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Show RECORD NUMBER BEFORE COURT One Hundred and Fourteen Men Charged With Conspiracy Con-spiracy to Corrupt Elections. TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS Cases Will Set Precedent Giving Giv-ing Federal Government Jurisdiction Over Elections. Indianapolis. Ind., Jan 12. Charged In a federal indictment with conspiracy conspir-acy to Cpsrupt the election of November No-vember 2, 1914, in Terre Haute. 114 men, Including Mayor Conn M. Rob erts. were arraigned before Judce A B. Anderson of the United State;; district court here today. Twenty-four Twenty-four jail prisoners, indicted lor rob hing postoffiees and misuse of malls, were also to be arraigned at tbe same time. Inasmuch as this is said to be the largest number of men arraigned at one time in a United States court, and ince the cases if convictions are obtained, will set a precedent giving the federal government jurisdiction l . n n . t. .,;., . fnHnv has Over BlHiUUURi me HT-nnuj, i..j attracted wide interest Until the in dictment in the Terr" Hauto case was returned December 24, the record for indictments by a federal grand jury was said to have been held by the investigators in-vestigators who returned hills against the more than fifty dynamiters here In 1912. Nine Men Plead Guilty. Nine of the first fourteen men from Terre Haute who are under indictment indict-ment in the Indiana election fraud cases, pleaded jrullty today in the federal fed-eral court here to the charge of con splracy to corrupt the election of November No-vember 3. 1914. Sentence was not passed The Bight men admitted they had participated partici-pated in the alleged conspiracy to corrupt the election of November B 1914, in Terre Haute. Demurrers Are Filed. Beside Mayor Roberts, Judge Redman Red-man and Sheriff Shea several others filed demurrers The demurrers will be argued January 2". J. Edward Holler, who, until a fev days ago. was chief of police, were .,.........,.., the exception of Holler and Nugent, ILfl all of the city and county official- who were indicted filed demurrers. Rb All the 114 men were told they IHE could return to their homes and awail IS the summons of tbe United States dis- 'fil trict attorney. Hr At the opening of the hearing tho H defendants, all of whom bad been jB released on bonds or personal recog ,H9 nizance, were ushered into the court HrS room and seated one at a lime. The WMg- jury box had been removed and u f B few other alterations were necessary jHjffi to find room for all of the 114, fESS Mayor Roberts was among the last lvfl to enter. Seated beside his counsel Heif he eyed the defendants attentively as tawS they uttered pleas of guilty. !EbP |