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Show ILLEGAL VOTERS KEEP W QUIET BRISTOL, Tonn, Dec. 22 Office holders In Leo county, Va , elected at tho recent election by means of Illegal Il-legal otes which wewe bought and sold by wholesale, will bo permlttod to hold their offices until challenged, according to Judge Skean, who has been conducting the grnnd Jury Investigation In-vestigation Into election Irregularities This promise was made, it waa stated, to got evidence boforo the Jury upon which to indict tho ote buyors and sellers. Despito Judge Skean's proclamation announcing that ho would permit the guilty men to confess, tako tho minimum min-imum fine of 5100 to escape Turther prosecution, uo confessions wero received re-ceived today. It is authorltlvoly stated stat-ed that more than 200 Indictments were found by tho grand Jur, but evidence secured shows that nearly 1.200 men in tho county ongagod In vote traffic. According to commonwealth common-wealth Attorney Elj, more than $36 1 000 was paid for otes at the No-. No-. vember election Attorney Ely charges that voto trafficking traf-ficking is even worse in some of tho adjoining counties than In Lee, and at tho conclusion of tho Investigation lu Lee county, a similar ouo will bo started In Dickinson county. The Leo county grand Jury will reconvene In February Unless a satisfactory sat-isfactory number of confessions havo been received, tho jury to expected to return 1.000 now Indictments. oo |