Show JUDGE UPHOLDS BRIBERY CHARGE FEDERAL JUDGE FOSTER OVERRULES DEMURRER IN CHARGE AGAINST MEANS men must mu st now stand trial on charge that they obtained money for purpose of alleged bribery new yorki york federal judge foster forter has upheld the indictment of gaston B means former department of justice agent his secretary elmer jarnecke rt acke and his attorney thomas E felder on charges that they received money which they misrepresented was to be used in the bribery of former attorney general daugherty and other government officials the indictment was upheld when the court overruled a demurrer recently filed by felder in which he be contended that the three defendants were not charged with the violations and that the charges were vague and indefinite means jarnecke and felder were indicted by a federal grand jury last march on charges that they had received fron from officials of the creager system and the glass casket company of altoona AI toona pa for purposes of alleged bribery they are accused of having represented to these officials who had bad just been convicted of using the mails to defraud in the sale of the stock of the glass casket company that the money was to be paid to the then attorney general daugherty hayward and other government officials in return for this money they are alleged to have told the convicted men the government officials would cause them to be leniently dealt with |