Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 9 | Indiana Grand Jury Ends Probe in Political Row

INDIANA GRAN GRAND GRAND' JURY JURI ENDS NOS PROOf PROBE IN POLITICAL RO ROW INDIANAPOLIS Ind lad Dec 31 FIfteen tAP AP Fifteen months inquiry into charges of ot political l corruption in Indiana virtually ended today with the the- discharge of the Marion Marlon county grand jury after It had added another another an an- other unannounced name to the l list listor t tor or of indicted persons which already dy Included Governor Ed Jackson and other public officials While recommending that no further fur fur- urI ur- I ther general Investigation be made into the charges of political in- in in the grand Jury urged that the inquiry be continued into the report port that Congressman n Ralph E. E Updike of the Seventh Indiana distrIct district dis dis- had entered red into a patronage contract with D. D C. C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Ku Xu I Klux Klan and nd now a life term pris prisoner prisoner oner in the tho Michigan City state I prison r URGE FURTHER PROBE 1 Tho The investigation proper should I bo made bo-made made only in the I ev event nt rat the incoming ing grand Jury which assumes as aa- aa its duties next Monday finds there had nad been an an active concealment concealment conceal conceal- ment of tho the fact that crime had been committed th the r report port stated Referring to the alleged contract between Stephenson and Updike the gr grand grand- nd jury said it believes that with a further fur investigation of of- this matter the prose prosecutor may be be able to find evidence of concealment nt of cf the fact that tins crime was committed eam- eam corn com and they recommended that thit the prosecutor proceed with s such ch in in- in NAM NAME WITHHELD The name of the man man indicted today w was s n not t made public pending pend rending rend rend- ing his his arrest it was learned however however however how how- ever that he was not a p public of of- of tidal The grand jury also recommended recommended recommended mended the tho discharge of thirty- thirty S seven ven persons in other cases Much Interference with witnesses had ad made the grand jury task difficult dif dif dif- the report said In Iri that regard regard re- re gard sard it urged d Prosecutor William H. H Remy H.-Remy Remy to return an information against John ohn H U. U Kiplinger Rush- Rush yule attorney charging him with contempt of court Kiplinger one of Stephensons Stephenson's attorneys was accused of having sent two persons persons per per- sons out of of the st state te to prevent their appearance e before the grand I jury