogden, would be studied by the
jury. :,
Alonzo Lehman. Warsaw, Ind, IS
foreman of the grand jury, which
has the following members; An
drew Anderson, Fowler, Ind; John
Becker, dorchester, Ind, (Repub-
Ican county chairman Of Steuben
county). Estil Bemenderfer. Ro-
chester, Mitchell Carothers, Ply
mouth. Charles E. Cline, Monroei
G. r. Cumnins, Hartford City;
Clifford Good, Lake Cicott; Fred
Haunt. West Lebanon; Homer
LYONS, Ridgeville; Edward Moore,
Rome City; Guy Orwig, Corunna;
John D. Rusher, Huntington; Roy
Savery, Plymouth, Frank o. Stuber,
r. r. 6, South Bend; Charles Sat-
tison, Larwill; George w. Seymour,
Bourbon; S E. Thrush, Valparaiso;
sylvester V. Wagner, Orland, and
Harry D. Louise, Markle.
District Attorney Oliver M.
Loomis will be unable to stay
with the grand jury until the end of
its work. He will be in charge of
this weeks work, but Saturday is
due in washington for three weeks
of consultation with department of
Justice. attorneys and preparation
of the governments reply brief in
the East Chicago conspiracy appeal.
Prepares for Appeal
This case is an appeal taken by
former Mayor Raleigh G. Hale and
former Police Chief James Reagan
of East Chicago from heavy prison
terms and fines imposed upon them
by Judge Slick for conspiracy to
violate the prohibition laws.
Overshadowing in interest all the
other cases on the calendar is that
of Ralph B. Bradford, the re
former" politician of Gary, who was
arrested week ago Saturday night
on charges of conspiracy to violate
the narcotics act.
Bradford's arrest followed the
seizure of a package of morphine
by federal agents which was deliv-
cred at Bradford's office through
the mails from New Orleans.
Silent on Evidence
Thus far the government has
been tight Tipped about its case
against Bradford. Those intimate
in court circles, however, expect
development of scandal proportions
when the jury returns its findings
into the ramifcations of the al
legged narcotic conspiracy.
Bradford has been in the lime
light for years. Twice as the out
spoken enemy of United States Sen
ator James E. Watson.
In the first case Bradford ap-
peared before the Reed senatorial
committee investigating khan &C
tivities in the state some years. He
testified that the khan had received
the active support of Republican
factions supporting the senator. His
second clash with the senator fol-
lowed the federal grand jury ses-