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Show HISTERSI1ICTED OHIO CLERGYMEN ACCUSED OP SELLING THEIR VOTES DURING RECENT ELECTION. Should Charges Be Proven, Not a Single Enfranchised Voter Will Be Left Ir One Township, Every Citizen Having Been Indicted. West Union, Ohio. Seven ty-tiirco more Indictments wore returned Thursday by tho grand Jury Investigating Investi-gating tho selling of votes In Adani3 county, under the direction, of Judgo Blair. Seventy persons were arraigned, ar-raigned, making tho total to date 37C arraigned and 1,071 Indicted. Judge Blair said it may become necessary to Indict some men who bought votes in order to mnko a clonn sweep of all the guilty and to bring about desired reforms, It wns discovered that not a slnglo enfranchised voter will bo left In one school district In Jefferson township, which Includes Walnisleyvllle. Every male citizen hns been Indicted. Two more ministers, both residents of Grec'n township, were Indicted Thursday. Court officials decline to give out their names. Each received $5 for his vote. Ono young man confessed con-fessed that ho sold ono to his own father and received $10 for his vote Many persons nre placing chattel mortgages on their furniture to ralso the money to pay their fines. |