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Joseph Sibley Arrested.Former Congressman Joseph C. Sibley. who withdrew as a candidate fof congress on the Republican ticket is the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania district, was arrested at Frank'tia, Pa., on a warrant charging “conspiracy to debauch voters.”Mr. Sibley was released on his own recognizance to appear before Justice of the Peace Perry at Warren on Aug. 20.His arrest came a few hours aftof he had announced his withdrawal9from the congressional race.In the recent Republican nominating primary Sibley defeated Congressman N. P. Wheeler, and the charge was at once made that his victory was duo to the lavish use of money.When, in obedience to law, he filed his statement of campaign expense* and it wag seen that he had spent 17,000 in Warren county and $42,50# in the entire district, an audit of bin expenses was demanded and ordered by the court.Sibley had spent a sum that arefi aged $4 for every voter in the entire district.In the warrant under which Sibley was arrested three other promineat politicians in the T,wenty-eighth die trict are also charged with conspiracy to debauch voters. They are Charles Crandall, D. M. Howard and George M. Dunn.
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Gettysburg Adams County News
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Aug 27, 1910
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