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trials.LU UU til ill MiAmong the five names not mention- jurors are crooked.Wepi v/irtpcv ti vwillpayin any previous indictments growing1 them money, out of Kirby’s alleged conspiracy to j Irvin, who made a full confession ( escape jail by jury-fixing- were also‘to the government, said Kirby had that of a Cleveland newspaperman paid him in checks signed by a fieti-and a Warren, Ohio, attorney. jeious name in addition to plying himTho the return of the indictment is twith liquor.a. a .!ithe last act of the present grand jury, j It was charged that Irvin approach-jury tampering investigation Is ed Attorney Harry D. Ream, of Akron,not yet complete. Assistant District and offered him inducements to per-Attorney Donald G. Van Buren said 'suade his father, Attorney John C.additional witnesses would be heard Ream, to get on the jury and vote for- m t a T-sV «. m m ^ ‘ # iu • * % SSr'-vi ..o* * SKggl ^ “1by the grand jury for the Ajril term Kirby’s acquittal at the first trial.and other indictments are probable.Those named in Monday’s indictment are:MINEJosiah Kirby, convicted on chargesof using the mails to defraud in conducting the affairs of the ClevelandDiscount company, of which he wasfounder and president.Ben Williamson, former Clevelandnewspaper reporter and an employeof Kirby.James Donovan, Mansfield, Ohio,:ian.James La Dow, Mansfield, Ohio, attorney.William R. Irvin, Akron attorney.Miss Meta Kretchman, private sec-mrotary and stenographer of Kirby.Miss Daisy Burneson, private secretary and stenographer of AttorneyFrank Gentsch, ofMrs. Martha Ann Williamson, wifeof Ben Williamson.Gibson P. Gilmer, Warren, attorney.formerlyedtheInternational News Service, an agentand employe of Kirby.Arraignment of the defendants willbe held some time in April.chargessons attempted to impede justice bybribes toapproaching and offeringprospective jurors and circulating er-The highest hoistinifmroneous reports and propaganda by word of mouth and thru newspapers.Twenty-one overt acts are charged.rower in ihe world, at the state mines of Mauritz, Holland. It is 55 meters high, lt;»r morethan 105 feet.According to Van Buren, who introduced the evidence in the case of thefederal grand jury, the indictmentcontains only a small portion of theovert acts of which the governmenthas evidence.He said Kirby has at least one firmof attorneys retained in every countyandlord Cuts RenFamilies Become SiggeiManchester, N. It.—The bigger tiult;family the smaller the rent in a prop erty Owned by Hugh o Dowd. ()To\vlt;)owns a house big enough for a family of 14.A 10 per cent reduction will be made: of this federal district to investigate j in the rent if a family of six moves inBigger families vrili get a 25 per cent reduction. And Mr. O’Dowd says the bigger the family the happier he will be to rent his house to it.prospective“Proper investigation of prospective jurors is absolutely legitimate,” said Van Buren. “Many of these attorneys were absolutely ethical aboutit. But in many cases it is prettylawhard to determine whether thetransgressedThe indictment charges that La-Saved by HairOne reason for thlt;Dow introduced Williamson to Donovan in Mansfield. Williamson, it wasalleged, by promising a reward, persuadedFreehold. N. J — acquittal of Mrs. Theresa Seiliano ot murder was that her hair was neverbobbed till she was in Jail.was given that the woman Marie Nieolini had bobbed victim was a waitress in a owned by the defendant’sTestimonywho killediwir. Tie*restauranthusband. *panelsecond trial in January. They wereOne Good Action.lustave Baer, Mansfield, former sher- The League of Nations has done— mm mi- * ti* * « • * •;^ ’v : ' . s . -*• j. ,v d T- _iff, and Harry D. Smart, of Gaiion. something towards maintaining peaceinstructed in ]Williamson and La Dowuntil Sep-Donovan to tell Baer and Smart thein fcurope oy aujourning tember.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.attorney is a Jew% who wasAfter the kind of a winter the coun-iressing the prosecution thru politi-;al ambition and that Federal Judge try has just passed tnru, it is hartivillitts “was out to get Kirby.ftunderstand how they could get any-Baer was told he would be “wellexpedition
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Circleville Daily Union Herald
Circleville, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 06, 1926
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