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Broom of Indiana Prosecutor Stirs Dust
South Bend Indiana October 11 The new northern Indiana district attorney Oliver Loomis began probing election irregularities in Lake county leading to a grand jury indictment of 181 people including Mayor Raleigh Hale and police chief James Reagan. The scandal drew national attention from federal agents and officials in Chicago and Indianapolis.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Itad
Oliver Loomis
Uncle Sam
Indiana
Loeshis
Lootis
Lake County
Indianapolis
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Whiting
James E. Watson
Arthur Robinson
Robinson
Raleigh P. Hale
James Reagan
Hale
Reagan
United States Attorney
Prohibition
James M. Doran
Watson
James G. Browning
Browning
Ralph B. Bradford
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas W. Slick
Dis